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The Hokies’ Individual Honors Since 1984
Chris McKeel, Johnson Wagner, Ryan Stinnett, Brian Krusoe, Brendon de Jonge
and Coach Jay Hardwick won BIG EAST titles for Tech in 2001 and 2002.
A proven recruiter who emphasizes the ideal of the student-athlete, Jay Hardwick
has built the golf program around players who are standouts in the classroom as
well as on the golf course. During his tenure, the graduation rate for golfers who
have completed their eligibility at Virginia Tech is 99 percent. In Hardwick’s first four
seasons of coaching, the Hokies placed different players on consecutive Academic
All-America squads; Jake Allison was named to the 1985 Golf Coaches Association
Academic All-America team and Mark Teachey earned this distinction in 1986. Carl
Wakely received this same prestigious recognition in 2006, now referred to as an
All-American Scholar. In 2008, Jurrian van der Vaart and Drew Weaver became the
fourth and fifth All-American Scholars in Virginia Tech history and Weaver became
the first Tech player to earn this award twice when he was named an All-American
Scholar again in 2009. Both van der Vaart and Weaver were named the Virginia
Tech ACC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
In 2013, Bryce Chalkley became the sixth player to be named an All-American
Scholar for the Hokies and received this honor again in 2014. Maclain Huge earned
this distinction in 2015. Most recently, an impressive four Virginia Tech players
were name All-American Scholars in 2016, including Huge’s second recognition
alongside Drew Johnson, Joey Lane and Ryan Mondy.
In the past 19 seasons, 11 Tech players were named
to the A-10 All-Conference team and 10 more earned
All-BIG EAST honors. In 2008, van der Vaart became the
first-ever Hokie to earn ACC all-conference honors, an
honor that Weaver earned in 2009. In 2013, both Mikey
Moyers and Scott Vincent were named to the All-ACC
team. In 2014, Vincent was joined by teammates Chalkley
and Trevor Cone on the All-ACC team. Cone and Vincent
were again named All-ACC in 2015. In total, Hardwick’s
players have been named to the all-state team 59 times,
the all-conference team 40 times, the GCAA All-Region
team 16 times and named All-America 22 times.
THE
HARDWICK YEARS
All-Americans
Player
Year
Team
Brendon de Jonge
2002
Second
2003
Second
Johnson Wagner
2002
Third
Jurrian van der Vaart
2008
Third
Drew Weaver
2009
Third
Trevor Cone
2014
Third
2015
Honorable Mention
Scott Vincent
2014
First
2015
Honorable Mention
GCAA All-American Scholars
Player
Year
Jake Allison
1985
Mark Teachey
1986
Carl Wakely
2007
Jurrian van der Vaart
2008
Drew Weaver
2008, 2009
Player
Year
Bryce Chalkley 2013, 2014
Maclain Huge 2015, 2016
Drew Johnson 2016
Joey Lane
2016
Ryan Mondy
2016