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1. Duo brings relief to Hokies

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 5 Iss. 10

Clark Labitan and Jake Joyce are polar opposites and the best of friends, and they continue to get it done out of the bullpen for Tech They call themselves “yin and yang.” In fact, they have those monikers programmed into their …

2. RASH'S CAREER A HOME RUN - Despite losing several family members at a young age, including his father, Tech outfielder Andrew Rash overcame his grief and has worked to become one of the best power hitters in school history

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 3 Iss. 10

Andrew Rash Everyone is aware of the numbers. But just to refresh your memory, as of May 1 Andrew Rash was leading the Atlantic Coast Conference with 16 home runs, 120 total bases and a .759 slugging percentage. At the time, those numb…

3. THE RIGHT FIT - After a year a Kentucky, Tech second baseman Michael Seaborn has found Virginia Tech to his liking both on and off the field

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 3 Iss. 9

There has been a bit of irony to the past two season openers of the baseball season for Michael Seaborn. During both the 2010 and 2011 opening weekends, the Virginia Tech squad has played at the Caravelle Resort Tournament in Conway, S…

4. STANDING TALL - Justin Wright may not be the biggest dude on the block, but his pitching helped the Hokies get back to the NCAAs for the first time in 10 years

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 2 Iss. 11

Justin Wright At the time, Justin Wright probably wasn’t analyzing how much he had in common with a rather famous Biblical figure. Instead, as he prepared to take on Georgia Tech’s mighty batting lineup before the Hokies’ game a…

5. ONE BIG HIT - The Friends of Jaclyn organization has helped create a strong relationship between the Virginia Tech baseball team and a small boy overcoming the effects of brain cancer

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 2 Iss. 10

Some of the Virginia Tech baseball team gathers with Levi in the dugout before a game. On April 12, the Virginia Tech baseball team nestled into the top 25 of Baseball America’s poll for the first time in 18 years following an impress…

6. Riding the tide - Steve Domecus' energetic personality and hard work have turned his baseball career (and the Hokies' season) into a huge success

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 2 Iss. 10

Steve Domecus can’t surf as much as he used to when he was in California, so longboarding around campus (top image) is how he gets his fix. Already a little bit frustrated, Steve Domecus walked into his coach’s office for his end-of…

7. Hokie on the move - A cross-country relocation in the middle of high school tested Austin Wates' cool, but he's all the better for it now

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 2 Iss. 9

Austin Wates Looking back on it now, it wasn’t exactly the greatest bargaining chip, but Tawnya Pettiford-Wates was doing everything – anything at all – to get her 16-year-old son, Austin, to accept a move across the country smack…

8. Going the distance - Pitcher Rhett Ballard looks back on a career of ups and downs

Baseball :: Baseball Spotlight :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 10

Rhett Ballard When Rhett Ballard sits down to look back on his young adulthood, he can point out many instances that left him oh-so-close to teetering off his path to baseball stardom. And as the fifth-year senior nears the end of his c…