Virginia Tech Hokies News

Roanoke Times — Justin Taylor, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound defensive end from Norwood, N.C., has become the 11th football prospect to commit to Virginia Tech for 2010. Taylor, from South Stanly High School, picked the Hokies over North Carolina State. Coach Luke Little said Taylor also had offers from Auburn, Arkansas, East Carolina, Duke, Virginia and South Carolina....

Roanoke Times — The NBA's assistant scouting director likes the former Tech swingman's IQ and versatility.A.D. Vassallo is back home in Puerto Rico this week, playing in a pro league. But he could don a new uniform soon. Vassallo, who made the All-ACC third team as a senior swingman at Virginia Tech this year, has a shot to be taken in the NBA Draft Thursday....

Roanoke Times — The double-bypass surgery resulted from a colleague's prodding to have a cardiac scan.Virginia Tech assistant football coach Curt Newsome was resting comfortably at Lewis-Gale Hospital on Friday, at least partly due to a colleague's prodding and the decision to reschedule a cardiac scan....

Roanoke Times — Bill Courtney recruited the players on George Mason's 2006 Final Four basketball team.Bill Courtney spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Virginia. He will be spending next season as an assistant at Virginia Tech. Tech men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg is filling the vacancy on his staff with Courtney, who has spent the past two months as an assistant at Virginia Commonwealth....

Roanoke Times — Zack McCray, a rising senior, chose the Hokies over Alabama, North Carolina and LSU.Virginia Tech football coaches must have wondered what Zack McCray was doing at their one-day camp Saturday in Blacksburg. He had told them earlier in the week that he would not be attending....