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Good morning, Tech Fam. Don’t you just love seeing our Hokies all grown up?
What all are we covering in today’s edition, Hokies? Check it out below!
🏈 Eyes On Us
🏐 Setting The Course
⏱️ Countin’ Down: 44 Days
🦃 And much, much more!
🏈 SECURE YOUR SPOT
Today’s the Day!
Beginning today, Hokie fans have the opportunity to purchase single-game tickets with location for the 2026 season and secure their seats for an exciting new chapter of Hokie football head coach James Franklin.
Hokie Scholarship Fund donors (as of March 1, 2026) received presale access yesterday (July 22). Today (July 23), digital subscribers will receive early access (10 a.m. ET) to single-game tickets with location before sales open to the general public (2 p.m. ET).
Not yet a digital subscriber? Fans can gain early access by downloading the HokieSports mobile app, creating a profile and enabling football notifications to receive the latest news, exclusive content and ticket opportunities directly from Virginia Tech Athletics.
💭 YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS, WE GOT ANSWERS
Now it’s your turn Hokie fans.
Voice of the Hokies, Bill Roth, will welcome new Director of Athletics Brian White to Hokie Sports Insider and this is your chance to get your questions answered about Tech athletics.
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🔼 Eyes On Us. With training camps right around the corner and the season less than 50 days away, watch lists for the upcoming season are rolling out.
This week, 10 different Hokies earned a spot on the Shriners Children’s East-West Bowl 1000 Watch List.
🔼 Setting The Course. It’s almost go time for the Virginia Tech volleyball program.
This week, Head Coach Marci Byers and the Hokies rolled out their full 2026 slate.
The fall campaign consists of 30 contests – 15 road and 15 home matches – featuring opponents from nine conferences (MAC, CAA, MEAC, Big South, Sun Belt, Horizon League, NEC, SEC and ACC). ACC action makes up two-thirds of the schedule with 20 conference matches, complemented by 10 non-conference contests.
The Hokies will face 29 different opponents during the season, with Virginia serving as the lone opponent appearing twice on the schedule as part of the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash. Virginia Tech travels to Charlottesville on October 14 before hosting the Cavaliers in Cassell Coliseum on October 16.
🏈 COUNTIN’ DOWN: 4️⃣4️⃣ DAYS
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.
Many current Virginia Tech fans may not recognize the name Terry Smoot, but his impact is pretty evident when you look at the record book.
Smoot was a star tailback for the Hokies from 1967 – 1969. He led the Hokies in rushing for three straight seasons, and had eight 100-yard rushing games.
In 1969, Smoot rushed for a then school record 940 yards; his 12 touchdowns that season were third best in the nation. He graduated from Tech with virtually every school rushing record, including career rushing yards, career carries and career touchdowns.
🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA
Which returning Hokie had the most kills during the 2025 season?
Got a guess?
Scroll to the bottom and find out!
📆 THE DAYS AHEAD
*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
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: Reese Hazelton (196)
🦃 Have a great day, Hokie Nation!
