BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech has announced the hiring of Angela Crosby as women's basketball assistant coach. Crosby begins her duties immediately.

Crosby comes to Tech with a combined 11 years of collegiate recruiting experience as an assistant coach at Appalachian State, Chattanooga, and Memphis. She has also coached at the high school level and was an outstanding player on both the junior college and Division I levels.

"We are extremely excited to have Angela join our staff," said head coach Beth Dunkenberger. "She brings extensive recruiting experience and a genuine enthusiasm for the game to our program."

Crosby spent the past year as the Assistant Dean of Students and girl's basketball coach at Whitefield Academy in Mableton, Ga. Prior to Whitefield, Crosby served as recruiting coordinator at the University of Memphis, from July 2004-March 2007, where she was in charge of all recruiting efforts and worked with the Tigers' post players.

During her time at Chattanooga (2000-2004), the Lady Mocs won four Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times. Crosby obtained her first collegiate coaching job at her alma mater, Appalachian State (1996-2000), where she was the director of the women's summer camp in addition to her coaching duties.

As a player at Appalachian State, Crosby scored 1,023 points, averaging 21.9 points per contest, both of which set school records for a two-year player. She also concluded her career with 510 rebounds, averaging 9.3 boards per game, and was selected as the 1994 SoCon Player of the Year.

Prior to transferring to ASU, Crosby was a NJCAA All-American in 1992 at Anderson (S.C.) Junior College, where she averaged 18 points and 12.3 rebounds in two seasons.

Crosby is a 1995 graduate of Appalachian State with a bachelor's degree in habilitive science.