Gray, Powell honored by VaSID

HAMPTON, Va. — Virginia Tech women's soccer players Emily Gray and Tori Powell have been named to the 2020 Virginia Sports Information Directors University Division all-state team as announced by the organization Thursday. Gray earned a spot on the first team at midfield, while Powell secured a place on the second team at forward.
 
Gray, who led the Hokies in goals (nine), assists (eight) and points (26), earned her third straight VaSID accolade. She was twice named to the second team at midfield.
 
The Sewell, New Jersey product led the ACC in assists, ranked third in points and tied for third in goals. Gray was selected to the All-ACC Third Team following the fall portion of the 2020-21 schedule. Playing and starting in all 17 games, Gray recorded 1,400 minutes on the pitch. She was recently named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team.
 
Powell became the 14th Hokie to be named to the ACC All-Freshman Team and the first since 2018. Powell's impressive first year in Blacksburg was highlighted by her six-point effort over the fall season's last weekend as she helped the Hokies earn a berth in the ACC Championship.
 
She scored twice in a 4-3 win at Wake Forest (Oct. 29), including the game-winner, and also had an assist in the match. She added an assist on the second goal in the 3-0 win at Boston College (Nov. 1) to complete her week.
 
Powell was tabbed the ACC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week and was also on the teams of the week released by College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer.com following her performance.
 
The Haymarket, Virginia native led all ACC freshmen in points and was second in goals scored. The Hokies won all eight games when Powell tallied at least one point.
 
Coming off its College Cup appearance, Virginia swept the four individual awards.
Diana Ordoñez earned Player of the Year honors, Laurel Ivory took home Defensive Player of the Year honors, Lia Godfrey was named the Rookie of the Year and head coach Steve Swanson earned Coach of the Year recognition.
 
VaSID names 44 all-state teams in 23 sports each year, as well as an Academic All-State squad and an all-sports champion in both the University and College Divisions. Membership in VaSID is open to all media relations professionals working at a university or conference in the Commonwealth of Virginia.