As the 2023-24 academic year has ended, Virginia Tech student-athletes once again excelled in the classroom.
The spring of 2024 matched multiple record-setting benchmarks from the first half of the academic year, including Athletics Department semester GPA, Athletics Department cumulative GPA and number of teams with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
These benchmarks were made possible through the tremendous work by Tech student-athletes and the commitment from Tech’s Student-Athlete Academic Support Services (SAASS).
About 71% (410) of Virginia Tech’s 577 student-athletes during the spring of 2024 finished with a GPA of 3.0 or higher to earn Athletic Director Honor Roll distinction. In total, Tech’s 577 student-athletes combined for a 3.25 semester GPA.
Blacksburg alum honored
For the second straight year, the Johns Hopkins men’s soccer team placed six student-athletes on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
Graduate students Aidan Dunphy, Max Edelstein, Ben Goodman and Griffin Meyer, senior Logan Falzarano and junior Diego Elias earned the honor. Johns Hopkins has now produced 63 Academic All-District selections since 1995. Elias is a Blacksburg High School graduate.
Hopkins went 13-5-4 and won its 10th Centennial Conference championship this season.
Tech to face Penn State
Position Sports, in association with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, announced Tuesday that Virginia Tech and Penn State will square off as part of the 2024 Hall of Fame Series Baltimore at CFG Bank Arena on Friday, November 15. The event marks the first time the Hall of Fame will visit the Charm City.
In addition to Tech and Penn State, the Baltimore doubleheader will also feature Virginia vs. Villanova. Details surrounding game time, broadcast information, and credentials will be announced at a later date.
The Hall of Fame Series, owned and operated by Position Sports, is a collection of multi-game, singular events that showcase several of the top collegiate basketball teams in exciting non-conference matchups played both domestically and abroad. The inaugural Hall of Fame Series was held in 2023 in Las Vegas, Charlotte, San Antonio, Toronto and Phoenix.
Despite Penn State winning three of the last four meetings, Tech still holds a 7-4 advantage in the all-time series. The Hokies came out on top in the last matchup in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic on November 18, 2022, with a 61-59 win. The schools first played each other on February 12, 1921, in State College, Pa., with Tech posting a 29-23 victory.
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