Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – In celebration of the legacy manifested by its 2022 championship team – champions of the ACC Coastal Division and the NCAA Blacksburg Regional – the Virginia Tech baseball program will present commemorative rings to its accomplished student-athletes during a public ceremony on Friday, Nov. 4, at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park.
Any and all fans are welcome to attend the 2022 Virginia Tech Baseball Ring Ceremony, which will take place outdoors from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the English Field infield. The event will be emceed by Evan Hughes, friend of the program and radio play-by-play voice of the Hokies.
Guests who are attending this free, non-ticketed event are invited to file into the ballpark's home plate seating, where access will be general admission. Weekly campus parking rules and enforcement will remain in effect in all neighboring lots.
At the conclusion of the ring ceremony, head coach John Szefc will invite fans and friends in attendance to partake in a meet-and-greet with the 2022 Hokies and participate in autograph signings.
2022 Virginia Tech Baseball Team
Virginia Tech's 2022 baseball team achieved an enormity of unprecedented success, winning nine ACC series (program record) en route to championing the ACC Coastal Division with the conference's best record (19-9).
Peaking as the nation's consensus No. 2-ranked program in late May, the Hokies earned the No. 4 national seed in the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, sweeping three games during the Blacksburg Regional to advance to the program's first Super Regional (Blacksburg) – its first in its home ballpark.
Led by John Szefc, the 2022 ACC Coach of the Year, Virginia Tech witnessed eight student-athletes earn year-end, all-conference status (program record), including four All-ACC First Team selections: outfielder Gavin Cross, pitcher Drue Hackenberg, outfielder Jack Hurley and shortstop Tanner Schobel.
Four Hokies combined to garner 13 All-American honors – comprising the program's most decorated class all-time – while five went on to hear their names called during the 2022 MLB Draft: Cross (No. 9 overall), Schobel (No. 68), Nick Biddison (No. 135), Cade Hunter (No. 153) and Graham Firoved (No. 467).
Virginia Tech's 45 overall wins during the 2022 campaign also marked the program's most during its ACC tenture (since 2005).