Good morning, Tech Fam. We can’t wait to see Emily take the course at this year’s U.S Women’s Amateur in August!

What all are we covering in today’s edition, Hokies? Check it out below!

📚 Class Acts
🙌 Growing Family
⏱️ The Countdown Is On
🦃 And much, much more!

Throughout the summer, we will be counting down the days
to the return of Virginia Tech Football this fall. The Hokies will host
VMI on September 5 at 7:30 p.m.

There’s something dangerous about a man on a mission and that’s exactly what #5️⃣2️⃣ Sherrod Henderson is on as he returns to the gridiron for his first season of collegiate football.

The defensive lineman out of Rocky Point, N.C. suffered an injury in preseason camp last fall and missed the entire 2025 campaign.

Now, he’s back and ready to battle for time on the Hokies defense. In high school, he was a three-time All-Conference defensive end, racking up over 200 tackles and 29 sacks during his high school career.

🔼 Growing Family. The leadership team for new Athletic Director Brian White continues to get locked up.

This week, Virginia Tech announced the addition of Brad Bell as Executive Associate Athletics Director of Advancement and Executive Director of the Hokie Club.

Bell served the past five years as associate athletic director for major gifts for the University of Georgia Athletic Association, raising tens of millions for a school that won College Football Playoff National Championship games in 2022 and 2023.

🦃 More On The Newest Hokie

🔼 Class Acts. The course and the court weren’t the only places that the Virginia Tech women’s golf and tennis teams had success this spring.

This week, five golfers earned nationally recognition, while 11 tennis standouts were honored.

Virginia Tech's Valentine Delon, Emerson Dever, Savannah Dupre, Emily Mathews and Xin Yao Wang were all named to the 2025-26 WGCA All-American Scholar Team.

For tennis, six different men and five different women were recognized with ITA Scholar Athletes honors.

🎾 The Full List Of Men’s Tennis Honorees
⛳️ Recapping The Women’s Golf Accolades
🎾 The Full List Of Women’s Tennis Honorees

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Earlier this month, Virginia Tech women’s hoops unveiled a brand new series, “Between The Arches.”

Each week, Evan Hughes will introduce a new face joining the program for the upcoming 2026-27 season.

This week, we’re meeting junior transfer, Natalee Goff.

Over the weekend, Brett Renfrow became Virginia Tech’s seventh highest pitcher to be drafted all-time when he was selected in an extension of the second round of the 2026 MLB Draft.

In his three seasons with the Hokies, how many strikeouts did he rack up?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom and find out!

*all times are ET*

Thursday, Aug. 13
⚽️ Women's Soccer vs. Old Dominion @ 6pm | Live Stats

Sunday, Aug. 16
⚽️ Women's Soccer vs. VMI @ 6pm | Live Stats

Thursday, Aug. 20
⚽️ Women's Soccer vs. Liberty @ 7pm | Live Stats
⚽️ Men's Soccer at Ohio State @ 8pm | Live Stats

Sunday, Aug. 23
⚽️ Men's Soccer vs. Howard @ 4pm | Live Stats
⚽️ Women's Soccer vs. Maryland @ 6pm | Live Stats

Saturday, Sept. 5
🏈 Football vs. VMI @ 7:30pm | ACC Network | Listen | Live Stats | Buy Tickets

🟠 Click here to see the full Virginia Tech Athletics Calendar

Answer: 250

🦃 Have a great one, y’all!