Good morning. Time is flying! Summer session is officially wrapped up for men’s basketball, and women’s soccer opens up the 2025-26 athletic season with the first regular season event of the year as they take on High Point on the road tonight.

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

🏈 The safeties
🥍 New assistant coach
🦃 And much, much more!

🦃 STOCK UP

🔼 Position Preview. The safeties are led by returning sophomore Quentin Reddish. He is one of the youngest names in the safeties room. Reddish tallied 20 tackles in 12 games as a freshman in 2024. Five safeties are transfer students and two are true freshmen.

🏈 Read more about the safeties.

🔼 Listen Up. Virginia Tech Head Coach Brent Pry joins the Hokies' Bill Roth and Mike Burnop to discuss Tech's pre-season camp, position battles, and his outlook on the 2025 Hokies. Listen on Spotify now.

🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

New Hokie. Joao Felicio will join the men’s soccer team this season.

Felicio is a defender from ____.

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom and find out!

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🟠 ONE BIG THING

Welcome! The lacrosse team named Grace Weigand as the new assistant coach. Weigand is a former standout athlete at Notre Dame. She has experience coaching a variety of clubs, including Urban Elite in Denver and Mad Dog Lacrosse in New Jersey. Weigand was a USA Lacrosse All-American honorable mention in college.

🥍 Here’s more about Weigand.

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📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, August 14

⚽️ Women’s Soccer at High Point @ 7pm ET

Friday, August 15

🏈 Fan Day @ 5:30pm | Beamer-Lawson Indoor Practice Facility
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. UNC Greensboro @ 6pm ET

Sunday, August 17

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. VCU @ 5pm ET

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Lisbon, Portugal!

🦃 Have a great Thursday!