Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Members

Beth Walker, President

Sport: Softball
Favorite Class: Preventive and Therapeutic Exercise
Favorite sports team: VT Softball
Role models: My two sisters, Amber and Dee

Preston Lemon, Vice President

Sport: Men's Tennis
Favorite Class: World Regions
Favorite Movie: Van Wilder
Fun Dessert: Key Lime Pie

Brittany Pryor, Secretary

Sport: Women's Track & Field

Community Outreach

Jenna Rhodes, Chair

Sport: Softball
Favorite sports team: Anything VT of course!
Favorite dessert: Betty's ice cream sandwich delight
Fun Fact: I hope the majority of my life is spent living in various places around the globe

Jill Gergen

Sport: Volleyball
Favorite class: Intro to Acting...took it this last spring and had a ball!
Favorite movie: Remember the Titans
Role Model: My mom

Mauri Liberati

Sport: Women's Soccer
Favorite class: Ornithology (the study of birds)
Favorite sports team: Manchester United
Fun fact: I had a summer internship at a wild bird clinic specializing in the rehabilitation and release of native bird species

Tim Miller

Sport: Wrestling
Favorite Class: Bee's and Bee Keeping.....Why you ask, well I just love honey
Role Models: My parents
Favorite dessert: Well going back to my love for honey and my strong southern roots I would have to say my favorite dessert is a warm buttered biscuit drenched with honey

Terrance Vinson

Sport: Men's Basketball
Favorite Dessert: Anything with Oreos
Role Model: My mother
Fun Fact: I love to watch movies, long walks on the beach, and Georgia.

Emily Jukich

Sport: Women's Soccer
Favorite Movie: Love Actually
Favorite Sports Team: US Women's Soccer National Team
Role Models: My mom and Coach Kelly Cagle

Robin Chidester

Sport: Women's Soccer
Favorite Class: Intro to Modern Greek
Favorite Sports Team: Brazilian Men's National Soccer Team
Favorite Dessert: Chocolate Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce, Sprinkles & a tall glass or milk!

Hokies Respect

Jordan Hall, Chair

Sport: Athletic Training

Sarah Ameen

Sport: Women's Swimming & Diving
Favorite Movie: 21
Favorite Dessert: Strawberry Cheesecake
Role Model: Family and Friends

Tyler Hohman

Sport: Baseball

Eddie Judge

Sport: Men's Cross Country
Favorite Class: Documentary Film
Favorite Dessert: Brownies
Role Model: Quentin Cassidy

Will Oldham

Sport: Golf
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Dessert: West End Brownie Sundae
Role models: Mom and Dad

Erin Reddan

Sport: Women's Track & Field
Favorite class: The Middle Class
Favorite movie: It's a Wonderful Life
Favorite quote: "I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person." Audrey Hepburn

Marketing

Devin Cornwall, Chair

Sport: Men's Cross Country
Favorite sports team: Other than the Hokies, Yankees (both parents born in NY so no bandwagon here)
Role Model: The brilliant minds of the past and present (ex. Mozart, Orwell, and my peers)
Favorite Music Genre: Electronic (The Avalanches, Sixtoo, Massive Attack)

Claire Dickey

Sport: Women's Swimming & Diving
Favorite movie: Juno
Favorite sports team: VT anything.... I don't know anything about pro teams
Role Model: Parents

Brendan Dunn

Sport: Men's Soccer
Favorite Movie: Super Bad
Favorite Sports Team: NY Giants
Role Model: My father

Mike Fitzgerald

Sport: Men's Track & Field
Favorite Sports Team: New York Yankees
Role Model: Jesse Owens
Fun fact: My nickname is Feezy

Marc Greenberg

Sport: Men's Swimming & Diving
Favorite Class: Introductory to Mining Engineering
Favorite Movie: Dark Knight
Role Model: Michael Phelps

Daniel Martin

Sport: Men's Swimming & Diving
Favorite Sports Team: Redskins
Favorite Dessert: Anything Chocolate
Role Model: Ned T. Skinner

Patrick Terry

Sport: Football

Lewis Witcher

Sport: Men's Basketball

Matt Blow

Sport: Baseball
Favorite Movie: Gladiator
Favorite Sports Team: Atlanta Braves
Role Model: Chipper Jones

Policies & Procedures

Kari Morrison, Chair

Sport: Lacrosse
Favorite movie: Life Is Beautiful
Favorite sports team: Washington Redskins!
Role Model:My family

Inga Beermann

Sport: Woman's Tennis
Favorite Class: World Regions, Professional Practice
Favorite Movie: Starsky & Hutch
Favorite Sports Team: Dallas Cowboys

Tasmin Fanning

Sport: Women's Cross Country
Favorite class: Currently none strike me as a Favorite yet, but in the past, I enjoyed human sexuality and cell and molecular bio
Favorite sports team: VT track
Favorite quote: "Too much of a good thing is wonderful." Mae West

Holly Johnson

Sport: Women's Tennis
Favorite Class: Creative Writing
Favorite movie: Mrs. Doubtfire
Favorite dessert: shiver from TCBY

Kelly Phillips

Sport: Women's Track & Field
Favorite class I am in right now: microbiology
Favorite class I have had at Virginia Tech: anatomy and physiology
Role Model: I can't think of any one person, but in general people who stand by their values no matter what, and always put their best effort into whatever they do.
Favorite color: yellow

Eduardo Pinto

Sport: Men's Tennis
Favorite movie: Blood Diamond
Favorite sports team: Barcelona
Favorite dessert: Torta de Chilena

Will Snyder

Sport: Wrestling
Favorite Class: Micro Econ with Dr. Kyung Hwan Baik
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite Dessert: Coconut Cream Pie

Social

Amber Hall, Chair

Sport: Women's Basketball
Favorite dessert: Ice cream and cobbler
Role Model: Michelle Obama
Fun fact: I love cars and real estate and watching HGTV!

Steve Bumbry

Sport: Baseball
Favorite Class: Management Theory
Favorite Movie: Boondock Saints
Role Models: Eddie Murray and Chili Davis

Rachel Culp

Sport: Lacrosse
Favorite movie: Mean Girls and A League of Their Own
Role Model: My dad, brother, and about 5 other people
Favorite books:the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

Laura Haskins

Sport: Women's Basketball
Favorite movie: Love & Basketball
Favorite sports team: LA Lakers
Role Model: My parents

Betsy Horowitz

Sport: Volleyball
Favorite movie: Green Street Hooligans
Favorite sports team: Carolina Panthers
Favorite dessert: Ice Cream

Kara Vallari

Sport: Athletic Training
Favorite movie: Pretty Woman
Favorite sports team: The Chicago Bears
Role model: My dad

Taylor Walsh

Sport: Men's Soccer
Favorite movie: Top gun
Favorite sports team: MLB: Cardinals NFL: Cowboys
Athlete Role Model: Tiger Woods
Non-athlete: Dad and Grandfather

Drew Weaver

Sport: Golf
Favorite Class: Business Law
Favorite Movie: Wedding Crashers
Role Model: Davis Love III

Britney Kurty

Sport: Athletic Training
Favorite Class: Clinical Exercise Labs
Favorite Movie: Stand By Me
Favorite Sports Team: Baltimore Orioles

Queen Harrison

Sport: Women's Track & Field
Favorite Movies: The Color Purple & The Lion King
Favorite Dessert: Louisiana Crunch Cake
Role Models: Mom and 4 older sisters