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Appeared in all 14 games, making 14 starts.
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Appeared in 12 games ... Logged 301 plays during the regular season on the
offensive line ... Played 51 snaps against Ohio State ... In on 51 plays against
Furman ... Logged 25 at Purdue ... Played 10 snaps at East Carolina ... In on
five plays against Pittsburgh ... Logged 18 snaps against N.C. State ... In on 38
snaps at Miami ... In on 21 snaps against Duke ... In on 33 snaps on Boston
College ... In on 30 snaps at Georgia Tech .. Logged 11 snaps at North Carolina
... Played eight snaps at Virginia.
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Enrolled in January after a semester at Fork Union … Went through winter
testing and spring practice … Started spring practice as a defensive end, but
made the move to offensive tackle … Posted a 350-pound bench press, a
550-pound squat and a 36-inch vertical jump in spring max testing.
FORK UN I ON
Signed with Virginia Tech in 2014, but spent a semester at Fork Union …
Enrolled at Tech in January … Rated the No. 2 Top Prep School Recruit in the
country by the 247Sports Composite Rankings, along with the No. 1 defensive
tackle and the top prep player in Virginia … Ranked as the No. 29 player in the
state of Virginia by The Roanoke Times.
H I GH SCHOOL
A top-flight shot put competitor at Columbia High … Played football for
Columbia, starring on both sides of the ball … Earned all-area honors from
Worrall Media at Columbia … Ran a 4.88 40-yard dash at the Nike Combine in
high school … Played in the Phil Simms North-South All-Star Game … Named
first-team all-state for Group 4 in the shot put … A state champion for the
Group 4 level in the shot put.
PERSONAL
Yosuah H. Nijman … Born Jan. 2, 1996 in Orange, N.J. … Son of Hesdy and Astra
Nijman … Has an older sister and a younger sister … His parents are originally
from Suriname, a country in South America … Enrolled in university studies.
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MI HOTA , N I JMAN PART I C I PATE I N
STUDY ABROAD CLASS TO AFR I CA
Both Vinny Mihota and Yosuah Nijman were members of the Virginia Tech
contingent of 12 students and four faculty members who traveled to Rwanda for
roughly 14 days in May. The official designation of the course was UAP 3984:
Sport Policy and Society. What Mihota, Nijman and the Hokies experienced was
an immersive study abroad course that explored different sectors of international
development and how sports can support such development. The course offered
authentic and real-world engagement with multiple organizations, providing students
the opportunity for personal reflection and transformative learning. This course has
traveled to the Dominican Republic and Switzerland over the last five years.
While immersed in the Rwandan culture, the students learned in a classroom
setting and also visited multiple organizations and destinations, including: the
Rwanda National Olympic Committee, Grassroots Soccer, the Ministry of Culture
and Sport, Kigali International Community School (KICS), the Kigali Genocide
Memorial, Akagera National Park and Rwanda Youth Clubs for Peace.