Whit Babcock helped Virginia Tech athletics secure an important $15.2 million donation. (Photo by Ivan Morozov)

It’s not every day that you get a $15 million donation.  In fact, it has never happened to the Virginia Tech athletic department before.  Monday’s announcement of a $15.2 million anonymous gift to fund a new 17,000-square foot student-athlete performance center was the first of that size for the Hokies.