Virginia Tech coach Megan Duffy announced Tuesday the hiring of Stephen Fishler as the women’s basketball program’s first general manager.
Fishler will also have the title of assistant athletic director. According to a Tech news release, he will help construct and manage rosters, develop strategic goals, work with the development team and help manage personnel.
“As we continue to evolve into a new era of college athletics, a unique skill for our program’s development is critical,” Duffy said in the news release. “Stephen will be a perfect fit to support our student-athletes off the court. His ability to strategize, execute our vision and cultivate relationships at Virginia Tech and beyond is a game changer.”
Fishler was the women’s basketball chief of staff at Rutgers for the past three years. The Penn State graduate was the director of women’s basketball operations at Elon for five years before joining the Rutgers staff.
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Fishler fills the spot on the staff that used to be held by assistant athletic director and chief of staff Meghin Williams, who left last month to become the women’s basketball general manager at California.
MEN’S GOLF
W&L coach honored
Pete Gyscek of Washington and Lee has been named the NCAA Division III national coach of the year by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
W&L finished fourth at the NCAA Division III championships. The team was ranked No. 1 in Division III last fall and ended the school year ranked No. 2. The Generals won three tournaments.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Cavaliers recognized
Virginia’s Elaine Chervinsky (3.57 GPA) has been named a first-team Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators association.
UVa’s Melodie Collard (3.73 GPA as both undergraduate and graduate student) made the second team, while UVa’s Annabelle Xu (3.61) made the third team.
Chervinsky reached the NCAA singles quarterfinals and teamed with Collard to win the NCAA doubles title. Xu reached the second round of the NCAA singles tournament.
ETC.
Hollins adds to HOF
Former athletic director Lynda Calkins and former basketball player Emily Ferrell Allen comprise this year’s class of the Hollins hall of fame.
Calkins was the Hollins athletic director from 1985-2008. She also was the swimming coach, earning ODAC coach of the year honors four times and leading the team to two ODAC titles. Kat Horton won two NCAA titles during Calkins’ coaching tenure. Calkins also was the chairperson of the physical education department.
Allen, who was known as Emily Ferrell when she played for Hollins, started for the basketball team from 1999-2003. She had 1,095 points, 375 rebounds, 245 assists and 206 steals in her career. She owns the school career mark for 3-point field-goal percentage (35.9%).
They were inducted last weekend.
