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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 a credent…
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.…