Search Results
(36 Results)
1. Softball Athlete of the Year
Softball :: Kylie McGoldrick :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 11
Kylie McGoldrick | Junior | Stratford, New Jersey After a breakout season last year, Kylie McGoldrick continued her impressive offensive display in 2014 and helped lead Tech to its third straight NCAA postseason berth and its se…
2. Group of longtime athletics department employees decides to retire
Softball :: IHS Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 11
Billy Hite, who worked 33 years as Tech’s running backs coach and played a large role in developing the Hokies’ tradition of excellence in the backfield, is retiring after 36 years at the school. The laugh is unmistakable; that deep…
3. Hopes high again for Tech softball squad
Softball :: Season Preview :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 6 Iss. 7
The Hokies saw their top hitter and pitcher depart, but coach Scot Thomas is optimistic about his team’s chance at reaching an NCAA regional for the third straight year Lauren Gaskill is moving to shortstop, and she’ll be Tech’s l…
4. Women's golf program adds first recruits
Softball :: Olympic Sports Recruiting :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 5
Amanda Hollandsworth was the first commitment to the Tech women’s golf program, and she has enjoyed a storied junior golf career while attending Floyd County [Va.] High School. (Photo courtesy of The Roanoke Times) Virginia Tech he…
5. Familiar Face Returns to Blacksburg
Softball :: IHS Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 2
Former Virginia Tech softball pitcher Angela Tincher O’Brien has been hired as the program’s new pitching coach, returning to the place where she became one of the NCAA’s all-time greats Maybe the greatest softball player in Tech …
6. Softball Athlete of the Year
Softball :: Courtney Liddle :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 5 Iss. 11
Courtney Liddle | Senior. | Haymarket, Va. A two-player toss-up for the magazine’s softball athlete of the year honor goes to departing senior Courtney Liddle, who led the Hokies in many offensive categories and earned a number of p…
7. Tech's top ten of the past year
Softball :: 2012-13 Edition :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 11
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…
8. Tech softball team wins three in regional, falls to Kentucky to end season
Softball :: IHS Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 11
For softball fanatics – and Virginia Tech fans – the action and the play at the NCAA Lexington Regional was hard to beat. Unfortunately, the Hokies came up a run short of advancing to the super regional round. Despite getting great…
9. The 2012-13 athletics year ranks as one of the best ever for Tech
Softball :: From the Editor's Desk :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 11
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…
10. Young player reaching out to young people
Softball :: Softball Spotlight :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 9
Tech softball player Kylie McGoldrick has established a charity that collects used baseball and softball equipment and gives it to needy youth organizations Kylie McGoldrick and her family started a chartiy several yearsago and continue…
11. News & Notes
Softball :: VT News and Notes :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 8
Tech to use online system for 2013 football seat changes and parking choices For the first time, Virginia Tech football season ticket holders will be required to make changes to their seat locations and to pick their parking locations e…
12. Hokies strong from top to bottom
Softball :: Softball Preview :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 5 Iss. 7
With a powerful lineup and a top-notch pitcher, the Virginia Tech softball team has high expectations for the 2013 season Jasmin Harrell won 31 games in the circle last season, the third-most in program history for a single season. The…
13. Hokies Supporting Hokies
Softball :: Student Life :: Reyna Gilbert-Lowry :: Vol. 5 Iss. 7
Virginia Tech student-athletes are taking care of each other’s families during difficult times Courtney (left) and Bailey Liddle created a video for their ill mother that was filled with well wishes from numerous Tech student-athlet…
14. Tech Wrestling Recruiting Haul Among the Top in the Nation
Softball :: Olympic Sports Recruiting :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 5
The Hokies’ softball and golf programs also sign highly touted recruiting classes Nov. 14 marked the beginning of the fall signing period for several NCAA sports, and several of Tech’s coaches landed high-quality recruiting class…
15. Softball Athlete of the Year
Softball :: Jasmin Harrell :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 11
Jasmin Harrell | Junior | Irvine, Calif. Jasmin Harrell made the most of the opportunity put in front of her this season. Taking over as the No. 1 pitcher on the Virginia Tech softball team, Harrell responded with a season bettered b…
16. Tech softball squad concludes great season with loss to Tennessee in NCAA regionals
Softball :: Softball Extra :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 4 Iss. 11
Thanks in part to its unbelievable run to the 2012 ACC Championship game, the Virginia Tech softball team earned its fifth trip to the NCAA Softball Championship and first since 2008. The Hokies’ effort was rewarded with a trip to the…
17. Sister Reunited at Tech
Softball :: Softball Spotlight :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 10
Junior first baseman Courtney Liddle and freshman pitcher Bailey Liddle share an unbreakable bond, a passion for softball and their faith, and concern for their mother Courtney (left) and Bailey Liddle One is a blond, the oth…
18. Loaded lineup has Tech softball squad looking for big things in 2012
Softball :: Softball Preview :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 4 Iss. 7
Bkaye Smith started all 56 games a season ago and is a terrific fielder at second base. At first glance, the 2012 Virginia Tech softball team may look young and inexperienced, with just two seniors and four juniors on the roster. Add in…
