BLACKSBURG – Head Coach Kenny Brooks announced the promotion of Radvile Autukaite to the role of Player Personnel Specialist on the Hokies' women's basketball staff Friday afternoon.
"I'm extremely happy to promote Rad to Player Personnel Specialist," Brooks said Friday. "She has been an instrumental piece to our success over the last four years. Rad is a tireless worker and her positive attitude is infectious. She's a Hokie!"
Autukaite, recently completed her fourth year on the Virginia Tech women's basketball staff, serving as a graduate assistant from 2017-20.
As a graduate assistant, Autukaite was primarily responsible for coordinating the male practice team, helping maintain the recruitment database, assisting with administrative duties, and other day-to-day operational tasks related to the program.
Prior to joining Virginia Tech in 2017, Autukaite served as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Webber International University. During two seasons at Webber, Autukaite's responsibilities varied from recruiting, organizing community service events, monitoring study hall, scheduling and assisting on the court with practices and games. In addition, Autukaite earned her MBA with a sports management concentration.
As an undergraduate student, Autukaite graduated from Reinhardt University while earning her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. During her career as a student-athlete Autukaite received the NAIA AAC Female Champion of Character Award for all sports. This award is given to a female athlete who exhibits integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and a servant leadership to the best of their ability. In addition to that she was named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete several years in a row.
Prior to moving to the United States, Autukaite, a native of Vilnius, played for the Lithuanian National Team at the U-16, U-18 and U-20 levels.
