Baseball

Cueto named Valley League All-Star

Tech outfielder Jose Cueto recently completed a successful summer season with the Winchester Royals of the Valley Baseball League, and was named to the all-star team after ranking fourth in the league with a .328 batting average and fifth with a .537 on-base percentage.

The VBL is a wooden bat league that is funded in part by Major League Baseball, and features 11 teams throughout Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Cueto helped the Royals to a fourth-place finish (26-21), and led the team with six home runs while adding eight doubles, 24 RBIs, 20 walks and 11 steals.

The rising senior hit .260 for the Hokies in 2007 while posting four round-trippers and 21 RBIs. He played in 48 games, starting 24 in right, 17 in left, and seven at designated hitter.

Information on the VBL can be found here.