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Hokies land Greek hooper Neoklis Avdalas

According to SI, he is one of CBB's top international players

https://www.si.com/college/virginiatech/basketball/virginia-tech-basketb...

"Avdalas is testing the NBA Draft waters but is poised to be an instant impact player at the college level should he choose that path.

The 19-year-old prospect has already claimed several major honors in his young career, securing the Greek Super Cup in 2021, earning Greek All-Star recognition in 2023 and capturing the Greek League Best Young Player award in 2024.

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Justin Robinson 1st Team Italian Serie A and MVP Finalist

JRob was recently named to the Lega Serie A Dream Team and is one of three finalists for League MVP.

In 31 games with Trapani, he has averaged 14.4ppg, and 6.1 apg while shooting 50% from the floor, 41% from 3 and 84% from the line. Trapani is 23-8 ad Robinson led them in almost all offensive categories in two playoff games this week.

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Liz Kitley Scores in her WNBA Debut

Put in during garbage time and scored her first WNBA basket.

Glad to see her back on the court and fully recovered from her ACL tear.

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Hokies Womens Basketball Professionals

As we close in on the WNBA season, thought it worth an update on where recent Hokies are.

Liz Kitley is healthy and expected to make the Aces roster in a reserve role.

Georgia Amoore will miss all of 2025 with her ACL injury as announced by the Mystics yesterday.

Kayana Traylor is playing for Maccabi Ramat Gan in Israel. Haven't seen her mentioned in WNBA news.

Taylor Soule appears to be in Poland playing for Zaglebie Sosnowiec. No mention of her with Minnesota Lynx this year so far.

Aisha Sheppard currently plays for the Mexican team ADELITAS.

Cayla King is playing in Australia for the SW Slammers. She had been playing in Slovenia for Celje.

Anyone else I should look up?

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Hokie Hoops: Solomon Davis, 6'11 C commits to Hokies

Solomon Davis
Class of 25
Center
6'11, 205 lbs
Dematha HS

HUDL Profile

No listing on 247. I saw him live once this season against Paul VI but not much to go on. Seems like a practice squad add but guess we will see.

Appears an injury kept Davis from playing much this AAU season which impacted his lack of recruiting profile heavily.

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UNLV guard Jailen Bedford signs with the Hokies

https://techlunchpail.com/blog/unlv-sg-jailen-bedford-signs-with-virgini...

Bedford comes to Blacksburg after a solid season at UNLV during which he averaged 10.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 23.3 minutes per game while shooting 38.7% from the field and 35.0% from three-point range. Prior to that at Oral Roberts during the 2023-24 season, Bedford averaged 14.6 points and 6.4 rebounds in 30.3 minutes per game while shooting 42.3% from the field including 37.3% from three-point range.

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Women's basketball adds Lee Taylor as Asst Athletic Director, Strength and Conditioning

Taylor spent 12 of 15 years training women's basketball players at the P2 level.

He comes to Blacksburg after serving as the director of athletic performance for Penn State women's basketball for one season.

Had prior stops at Tennessee, Auburn and Kentucky. 14 athletes he trained have gone on to professional careers in WNBA or overseas.

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7 footer from Germany, Antonio Dorn commits

It's not letting me embed the tweet:

https://x.com/DraftExpress/status/1916118223470137756

NEWS: German center Antonio Dorn has committed to Virginia Tech, agents Milan Nikolic and Cüneyt Üngör told ESPN. The 7-footer is averaging 9.1 points and 4.5 rebounds in 18 minutes in the German 2nd division. Turns 22 next month

Edit: Here a tweet from Kolby Crawford on it too

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Jaydon Young Transfers to UNC

Ummm what?

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Mens basketball hires Nelson Hernandez as GM

https://hokiesports.com/news/2025/04/15/nelson-hernandez-hired-as-virgin...

Hernandez has deep recruiting ties and will be an invaluable asset as Tech prepares to move into this next chapter of college athletics. In his role, he will oversee key operational areas such as working closely with Triumph NIL, managing revenue-sharing strategies for the men's basketball program and aligning resources to support student-athletes both on and off the court. He is also reunited with Chester Frazier and Amani Hansberry, who both came to Tech after one season at WVU.

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Tobi Lawal has entered the NBA Draft with the option to return

Not meant as a slight against him, but I would assume he'll be back in college, hopefully at VT

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Izaiah Pasha commits to Hokies

Pasha was the #97 rated Transfer Portal player

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John Camden transferring to Cal

Hokies will see John Camden again next season after a big season at Delaware sees him transferring to Cal

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Brandon Rechsteiner commits to Colorado State

No real thoughts on this. Colorado State went 26-10 last year in MWC. No idea what his role will be.

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