In addition to these legendary milestones it is important to honor the history of black students at Tech and their contribution to the Hokie tradition.
We will celebrate both moments during the reunion. He also competed with several Masters and Coed teams after playing with Ring of Fire and has 13 Club Nationals appearances.The 2016 Virginia Tech Black Alumni Reunion will commemorate important milestones in black history at the university. This year marks the 50th anniversary of black women attending Virginia Tech and the 25th anniversary of the Black Cultural Center opening in Squires. Andrews, Scotland in 1999 and Vancouver, B.C. Shuman played for the club team “Ring of Fire” from the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC area from 1996 to 2002 and competed in many Club National tournaments and several Club Worlds including St. Joel Shuman has been the faculty advisor since 2005. Since that time, the infusion of talented athletes with prior skills and experience at the high school level have really put the club on the map as a regional and national powerhouse.Ģ011 – Evan Klein (SR) and Scott Forrester (GR) elected to Atlantic Coast 1st team All-Region Team.Ģ012 – Josh Smith (JR) elected to Atlantic Coast 1st All-Region Team.Ģ013 – Lost in two game to go’s at Regionals tournament, narrowly missing NationalsĢ013 – Josh Smith (SR) elected to Atlantic Coast 2nd All-Region Team.Ģ013 – Will Ward elected to Atlantic Coast All-Freshmen Team.Ģ014 – Hunter Taylor (JR) elected to Atlantic Coast 2nd All-Region Team.Ģ015 – Hunter Taylor (SR) elected to Atlantic Coast 2nd All-Region Team.Ģ016 – Joe Freund elected overall Freshmen of the Year for the RegionĢ017 – Joe Freund (SO) elected to Atlantic Coast 1st All-Region Team.Ģ017 – Qualified for first ever College Nationals by defeating George WashingtonĢ017 - Spirit Award Winner at College NationalsĢ017 - Evan Klein won Coed Nationals with Seattle MixTape.Ģ017 - Antoine Davis won Open Nationals with San Francisco Revolver.įaculty Advisors: Jonathan Horton was the faculty advisor from 2001 – 2004. This period saw the club grow from 20-30 active members to more than 70. This group really put Virginia Tech on the map as a regional contender and included notable alumni such as Chris Robinson, Ryan Haac, Michael Balogh, Scott Forrester, Robert Hand, and Evan Klein. A second wave of players came in the late 2009-2010 that had considerable experience from playing high school ultimate. The first core group arrived in 2001-2002 with notable members such as Jason Cawrse, Adam Lessey, Mike Oesterle, Jonathan Horton, and Keith Stanley. There have been several infusions of athletic talent over the years that have significantly increased the ability of the club to compete at regional and national levels. The developmental team is called Second Degree. The men’s elite team known earlier as Jimmy Bang, but later switched to Burn, as they are known today. This was done because the number of participants and their skill level became so large that two teams were necessary in order for everyone to obtain adequate playing time and to provide the opportunity to develop ultimate frisbee and leadership skills. Around 2010, the mens team separated into an elite (A) and developmental (B) team. The team has steadily grown from one coed team to a separate men’s and women’s team around 2002. and world-wide have dramatically expanded.
Since the early days, the club at Virginia Tech and the sport throughout the U.S. Many of the teams were a combination of college students and young professionals. The main point of this tournament was to bring men and women together in friendly competition. Many of the teams hailed from the Triangle area in North Carolina or the I-95 corridor around Philadelphia, New Jersey, and D.C. The tournament was called Blacksburg Mountain High and drew teams from all over the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast. Their goal was to relieve stress through exercise, travel to east coast regional tournaments, and adhere to the “spirit of the game” which embodies respect for your opponent and self-officiation of the game.ĭuring this early period, the club hosted a coed tournament every summer from 1990 to 2004. At this point, the club was neither funded nor an official student organization but a collection of students who enjoyed the relatively new game of Ultimate Frisbee that was invented in New Jersey in 1986. Early notable members included Wayne Biever, Francis Bausch, Rabah Sbitani, and Heather McElroy. They were called “Fresh Produce” and competed as a coed team. The club at Virginia Tech has been in existence since at least 1990.
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