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Due to Virginia Tech's desire not to release him, Metcalf was forced to sit out the entire 2006–2007 season. In the fall of 2007, as sophomore, Metcalf finally began his collegiate wrestling career. [1] During the course of his first competitive season, he captured the Big Ten and National Championships at 149 lbs.
The product of Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, was a Southern Conference wrestling champion all four of his collegiate seasons and led Virginia Tech team in scoring three of his four years. [1] He was team captain his senior year. [1] He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1988 as the first wrestler so honored.
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Virginia Tech's sports teams are called the "Hokies". The word "Hokie" originated in the "Old Hokie" spirit yell created in 1896 by O. M. Stull for a contest to select a new spirit yell when the college's name was changed from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the original spirit yell, which ...
After graduating from college, he began wrestling in 1976. [5] He wrestled as Stonewall Jackson in Tennessee and Ohio before making his debut in the World Wrestling Federation in 1978. In 1979, he was known as "The Rookie of the Year" where he feuded with Johnny Rodz and the Valiant Brothers. He left the WWF in late 1979. [6]
Kevin Dresser took over as head coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies wrestling team in 2006, upon the departure of Tom Brands. [5] Dresser went 160-51 in 11 seasons. The team earned two ACC Tournament Championships (2012–13 and 2013–14) and three ACC Dual Championships (2014–15, 2015–16, and 2016–17), during his tenure. [6] [7]
An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling career with the University of Iowa included a record of 158-7-2 and an undefeated season in 1991 where he was 45–0. He was a four-time All-American , three-time NCAA Champion, three-time Big Ten Conference champion, and Outstanding Wrestler at the 1992 NCAA tournament .