Good morning. Quick check-in with women’s basketball:

What else are we covering into today’s edition, Hokies?

👟 2 new athletes from Kenya
⚾ Welcome Home, Chase Lummus
🦃 And much, much more!

🦃 STOCK UP

🔼 New Hokie. Linus Chepkochei joins the Virginia Tech track & field and cross country programs from Eldoret, Kenya. Chepkochei, a distance athlete, specializes in cross country events, the 3000m and the 5000m, with personal bests in the 3000m at 8:21 and in the 5000m at 14:07.

🔼 Welcome Home. Fortifying the technical strength of the Virginia Tech pitching program, head coach John Szefc formally introduced Chase Lummus as the Hokies’ director of pitching performance, baseball analytics on Tuesday.

Lummus makes his way to Virginia Tech after spending the past six seasons within the Texas baseball program, highlighted by his five seasons as a left-handed pitcher for the Longhorns (2020-24) and his elevation to bullpen coach for the 2025 campaign.

⚾ Read more.

🔼 Sign Up! We want to see YOU at the 2025 Virginia Tech Football Women’s Clinic on July 25. You will be able to talk and learn from the Virginia Tech coaching staff, the women of Virginia Tech football and more!

🎟️ Register here.

🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

New Football Player.

Terion Stewart is a (position) on the 2025 football team.

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🟠 ONE BIG THING

Welcome. Faith Kipmaiyo joins the Virginia Tech track & field and cross country programs from Eldoret, Kenya. Kipmaiyo, a distance athlete, specializes in cross country events, the 1500m and the 3000m, with personal bests in the 1500m at 4:35 and in the 3000m at 9:35.

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