Regular visitors of notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. We will eventually extend that to the major universities, and thus it is important to us that Virginia Tech has announced that seven new members will be inducted into their franchise Hall of Fame on October 3 and will be recognized the day before during the Hokies’ home game against Pittsburgh.

Jerry Cheynet: Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Wrestling, Men’s Golf and the Facility Department.  1974-2025.  Cheynet coached four different teams, most notably with the Men’s Soccer team, where he was their Head Coach from 1974 to 2001, and the Men’s Wrestling Team from 1974 to 1996.  He won Conference Coach of the Year honors in both disciplines.  He worked in the Facilities Department from 2003 to 2025 after his coaching career ended.

Chris Martin: Men’s Wrestling, 1996-2001.  Martin had an overall 126-25 record and was the third wrestler in program history to become an All-American.  Martin finished fourth in 2000 at the NCAA Championship at 165 pounds.

Kylie McGoldrick: Softball, 2012-15.  Playing at Second Base, McGoldrick played in 230 games while batting .318 with 30 Home Runs and 128 RBIs.  She was a three-time All-ACC and three-time All-ACC Tournament Selection.

Yavgeniy Olhovsky: Men’s Track & Field, 2007-10.  Olhovsky won Silver in the 2008 NCAA Outdoor and 2009 Indoor meets and was a three-time ACC Champion in the Pole Vault. 

Martina Schultze: Women’s Track & Field, 2012-14.  Schultze was a five-time ACC Champion in the Pole Vault and was a six-time All-American.  On the NCAA stage, Schultze’s best finish was third in the 2014 Outdoor Championships.

Logan Thomas: Football, 2009-13.  Thomas threw for 9,003 Yards and 52 Touchdowns for Virginia Tech, while rushing for 1,359 Yards and 24 TDs; in 2011, he led the Hokies to an ACC Championship and Sugar Bowl appearance.  He would play eight years in the NFL and convert to Tight End, with appearances for Arizona, Buffalo, Detroit, and Washington.

Murielle Tiernan: Women’s Soccer, 2013-16.  In all three of her seasons in Blacksburg, Tiernan took Virginia Tech to the NCAA Tournament.  She remains the program’s all-time leader in Goals (49), Game-Winning Goals (23), and Points (112).

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Virginia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame.

Michael Vick may be best known in some circles for his dogfighting ring that cost him two years in the NFL, but prior to that, the first overall pick from Virginia Tech was one of the most exciting players in Football; in fact, some would argue that, for a time, he was the most exciting player in the game.  

Vick took the mobile pivot to a completely new level in professional football.  Vick was the ultimate dual-threat, terrorizing defensive coordinators who struggled to contain him.  The Quarterback holds the record for Rushing Yards by a Quarterback in a season (1,039) and in a career (6,109), both records that could hold for years, even in the era of rushing QBs.  

Losing two years certainly cost him a Hall of Fame career, but his comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles certainly made an excellent redemption story with a return to the Pro Bowl in 2010.