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 v ...
softball team is a
college softball program that competes in
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
Division I and the
Atlantic Coast Conference. 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, 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
Sources:
National Awards
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
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Angela Tincher, 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
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Angela Tincher, 2006
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Keely Rochard, 2022
ACC Pitcher of the Year
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Angela Tincher, 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
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Clarisa Crowell, 2002
*Amy Voorhees, 2002
*Rachel Pacheco, 2003
*Kelly Brown, 2003
*Megan Evans, 2004
*Sarah Prosise, 2004
*Caitlin Murphy, 2004
See also
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List of NCAA Division I softball programs
The following is a list of schools that participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I College softball, softball, according to NCAA.com. These teams compete to go to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and ASA Hall ...
References
External links
Softball-Hokie Sports
Sports clubs established in 1996
1996 establishments in Virginia
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