{"id":20393,"date":"2017-12-24T21:43:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T02:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/?p=20393"},"modified":"2017-12-24T21:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T02:43:27","slug":"virginia-tech-receives-a-transformative-donation-to-the-athletic-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2017\/12\/24\/virginia-tech-receives-a-transformative-donation-to-the-athletic-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Tech Receives a Transformative Donation to the Athletic Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2017\/12\/24\/virginia-tech-receives-a-transformative-donation-to-the-athletic-department\/image-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.png?fit=697%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"697,373\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.png?fit=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.png?fit=590%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20394\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.png?resize=300%2C161\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.png?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image.png?w=697&amp;ssl=1 697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas Eve, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans.\u00a0 Hope you are enjoying the holiday season with your family and friends wherever you are.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vtnews.vt.edu\/articles\/2017\/12\/athlete-performance-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Tech recently announced the receipt of the largest gift ever given to the athletic department &#8211; and the largest outright gift ever given to the university<\/a>.\u00a0 On December 18, 2017,\u00a0University President Tim Sands announced that a $15.2-million donation\u00a0 was given to the university to help create a state-of-the-art Student-Athlete Performance Center on Virginia Tech\u2019s Blacksburg campus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3DeguH2wSZo\" width=\"530\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The donation was made by an alumni couple who are Virginia natives.\u00a0 The transformational gift (which will benefit student-athletes in all 22 intercollegiate sports) will be used to create a new Student-Athlete Performance Center.\u00a0 After extensive renovation and expansion, the performance center will encompass the entire fourth floor of the Jamerson Athletic Center.\u00a0 When the facility is completed, the center will feature panoramic views of Lane Stadium and a balcony overlooking the practice field. The fourth floor of Jamerson will more than double from its current 6,000-square-foot footprint to 17,000 square feet. The new addition will include space for dining, nutrition, donor hospitality, recruiting areas, and a seamless connection to the Cassell Coliseum concourse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hokiesports.com\/football\/extras\/SA%20Performance%20quotes%20(D2%2012-15-17).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The students, as you can tell, are very happy about this new facility:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI owe a lot to our Coach (Ben) Hilgart, his staff and our nutrition team. I know firsthand the difference that embracing a smart diet and trusting our strength and conditioning staff has made for me and my game this season. It\u2019s really exciting to learn about this new performance facility that will help all of our athletes take their games to the next level. Thanks to all the donors who are making this possible. I\u2019m sure our coaches can\u2019t wait to show off the Student-Athlete Performance Center to recruits when they visit.\u201d <strong>Tim Settle &#8211; Football<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited about this project and what it means to Virginia Tech. Nutrition is such a big part of keeping our bodies healthy and improving our performance. The Student-Athlete Performance Center will be a great addition to our already outstanding program. The location is perfect with it being connected to Cassell. It will mean so much to so many of my fellow student-athletes and for the student-athletes who will follow us. I can\u2019t thank the donors enough for their support and caring for allowing this to happen.\u201c <strong>Nickeil Alexander-Walker &#8211; Men\u2019s Basketball <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Obviously, University President, Tim Sands, Head Football Coach, Justin Fuente, and Head Men&#8217;s Basketball Coach, Buzz Williams, are thrilled with the generosity of these Hokies.\u00a0 Overall, it&#8217;s been terrific year for Virginia Tech fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>The Hokie Club, Virginia Tech&#8217;s athletic fundraising arm, has banked over $30 million.\u00a0 Virginia Tech has raised almost $163 million <a href=\"https:\/\/vtnews.vt.edu\/articles\/2017\/12\/athlete-performance-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(which includes a huge scholarship gift fund of $15 million for engineering and construction students)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is this type of generosity that will help Virginia Tech move its overall athletic programs into the upper tier of the ACC.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas Eve!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allsportsdacc\">@AllSportsDACC<\/a>\u00a0and please like our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/All-Sports-Discussion\/184935911533629?fref=ts\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<br>\n<center>\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Bottom_Post -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1227879969298088\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1445137322\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<br>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Horizontal_6 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1227879969298088\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4619304738\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Merry Christmas Eve, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans.\u00a0 Hope you are enjoying the holiday season with your family and friends wherever you are. Virginia Tech recently announced the receipt of the largest gift ever given to the athletic department &#8211; and the largest outright gift ever given to the university.\u00a0 On December 18, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2017\/12\/24\/virginia-tech-receives-a-transformative-donation-to-the-athletic-department\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1Ih8i-5iV","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20395,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20393\/revisions\/20395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}