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STAFF
HOKIES
HISTORY
PROS
MEDIA
REVIEW
BEAMER
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Whit Babcock
Director of Athletics
John Ballein
Senior Associate Athletics
Director for Internal Operations
& Sports Performance
Omar Banks
Senior Associate Athletics
Director,
Finance & Administration
Tom Gabbard
Senior Associate Athletics
Director, Facilities & Operation
Reyna Gilbert-Lowry
Senior Associate Athletics
Director, Student-Athlete
Development
Chris Helms
Senior Associate Athletics
Director for Administration &
Sports Programs
Bill Lansden
Senior Associate Athletics
Director for Development &
Executive Director,
Hokie Club
Carmela Smith
Assistant to the Athletics
Director
Led by Jed Castro, senior director of visual and broadcast communications, the
HokieVision staff is on the cutting edge of entertainment both online and in games.
The full-time staff of six, plus scholarship student workers, has worked together to
put out top-notch work that highlights the best of Virginia Tech Athletics.
The stadium video display, which was installed in 2013, replaced a
13-year-old structure in the north end zone of Lane Stadium. Complete with
a new Daktronics line array sound system, this true high-definition video board
measures 45-by-95 feet with a display that takes up approximately 4,275 square
feet to make it one of the largest video boards in an on-campus stadium.
A production studio with state-of-the-art equipment was built in Merryman
Athletic Center for the use of the staff to run the video board in Lane Stadium,
plus the two boards in Cassell Coliseum. From this master control room,
HokieVision has the ability to produce network quality broadcasts that air on
ESPN3 and
hokiesports.com.
The video staff can use the LED display and the accompanying for on-field
presentations, graduation ceremonies and other stadium events.
Scott Bradshaw
Associate Director,
Engineering
Christopher Bullard
Director, Creative
Services and Digital
Programming
Jed Castro
Senior Director,
Visual and
Broadcast
Communications
Brian Walls
Director, Production
and Broadcast
Operations
Nolan Nichols
Associate Director,
Production
Daniel Sabatino
Assistant Director,
Production and
Live Events
ATHLETICS EXECUTIVE STAFF
HOKIEVISION