Coach Scot Thomas was getting whatever he could back then. He was the first
and only head coach before Pete. He replaced Ron Reynolds that managed the Club team prior to 1996 (Im 75% sure on this - and Ron's daughter was a club team catcher I believe). Ron's a great coach btw. Scot was working in the laundry room for athletics when they posted a need for a softball head coach and since he played baseball at ETSU - he put in for it and got it! Hows that for down the hall hiring!
We had the Rhodes sisters, Va, fast as lightning, hit 200. We had new good non-va blood come in for AT's soph year with Mariconda, Savre, and Ota. and we solidified our OF with Va products Everhart and Stolle. But they just were not Elite hitters, they were Average D1 hitters. Very decent on Defense though! course AT KO'd many! K Hoffman was a great catcher catcher - nobody ran on her and she was a DOG leader! Married our fullback!
Fun fact - I went to a hitting clinic Scot gave to some peeps in Salem and it was not great IMHO...I recall heading home thinking - that explains a lot...
Pete and co. has brought us to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL and I believe if we had AT now - we would be in the CWS for sure!
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How great was Angela Tincher; example numbers…I’ve lost count
-- hokiepro
Jun 06, 2026 at 04:43 PM ET
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06/06/26 04:43 PM ET
She finished 3rd in all time strike out record.**
-- Hokie-2x
Jun 06, 2026 at 08:40 PM ET
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06/06/26 08:40 PM ET
In AT's last two years our team averaged 3.6 runs/game. We hit
-- nkhooch
Jun 07, 2026 at 04:40 AM ET
nkhooch
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06/07/26 04:40 AM ET
Each offensive stat would have been worth more because they were more rare.
-- laphroaig
Jun 08, 2026 at 02:21 AM ET
laphroaig
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06/08/26 02:21 AM ET
If you assume people would give the same total amount of money, then yes
-- nkhooch
Jun 12, 2026 at 04:15 AM ET
nkhooch
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06/12/26 04:15 AM ET
Let's pause and thank Pete for his hitting instruction**
-- TomTurkey
Jun 06, 2026 at 07:09 PM ET
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06/06/26 07:09 PM ET
For sure and note that as great as our offense is, the pitching has
-- nkhooch
Jun 07, 2026 at 04:55 AM ET
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06/07/26 04:55 AM ET
If she's not on the VT Mt Rushmore, then blow the whole mountain up.**
-- Atlee Hokie
Jun 07, 2026 at 06:24 AM ET
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06/07/26 06:24 AM ET
What was recruiting like back then? Pete recruits players who can hit
-- laphroaig
Jun 06, 2026 at 06:38 PM ET
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06/06/26 06:38 PM ET
Coach Scot Thomas was getting whatever he could back then. He was the first
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-- U2Hokie
Jun 09, 2026 at 07:52 AM ET
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06/09/26 07:52 AM ET
Thanks for the history lesson, Professor. That was great!**
-- laphroaig
Jun 09, 2026 at 07:58 AM ET
laphroaig
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06/09/26 07:58 AM ET
My girls were into youth softball back then and so we attended many games
-- U2Hokie
Jun 09, 2026 at 08:48 AM ET
U2Hokie
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06/09/26 08:48 AM ET
Ur right! I get nic mixed up with the dude that dropped pts in endzone in a
-- U2Hokie
Jun 09, 2026 at 01:20 PM ET
U2Hokie
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06/09/26 01:20 PM ET
I'm not sure. The 2008 team only had seven out-of-state players
-- VTChip
Jun 06, 2026 at 06:45 PM ET
VTChip
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06/06/26 06:45 PM ET
I have no clue where that date came from- it’s corrected now
-- VTChip
Jun 06, 2026 at 08:36 PM ET
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06/06/26 08:36 PM ET