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Virginia Tech Hokies softball

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Virginia Tech Hokies
Founded1996
UniversityVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Head coachPete D'Amour (5th season)
ConferenceACC
Coastal Division
LocationBlacksburg, VA
Home stadiumTech Softball Park (Capacity: 1,100)
NicknameHokies
ColorsChicago maroon and burnt orange[1]
   
NCAA WCWS appearances
2008
NCAA Super Regional appearances
2008, 2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
2007, 2008
Regular Season Conference championships
2007, 2019, 2022
ACC Coastal
2019

The Virginia Tech Hokies softball team is a college softball program that competes in NCAA 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.[2] 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.[3]

Championships

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Conference Championships

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Season Conference Record Head coach
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference 15–5 Scot Thomas
2019 Atlantic Coast Conference 20–4 Pete D'Amour
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference 21–2 Pete D'Amour

Conference Tournament Championships

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Year Conference Tournament Location Head coach
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Tallahassee, FL Scot Thomas
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference College Park, MD Scot Thomas

Awards and honors

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Sources:[4][5]

National Awards

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USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year

Conference Awards and Honors

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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
ACC Pitcher of the Year
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, 2002
  • Amy Voorhees, 2002
  • Rachel Pacheco, 2003
  • Kelly Brown, 2003
  • Megan Evans, 2004
  • Sarah Prosise, 2004
  • Caitlin Murphy, 2004

All-Americans

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  • Michelle Meadows, 1998 - 2nd team
  • Michelle Johnson, 1998 - 3rd team
  • Michelle Meadows, 1999, 2000 - 1st team
  • Ashlee Dobbe, 2002 - 1st team
  • Angela Tincher, 2006 - 2nd team
  • Angela Tincher, 2007, 2008 - 1st team
  • Jenna Rhodes, 2009 - 3rd team
  • Emma Ritter, 2024 - 1st team
  • Addy Greene, 2024 - 1st team
  • Cori McMillan, 2024 - 2nd team

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Virginia Tech University Trademarks". Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Hokies advance to World Series with 6-1 win over Michigan". 2008-05-25.
  3. ^ "Tech upsets US National Team, 1-0". 2008-03-26.
  4. ^ "Atlantic 10 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. ^ "ACC Softball Record Book" (PDF). TheACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "2022 All-ACC Softball Awards Announced". TheACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 11, 2022.
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