With changes to the sports marketing program at Virginia Tech, the New River Valley radio group seems to be out as the flagship station for Virginia Tech athletics.
The 105.3 FM station has been the flagship for football and men’s basketball for the past 15 years, but as of this past week, management says they have been told they would not be when the fall hits this year.
Former Hokie signs with Cavs
Virginia Tech’s Hunter Cattoor signed an NBA Summer League deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers Friday, creating an opportunity for him to continue playing professionally.
Cattoor cemented his legacy as one of the Hokie greats by guiding Tech to its first-ever ACC title in 2022, earning ACC Tournament MVP honors following a 31-point outburst in the championship game against Duke.
The Orlando, Fla., native was an elite sharpshooter in his time in Blacksburg, drilling a program-record 332 career threes, which also ranks seventh in ACC history. He averaged a career-best 13.5 points per game in his fifth year in the maroon and orange, eclipsing the 1,500 career point plateau.
Cattoor also played in a program-record 151 career games while knocking down 41.5% from beyond the arc.
The NBA 2K25 Summer League starts July 12.
Stangle joins volleyball team
Virginia Tech volleyball head coach Marci Byers tabbed Haley Stangle as the program’s director of operations Tuesday. Stangle has spent the last two years at the University of Arkansas as a graduate assistant – operations for their volleyball program.
She will be involved in the day-to-day operations of the program, including management of the program’s budget and coordination of team travel.
At Arkansas she orchestrated travel logistics, facilitated practice schedules, collaborated with the staff on team budget, provided administrative support and liaised with groups such as nutrition to help fuel the student-athletes.
Stangle also has experience as a marketing and communications intern at Texas A&M where she worked in the 12th Man Foundation. There, she was responsible for the creation and execution of HTML emails through Eloqua while also producing content for social media platforms.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in sport management from Texas Tech and a master’s degree in recreation and sports management from Arkansas.
Staff report
