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Andrew Alix
Andrew Alix is a 2019 graduate of Virginia Tech based in Charlotte, North Carolina. After several years in student journalism, his true introduction to the Hokie sports media scene came as co-host of The Drive on ESPN Radio Blacksburg from 2018 to 2022. It was there he met Mike McDaniel — and the rest, as they say, is history.
In addition to co-hosting Hokie Hangover, Andrew hosts the Inside the Tunnel podcast for VTScoop 247Sports and contributes written commentary for in-season pan…
Ricky LaBlue
Ricky graduated from Virginia Tech in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism. While a student, he covered Virginia Tech athletics for the Collegiate Times, serving as the Editor-in-Chief his senior year. Upon graduating, Ricky joined TechSideline as the publication's first full-time beat writer.
In 2018, Ricky returned to his hometown of Virginia Beach. Alongside Andrew and Mike, Ricky helped start the Hokie Hangover Podcast in April 2019. Ricky is credentia…
Mike McDaniel
Mike graduated from Virginia Tech in 2015 from the Pamplin College of Business with a double major in accounting and finance. As a student, he wrote for Gobbler Country, SB Nation's Virginia Tech site, and later for Fighting Gobbler on FanSided, where he employed Hokie Hangover photographer Izzy Post as a writer (small world). He later published on Inside the ACC, an independent site covering the conference at-large.
More recently, Mike was an editor for Virginia Tech's Spo…
Izzy Post Ruhland
Izzy graduated from Virginia Tech in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism, and has covered Hokie athletics since 2014. She's an award-winning photographer and storyteller, and has traveled the country covering games and athletes through television, print, radio, and digital platforms.
Her professional career includes on-air stints in Massachusetts and West Virginia, alongside an extensive freelance portfolio in sports photography and multimedia reporting.…