Kyle Renfro | Senior | Forest, Virginia The Virginia Tech men’s soccer team did not allow many goals this past season, and a lot of its success on the defensive end of the pitch came about because of the stellar play of goalke…
Hokies land transfer QB Michael Brewer, a quarterback from Lake Travis, Texas, will be transferring to Virginia Tech after spending the previous three years at Texas Tech. He plans to graduate from Texas Tech in May and then t…
Beamer names Searels new offensive line coach Tech football coach Frank Beamer named Stacy Searels as the team’s new offensive line coach shortly after previous offensive line coach Jeff Grimes departed for the same position a…
Tech adds Purdue to football schedule Virginia Tech and Purdue have agreed to play a home-and-home football series that begins in 2015. The Hokies will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., for a Sept. 19, 2015 game against the Boilerm…
STARS OF TODAY - AND TOMORROW Members of the Virginia Tech men’s soccer team welcomed two New River United under-11 soccer teams - BRSL and Skyline - to Thompson Field for the Hokies’ game against Clemson. Players from the two t…
Goalkeeper Kyle Renfro wants to save the Hokies’ fortunes this season and help the team to an ACC Tournament appearance – and perhaps beyond If the Hokies want to improve on their seven-win season from a year ago, then they need a …
The return of veterans Kyle Renfro and David Clemens, along with some talented newcomers, have created optimism for Tech’s fortunes this season Kyle Renfro has started all 46 games in which he has played at Tech, and his return as the…
Here are the top 10 moments of the 2012-13 academic year as compiled by the magazine staff, with help from several in the athletics communications office: 1. Ziegler, Kruzliak claim national titles Alexander Ziegler and Tomas Kruzli…
The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships marked the end of the 2012-13 sports year for Virginia Tech athletics, and it rounded out arguably the greatest athletics year in the history of the university. That may seem like…
Tech adds women’s golf On May 14, Tech AD Jim Weaver announced that the athletics department will begin a women’s golf program, which makes it the 22nd intercollegiate sports program at Tech. The squad will begin competition in…
Men’s soccer player Nick Smirniotopoulos and women’s track and field and cross country runner Courtney Dobbs received the Skelton Award for Academic Excellence in Athletics – the highest designation handed out by the Tech athleti…
David Clemens’ experience playing older competition as a kid in New York helped him become the Hokies’ top offensive threat this season OK, well, maybe not a “machine,” but Virginia Tech men’s soccer player David Clemens…
Jed Prater may be from a spot halfway around the world, but he is loving his experiences in the U.S., while also being a leader on the Tech men’s soccer team It’s almost 10,000 miles, as the crow flies, from Somersby, Australia, t…
David Clemens When assessing his Virginia Tech team’s 2011 season and looking ahead to 2012, head men’s soccer coach Mike Brizendine came to the realization that a couple factors would determine any future success. And he started …
Jed Prater | Sophomore | Somersby, Australia Jed Prater was a holding force for the Virginia Tech men’s soccer team and helped solidify the central midfield for the Hokies during the 2011 season. Serving as the team’s captain, P…
James Shupp experienced turbulence during his career at Tech, but enjoyed a smooth landing in his final season with the Hokies It’s been a pretty wild ride that has featured many highs and lows for Virginia Tech men’s soccer senio…
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…
@font-face { }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Three seemingly short years ago, the season for the Virginia Tech men’s soccer program lasted lon…
Senior James Shupp is a three-year starter whom Tech coaches hope can make a positive influence on some of the team’s many young newcomers. If there’s a key to the 2010 Virginia Tech men’s soccer season, it’s going to be, as sec…
QUEEN HARRISON - Overall Athlete of the Year Senior, Hurdler, Women's Track and Field, Richmond, Virginia Queen Harrison For all her crowning glory during her first three years at Virginia Tech – from school records to ACC champio…
Felicia Willoughby was named the MVP of the Virginia Tech Tournament on September 5. A total of six games is a small blip on a 31-game radar screen, but when you win all six of those games, it’s a pretty big deal, especially when it…
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Six to be inducted into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame A former head coach and former student-athletes from five different sports make up the 2009 class selected for the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame. The six inductees include: …
Mike Brizendine On June 2, Oliver Weiss abruptly and unexpectedly resigned from his post as the head men’s soccer coach at Virginia Tech. Nine days later, on June 11, longtime assistant Mike Brizendine was promoted to the vacant spo…
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Marcel Lomnicky (men's track and field) Nitra, Slovakia Freshman - Thrower Marcel Lomnicky has recorded a career’s worth of accomplishments in less than six months. The freshman from Slovakia enrolle…
In the athletics business, the month of June serves one of two purposes – it either provides time for camps or it allows for some vacation time for the staffs. At Tech, though, this June has been the month for two rather important c…
This past fall, members of the men’s basketball team read to children at local elementary schools. Practice, class, rehabilitating injuries, film review, training room, study hall and tutoring sessions – it’s all in a day’s wo…
My New Year’s Resolution is … To have my best year ever academically and baseball-wise. Also, to win the ACC Championship. - Rhett Ballard, Baseball To learn how to dance. - Martha Blakely, Women’s Tennis To become an a…
Dr. James Robertson Dr. James I. Robertson is a well-respected history professor, an authority on the Civil War, and in all, a rather shrewd gentleman. He also displays a keen fondness for telling jokes during his public speaking enga…
James Gilson What a difference a year makes. The 2007 Virginia Tech men’s soccer team made school history by advancing to the national semifinals, but the 2008 squad has been stuck at the bottom of the ACC for most of the season. Wh…
One could make the argument that the biggest surprise of Virginia Tech’s fall season thus far has been the play of the volleyball team, which, as of Oct. 5th, found itself atop the ACC standings as the only unbeaten team at 5-0. With a…
Well, it’s here folks. Another season is upon us. And not just another football season – the entire athletics calendar is back in full swing. We’re talking the men’s soccer team’s challenge to produce an encore to last year’s…
Members of the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame selection committee announced that five more former Tech standouts were selected for induction to the Hall of Fame. Those five will be inducted officially at a dinner on the Tech campus on…
What’s done is done. Live and learn. Don’t rest on your laurels. Each of these sayings is commonly used to describe when it’s time to move on, either from something bad or something good. They’re also sayings that can be u…
Virginia Tech is entering its fifth season in the ACC and there is a lot of going on within the athletics program. We sat down with Jim Weaver, director of athletics, as part of our annual Q&A to get his thoughts on a wide range of topic…