19. HELPING THE HELPLESS - Former Tech softball player Laura Flowers loves helping animals as a veterinarian
Softball :: Where Are They Now? :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 10
Photo provided by Laura (Flowers) RosenthalNow a veterinarian in Northern Virginia, Laura Flowers (now Rosenthal) played on Tech’s second team, and she started 131 of 133 games her final two seasons in Blacksburg. Some young adults sp…
20. SUCCESS IN THE CIRCLE - Despite following a legend, Tech pitcher Kenzie Roark will depart Virginia Tech ranked in the top five of just about every school pitching category
Softball :: Softball Spotlight :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 10
Kenzie Roark In 2007, an 18-year-old girl from a small town east of Nashville arrived on Virginia Tech’s sprawling campus, invited to the party that ended up being the 2008 softball season. It was a five-month stretch that was as exh…
21. Pitching and speed key for Tech softball squad in 2011
Softball :: Softball Preview :: Marc Mullen :: Vol. 3 Iss. 7
Kenzie Roark, who won 10 games a year ago and led the squad with a 3.06 ERA, will be an anchor on Tech’s pitching staff this upcoming season. Over the first five weeks of the 2011 softball season, Virginia Tech will visit seven citie…
22. Athlete of the Year - Queen Harrison
Softball :: Sport-by-sport Athletes of the year :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 2 Iss. 11
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…
23. FROM ATHLETE TO ADMINISTRATOR - Former Tech softball standout Michelle Meadows now has a career in athletics as an administrator at Longwood
Softball :: Where Are They Now? :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 2 Iss. 10
Photo courtesy of Longwood athletics departmentMichelle Meadows (left) is enjoying helping student-athletes in her role as the senior women’s administrator at Longwood University. Those who work in the upper echelon of athletics admin…
24. Mixture of new and returning talent gives Hokies a chance to get back to winning ways
Softball :: Softball Preview :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 2 Iss. 7
After transferring from Tennessee, junior Ashton Ward will do double duty for the Hokies, serving as one of the team’s top pitchers and also providing a solid bat in the lineup. When a softball team loses six seniors, including an A…
25. Six to be inducted into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame
Softball :: VT News and Notes :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 2 Iss. 2
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: …
26. Marcel Lomnicky is Virginia Tech's Athlete of the Year
Softball :: Athlete of the Year :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 11
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…
27. There's no catching the "Rhodesrunner"
Softball :: Softball Spotlight :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 10
Jenna Rhodes The running joke around Virginia Tech softball is that Jenna Rhodes, who grew up on a chicken farm in Broadway Va., got to be so fast because she trained by chasing chickens around like the Italian Stallion did in Rocky II.…
28. Olympic Sports Report - Taking a look at some of Tech's other athletics teams
Softball :: Olympic Sports Beat :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 9
BASEBALL Steve Domecus ended the month of March on a 19-game hitting streak. The Tech baseball team concluded the month of March by playing a pair of games at completely different ends of the spectrum. A March 29 loss at N.C. …
29. Men's swimming and diving places fifth at ACC Championships
Softball :: Olympic Sports Beat :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 8
SWIMMING AND DIVING We already touched on the women’s team’s success in the piece about Sara Smith, but the H2Okie men fared pretty well at the ACC Championships, taking fifth place in the meet that ended on February 28. Tech b…
30. Challenges await softball team in encore to last season's success
Softball :: Softball Preview :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 7
Senior Charisse Mariconda, who entered the 2009 season having never missed a game, is Tech's top offensive threat after hitting .340 a year ago. The 2008 Virginia Tech softball season was one for the ages, as the Hokies enjoyed a magi…
31. Tech student-athletes remain active in local communities
Softball :: Student Life :: :: Vol. 1 Iss. 7
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…
32. New Year's Resolutions
Softball :: New Years Resolution :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 6
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…
33. Palmer to headline baseball team's fundraiser
Softball :: VT News and Notes :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 1 Iss. 6
Tech baseball’s second annual ‘Baseball Night in Blacksburg’ will take place on Feb. 7 and the featured speaker will be Hall of Fame pitcher and Baltimore Orioles legend Jim Palmer. The event, sponsored by Bull and Bones Brewhaus …
34. Fall Harvest: A look at Tech's crop of freshly signed recruits
Softball :: Fall Recruiting Recaps :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 5
Many people are aware of the NCAA’s early signing period in November because that is when the best high school basketball players in the country formally commit to the school of their choice by signing a national letter-of-intent. But …
35. Tincher honored, getting ready to head to Japan
Softball :: VT News and Notes :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 1 Iss. 3
At some point, the awards and accolades may stop rolling in for Angela Tincher. Maybe. The latest one came courtesy of the Tech athletics department. On the same day in which the softball pitcher and her family stood at midfield before…
36. Tech AD provides answers on a wide array of topics
Softball :: Jim Weaver Q&A :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 1 Iss. 1
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…
hokieshop.com | hokietickets.com | hokieTV.com | Inside Hokie Sports
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | hokipoki@vt.edu © 2008, hokiesports.com
