Good morning. Coach Mike Young has style. 😎

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

⚽️ Meet a Hokie
👟 Academic honor
🦃 And much, much more!

🦃 STOCK UP

🔼 Nice to Meet You. The men’s soccer team welcomes Yanis Belatrache to the 2025 roster. Belatrache is a sophomore midfielder from France. He recently played at UCF, where he started 15 of 16 matches and scored one goal.

⚽️ Learn more about Belatrache.

🔼 Stuff The Stat Sheet. Men’s hoops’ Neoklis Avdalas has been incredible during FIBA U20 Eurobasket!

🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

Coming Up.

Men’s soccer plays its first game of the 2025 season on Aug. __ against Ohio State at Thompson Field.

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🟠 ONE BIG THING

Scholars. The outdoor track and field team had 36 Hokies named to the All-ACC Academic team. To qualify, individuals were required to maintain a 3.0 GPA each semester, a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA and compete in the ACC and/or NCAA Championships during the 2025 outdoor track & field season.

The College Sport Communicators selected Ben Conacher and Lindsey Butler for the Academic All-America honor. Conacher was named to the first team, and Butler was selected for the second team.

👟 Here are the 36 athletes honored.

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Aug. 21!

🦃 Have a great Monday!