PEP RALLY
Virginia Tech athletics will host a virtual basketball pep rally presented by the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport on Tuesday, March 16 at 7 p.m. ET on Zoom. While fans are unable to attend the pep rally in person, members of Hokie Nation can RSVP below.
Every fan who registers will also be entered to win a Hokie prize pack, including a $100 flight voucher courtesy of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.
To participate, fans should download the Zoom software application here ahead of Tuesday's virtual pep rally. Once registration is complete, a Zoom link will be shared via a confirmation email that will provide admittance to the virtual event.
Fans attending Tuesday's virtual pep rally are encouraged to be decked out in Hokie gear. Custom Virginia Tech Athletics Zoom backgrounds are available here.
BLACKSBURG — The Virginia Tech women's basketball team is going dancing. The Hokies got to hear their name called Monday night during ESPN's reveal of the 64-team bracket. The Hokies, 14-9, will be the seven seed in the River Walk Region and will matchup with Marquette on Sunday at 12 pm.
The bid signals the tenth time in program history that the Hokies will participate in the signature event of the college basketball season, and the first since 2006.
The 2020-21 season featured an expected 20-game ACC schedule for the first time and a 25-game slate. Tech, one of the only ACC teams to not have to pause operations, finished 8-8 in the league and earned the seven seed in the ACC Tournament, defeating Miami in the second round of the tournament before falling to eventual champion NC State.
This season the Hokies saw two student-athletes selected to the ACC's First Team, a first for the program. Elizabeth Kitley and Aisha Sheppard ranked second and third in the ACC in scoring, forming the most formidable duo in the conference. Sheppard, one of the nation's top 3-point shooters broke her own single season record at Tech with 85 triples this season vaulting her to first all-time with 304. Her total is the seventh most in ACC history.
Kitley was among the league leaders in points, rebounds, blocks and field goal percentage along with leading the ACC with 13 double-doubles. She has been named a top five finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award which honors the top center in the nation.
LISA LESLIE AWARD VOTING
Point guard Georgia Amoore also collected All-Freshman honors after averaging 11.5 points and 4.6 assists, the fourth-best mark of any player in the ACC. Her 41% mark from beyond the arc ranked third.
Tech made a late run up the standings winning six straight games in the ACC for the first time in program history between January 28 and February 25, a streak that started with the 83-71 overtime victory over No. 2 NC State serving as the best win in program history, the only one over an AP top-four team.
Tech has been a 7 seed three times previously including in 2001, the first and only NCAA appearance in Texas for the program. The Hokies defeated 10 seed Georgia Tech before falling to the two seed and host Texas Tech in Lubbock.
Overall, the program is 9-9 in the NCAA Tournament.
Gallery: (3-14-2021) Women's Basketball NCAA Selection Show
