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This is a list of notable Virginia Tech alumni.

Military

Virginia Tech and its Corps of Cadets have a long tradition of providing service to the military. Seven Medal of Honor recipients are alumni or former cadets at Virginia Tech.

Academia

Business and government

Literature

  • Kwame Alexander – 2015 Newbery Medal award winner for The Crossover; writer of poetry and children's fiction
  • Kathleen Ann Goonan (Class of 1974) - Science Fiction Writer. author of several works including Queen City Jazz and In War Times, which won a John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel award
  • Homer Hickam (Class of 1964) – author of several works, including the New York Times best-selling memoir Rocket Boys, the basis for the film October Sky
  • Vahan Janjigian (1982 MBA, 1985 Ph.D.) – co-author of Even Buffett Isn't Perfect: What You Can – and Can't – Learn from the World's Greatest Investor and The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course: Timeless Principles for Building Wealth
  • Sharyn McCrumb (Class of 1985) – New York Times bestselling author of the Elizabeth McPherson series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series
  • Mike Michalowicz (Class of 1993) – author of business books Fix This Next (Penguin Books), Clockwork (Penguin Books), The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan (Penguin Books), Profit First (Penguin Books), and Surge
  • Tijan Sallah (class of 1984, MA and 1987, PhD, economics) - Former Sector Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development, The World Bank. Author of several books in several disciplines, spanning poetry, short stories, biography, literary criticism, and ethnography; including Chinua Achebe Teacher of Light: A Biography (AWP, 2003) [1] and the book of essays Wolof:(Senegal) [2], Saani Baat: Aspects of African Literature and Culture (AWP, 2021). [3]

Movies and television

Music

Sports

Australian Rules Football

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

Cheerleading

Football

Golf

Softball

Track & field

  • Kristi Castlin (Class of 2010) – 2016 Rio Olympics, Bronze Medal 100M hurdles[30]
  • Queen Harrison – three-time NCAA women's national champion in the 60 m, 100 m and 400 m hurdles; 2008 US Olympian in the 400 m hurdles; won the 2010 Bowerman, the "Heisman of Track and Field"
  • Marcel Lomnicky – 2009 NCAA men's national champion in the hammer throw

Wrestling

Other

See also

References

Unless otherwise noted, references are contained in the Wiki articles on individuals.

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  13. ^ "Alumnus Newton Lee envisions a future with universal rights for all". Virginia Tech. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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  18. ^ "Nickeil Alexander-Walker". Pro-Basketball Reference.Com. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  19. ^ "Allan Bristow". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  20. ^ "#3 Allan Bristow-10 Greatest VT Players of All Time". TechHoops. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  21. ^ "Athletics". Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Archived from the original on November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  22. ^ "Class of 2004 Dell Curry". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame & Museum. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
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  26. ^ "Tremaine Edmunds". Pro-Football Reference.Com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  27. ^ "Terrell Edmonds". Pro-Football Reference.Com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  28. ^ "Vaughn Hebron". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
  29. ^ "Michael Vick". Pro-Football Reference.Com. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  30. ^ editor, Sierra Huckfeldt, assistant sports. "Virginia Tech graduate Kristi Castlin earns bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdle". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ "Jim Miller UFC Bio". Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  32. ^ Mooneyham, Mike. "ROH's Adam Page no ordinary weekend warrior". Post and Courier. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
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