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1. Breaking from the pack

Cross Country :: :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 5 Iss. 1

The Virginia Tech men’s cross country team returns its entire squad, and the Hokies hope to sprint to an ACC championship Jason Cusack A pair of All-Atlantic Coast Conference and All-South Regional performers in redshirt seniors Will…

2. Q&A with Jim Weaver

General Release :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Tech AD optimistic about Hokies’ future in spite of ever-changing landscape Virginia Tech is entering its seventh year as a member of the ACC, and the landscape of college athletics continues to change. The question remains how will t…

3. Kroger Roth Report: Despite some large losses of talent, head coach Frank Beamer's 25th Tech team will look like many of his past squads

Football :: :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

You don’t have to spend much time watching the 2011 Virginia Tech football team practice to understand why there’s so much optimism surrounding this ball club. Yes, the Hokies suffered some tremendous personnel losses from their 201…

4. New coach, new roster, same expectations - The Tech women's soccer program is thinking NCAAs once again

Soccer (W) :: :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

This year’s Virginia Tech women’s soccer seniors have a chance to leave their mark on the program as arguably the greatest class by posting one last season with at least 10 wins and one that culminates with another berth into the NCA…

5. Tech's receiving group gets stronger with Roberts' return

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Tech’s football players run 110-yard sprints often over the summer as part of their conditioning in the Hokies’ strength and conditioning program, and while most guys hate running those drills, at least one was gleeful to be doing so…

6. Gouveia-Winslow hopes strong end to 2010 and strong spring leads to 2011 success

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Jeron Gouveia-Winslow made one of the biggest plays of the season a year ago, and yet hardly anyone ever talks about it. In the first quarter of the ACC title game against Florida State, Gouveia-Winslow intercepted a tipped pass of FSU …

7. Hokies digging deep for repeat NCAA volleyball appearance

Volleyball :: :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Head coach Chris Riley has nearly everyone back from a team that made history with an NCAA bid and victory In head coach Chris Riley’s first year in Blacksburg, he led a Virginia Tech volleyball team that had won just 13 games in each…

8. Drager back to his original spot and hoping to be a playmaker

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Not many student-athletes at the elite Division I level can go from being a starter on the defensive line one season to a starter at tight end the next season. “I like to tell people that I’m not a defensive end or a tight end. I’…

9. Kickers are not proven, but possess the talent to keep tradition going

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Perhaps no positions on Tech’s squad over the years have been as consistent as the kicking and punting spots, and head coach Frank Beamer hopes that trend continues. Coming out of spring practice, Beamer told people that redshirt soph…

10. Oglesby excited for the opportunity to show his talent

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Josh Oglesby readily admits that he’s a big fan of Twitter, and he would be the first to admit that his volume of “tweeting” has increased over the summer. But that tends to happen when some of your best friends, guys like Tyrod Ta…

11. Thomas assumes the helm for the Hokies

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

As if Logan Thomas didn’t have enough to worry about in replacing the all-time winningest quarterback in Virginia Tech history, he also faces the inevitable comparisons to a guy who recently won a Heisman Trophy and a national champion…

12. Miller ready to hold his own on a talented and experienced offensive line

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

This past winter, Andrew Miller spent his free time trying to pin wrestler David Marone, a two-time NCAA qualifier at the heavyweight classification, in practices This spring, Miller pinned down the starting center job during spring foo…

13. Returning experience and talent, Tech men's soccer squad ready to see improvements in 2011

Soccer (M) :: :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

The calendar had just been turned to October and Virginia Tech men’s soccer head coach Mike Brizendine had his lineup card ready for Tech’s match at Wake Forest, checking off freshman Kyle Renfro as his starting goalkeeper for the se…

14. Edwards ready to step into a playmaking role at backer

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

Tech fans remember vividly the days when Xavier Adibi patrolled the field at the backer position. Tall, strong and fast, Adibi made plays from sideline to sideline and earned All-America honors following a senior season in which he recor…

15. Blacksburg Brotherhood

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

The Hopkins brothers are the latest brother tandem on Tech’s football squad and are looking forward to teaming up as starters on the Hokies’ defense this fall The picture frame resembled most any other in any other typical family …

16. Baughman makes bold move during his brief time at Tech

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS This is the first in a series of stories that looks back at head coach Frank Beamer’s 25 years as the head man of Tech’s football program. To begin, we look back at the circumstances that led to his hiring –…

17. Gayle hoping big offseason and spring practice carries over into this fall

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

With the exception of a couple of weeks once the spring semester ended, James Gayle was in Blacksburg the entire summer, working out and taking classes. “Sometimes, I feel I need a break from school, but not with football,” he said…

18. Fuller one of many excellent players in what should be a good 2011 secondary

Football :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

For years, Kyle Fuller was in the shadow of his older brother, Vinnie, who enjoyed a terrific career at Tech and now plays for the NFL’s Tennessee Titans. Now, Fuller, the projected starter at field corner, sits in the shadow of J…

19. Cross country squads optimistic about opportunities in 2011

Cross Country :: :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

The Virginia Tech women’s cross country team has been there just once – five years ago – while the men’s team hasn’t advanced to the NCAA Cross Country Championships in more than two decades. Yet those are achievable goals fo…

20. Keeping up with Compliance

General Release :: :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 1

The compliance corner answers questions concerning the governance of intercollegiate athletics and its impact on our athletics department. Have a question? Please send it to inside@hokiesports.com and we’ll answer it in upcoming issues…