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Dedicated to its motto,
Ut Prosim
(That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a
hands-on, minds-on approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in
their fields and communities. Since its founding as a land-grant college in 1872,
Virginia Tech has grown to an enrollment of over 32,000. Nestled in the rolling
mountains of Southwest Virginia, the campus of Virginia Tech has that rare
quality — a major, thriving modern institute of higher learning, living in harmony
with its beautiful surroundings.
The Hokies’ exceptional athletic facilities dominate the horizon as visitors
enter the campus from Southgate Drive. Lane Stadium/Worsham Field, which
seats 65,632 fans, is the home of Tech’s nationally ranked football team that has
appeared in 24 consecutive bowl games. The football team utilizes a state-of-
the-art locker room, which is adjacent to Lane Stadium and opens to the team’s
practice fields and indoor practice facility. Virginia Tech Carilion Court at Cassell
Coliseum houses a 9,847-seat arena as well as athletic offices, locker rooms
and training facilities. The Hahn Hurst Basketball Practice Center to the east of
Cassell houses the men’s and women’s basketball offices, support areas, locker
rooms and basketball courts.
Tech golfers now have access to the newly completed Willis and Mary
Blackwood Indoor Golf Facility, located on the first floor of Cassell Coliseum.
The area houses two simulators, a putting and chipping green, team locker
rooms, staff offices and a conference room. The student-athletes also have
access to the 7,000 square foot W.A. and Mae Street Olympic Sports Athletic
Performance Center. Here athletes train with free weights under the supervision
and instruction of senior director Terry Mitchell.
Other facilities include Rector Field House, site of an indoor Astroturf
football field and Mondo track; English Field, the home of the baseball team;
the Tech Softball Park; the Johnson-Miller Track Complex; the Soccer Stadium
and Thompson Field, home of the men’s and women’s soccer teams; lacrosse
practice fields; the Christiansburg Aquatic Center, home of the men’s and
women’s swimming teams; the Virginia Tech Golf Course and the Pete Dye
River Course of Virginia Tech, site of the Virginia Tech Golf Team Complex.
The Merryman Center is a two-story building on the west side of
the Jamerson Athletic Center in the heart of the athletic complex. It is
a 40,000-square foot all-purpose facility. The second floor houses an
entranceway to the athletic complex, a classroom area and the 130-seat
McConnell auditorium. The first floor includes a conditioning and weightlifting
complex, a multipurpose gymnasium and an expanded area for sports medicine
and training.
OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY
HAS ONE OF THE NATION’S
BEST ATHLETIC COMPLEXES
Lane Stadium, home of the Hokies’ nationally ranked football program, seats
65,632 fans and is known as one of the top venues in collegiate sports.
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