The

Virginia Tech Hokies The Virginia Tech Hokies are the athletic teams representing the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in intercollegiate athletics. The Hokies participate in the NCAA's Division I Atlantic Coast Conference in 22 va ...

softball team is a

college softball College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softball is normally played by women at the Intercollegiate level, whereas college baseball is nor ...

program that competes in

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Division I and the

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. Their home games are played at Tech Softball Park. The team appeared in the NCAA Tournament in four successive seasons (2005–2008), were conference champions in 2007 and 2008, and advanced to the Women's College World Series in 2008. A big part of this success was the pitching of

Angela Tincher Angela Tincher O'Brien (born Angela Susan Tincher; December 16, 1985) is an American, former collegiate All-American, retired professional All-Star softball pitcher and coach. She most recently served as the pitching coach at Virginia Tech. She ...

, 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 streak. The Hokies won this game by a score of 1–0 and Tincher pitched a no hitter, and also allowing no balls to reach the outfield.

Championships

Conference Championships

Conference Tournament Championships

Awards and honors

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National Awards

USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year

, 2008

Conference Awards and Honors

Atlantic 10 Player of the Year

*Michelle Meadows, 2000

Atlantic 10 Freshman of the Year

*Ali Verbage, 1998 *Ashlee Dobbe, 1999

ACC Player of the Year

, 2006 * Keely Rochard, 2022

ACC Pitcher of the Year

, 2006, 2007, 2008 *Carrie Eberle, 2019 *Keely Rochard, 2021 *Keely Rochard, 2022

ACC Freshman of the Year

*Lauren Duff, 2016 *Kelsey Bennett, 2019 *Emma Lemley, 2022

Big East All Conference

*Amy Voorhees, 2001 *Shanel Garafalo, 2001 *Catherine Gilliam, 2001 *

Clarisa Crowell Clarisa Crowell is an American former softball player and current head coach at Penn State. She previously served as the head coach at Miami. Playing career Crowell played college softball for Virginia Tech from 1999 to 2002. As a freshman, she ...

, 2002 *Amy Voorhees, 2002 *Rachel Pacheco, 2003 *Kelly Brown, 2003 *Megan Evans, 2004 *Sarah Prosise, 2004 *Caitlin Murphy, 2004

References

External links

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