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A big part of this success was the pitching of Angela Tincher, who had a historic career at Virginia Tech, becoming only the third person in NCAA Softball to record 2,000 career strikeouts. The Hokies also did what no other college has ever done, beating the U.S. Olympic Softball Team in a victory that ended Team USA's 12-year, 185-game winning ...
Several organizations have hosted annual blood drives on or near the anniversary date of the shooting as a tribute to the victims. The Virginia Tech Alumni Association National Capital Region Chapter (the "DC Hokies") has held a yearly blood drive in remembrance of the victims of the shooting, [193] [194] as well as sponsoring a local 3.2-mile ...
Braine also directed an expansion of women's athletics that made Virginia Tech compliant with federal gender-equity rules by implementing new women's sports programs, such as soccer, lacrosse, and softball. During Braine's tenure, Virginia Tech won an NIT Championship in basketball and nine Atlantic 10 Conference titles in other sports. Braine ...
The Justice Department agreed to pay more than $138 million to victims of disgraced sports physician Larry Nassar and apologized for the FBI's failing to act on warnings about the convicted sex ...
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Born Angela Susan Tincher in Low Moor, Virginia, Tincher O'Brien attended Alleghany High School in Covington for one year before moving to Eagle Rock and transferring to James River High School in nearby Buchanan. [3] At Virginia Tech, Tincher O'Brien was a pitcher for Virginia Tech Hokies softball from 2005 to 2008 under head coach Scot Thomas ...
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 ...
The Virginia Tech campus was shocked by Zhu's crimes. [5] Virginia Tech president Charles W. Steger wrote in a letter to the campus community that their hearts "go out to the victim [Yang Xin] and her family". [4] It was the first murder on the campus since the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. [4] [1] [6]