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Head of Content
I'm a born and raised Hokie. My first game in Lane Stadium was in September of 1997 when Tech stomped Big East rival Syracuse 31-3. I was born and raised in Richmond, VA, where I developed a passion for local cooking, scenic nature, and everything Orange and Maroon.
I graduated from Tech with a degree in Finance in 2019 and received my Master's in Data Analytics in 2021. I'm a certified analytics nerd with a passion for data visualization and modeling, which fuels much of my work.
I joined the Sons team in 2020, and now act as the Head of Content overseeing all online content and mentoring our talented tea of writers. I also co-host the Two Deep podcast with Pete B. I currently work in New York in corporate and strategic finance at NBC Universal.
'19, BS - Finance // '21, MS - Data Analytics // Brooklyn, NY
The cold, mountain air likely jolted him out of his post season exhaustion as he drove to the Merryman Center early that January morning. His future, and with it the future of Virginia Tech athletics, had been in the balance over the last 48 hours. He felt confident in his decis…
The greatest stories tend have unexpected twists. It's a mind boggling revelation when you learn that U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is in fact an asylum patient himself in Dennis Lehane's 1954 novel Shutter Island. The gut punch you feel in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the the Ki…
Editor's Note: This season, we will be featuring op-eds from various SoS contributors and writers. This opinion piece was submitted by Patrick Bowers (@pbowwow on X.com) I get it, Virginia Tech has been a let down of late. Nobody in this fanbase is excited over mediocrity, 6-6 s…
Heated That's the best way to describe the budding baseball rivalry between the Hokies and North Carolina. For no the first time in recent year, the Hokies and Heels were at each other's throats in a hard fought series that saw the Hokies drop their second consecutive ACC weeken…
That looked like an Omaha team No, not the Hokies, but the Seminoles of Florida State. That's not to say the Hokies can't go on a run, but on a cold weekend in Blacksburg it was clear that the road warriors from Tallahassee had some guys get off the bus that the Hokies just coul…
Things looked bleak in South Bend And it wasn't just the weather which was cold, windy, and wet in classic northern Indiana fashion. No, it was more because the Hokies were soaking in the their second straight defeat to an inferior opponent after the Irish were able to grab game…
The dichotomy of college baseball is special One moment you're the headlining story in the sport, the next you're losing to your local rival at home. It's what makes college baseball so...perfectly imperfect. It truly can be any team on any day. The Hokies found themselves on bo…
Mike Young has brought back one of his top assistant hires Chester Frazier has been brought back to Blacksburg as part of a revitalization of the men’s basketball program under Mike Young. The experienced assistant spent two seasons on the Virginia Tech staff between 2019-2021. …
It was only a matter of time The Hokies had found themselves on the wrong side of 50/50 games in back to back ACC series. To be fair, they put themselves in those situations, but it did feel like the ball just wasn't bouncing Tech's way. It felt like all that angst and frustrati…
Things didn't look good at all...and then they looked great?! Baseball's a funny sport. After the Hokies got run-ruled on Friday night vs NC State in a game where the baseball gods simply didn't want the Hokies to compete, Tech comes out on Saturday and looks every bit like a te…
That was stressful... Four games for the Hokies, all came down to the ninth inning. And frankly, all four were games that the Hokies could have found themselves winning or losing. Well, you play four 50/50 games, and you end up wining half of them. Mathematically that makes sens…
This time of year is all about survival And the Hokies are doing just that...with a little added flare of course. Many of the top teams around the country are unable to trudge their way through the early non-conference schedule unscathed, including preseason top 10 teams like Te…
The Hokies may have found some diamonds in their last recruiting class Having multiple spots in the rotation needing to be filled, the Hokies were always going to have to rely on some of their younger arms to eat up innings. But not many saw this coming. True freshmen Jake Marci…
New Season, Same Hokies The Blacksburg Bombers hammered in 60 runs on their way to a 3-1 start to the season. It was an explosive offensive start for a team with a lot of new faces in the lineup, which was a welcomed sign with so many question marks coming into the season. But i…
The 'Blacksburg Bombers' are reloading for 2025 while staying true to their program identity. Over the past six seasons with head coach John Szefc leading the program, the Hokies have built a bit of a reputation around college baseball: they have an explosive offensive game, run…
Bowl games mean something...to some people. But for an ever growing number of programs, the outcome of these glorified exhibitions is simply a formality. That's not to say the Hokies didn't want to win the Mayo Bowl, in fact they competed well given the circumstances. But with a…
The Program Power Rankings are BACK for 2024...and much more! Last summer, I put together a model to rank college football programs in a way that I hadn't seen done before. I wanted to use a combination of advanced stats, returning production, recruiting, strength of schedule, h…
The Hokies grabbed there biggest commitment for the 2025 class so far in big man Christian Gurdak. The Hokies were early on Gurdak, and have led the race ever since he was a freshman in high school. The 6'9" center received offers from Notre Dame, Maryland, Clemson, Penn State, …
Every year, a few games pop up on the schedule that define the season. Sometimes they’re the obvious matchups: Ohio State vs Michigan, the Iron Bowl, Clemson vs Florida State…but not always. Sometimes we have to look through the noise to find the games that can truly determine t…
What makes college football so great is that every year, every program has a story. Whether it be a redemption story from last season’s failures, a program on the rise, or a team committed to remaining on top, every team is looking to write their story book season. It can be tou…