Chris Hatcher is a graduate of Emory & Henry College with a B.A. in Mass Communications. A native of Abingdon, VA, Chris has a wealth of knowledge and experience in both the fields of sports and communications and has worked for Sirius XM Radio, SB Nation, The Norfolk Tides, The Bristol Herald Courier, WCYB-TV 5, and WABN.
On campus, Chris worked for every media organization at E&H, holding the Sports Editor position for the campus newspaper The Whitetopper for 3 years, the E&H yearbook, the Sphinx, and the communications department's news website EHCWired for 2 years; serving as the Sports Anchor for a year and for the last 2 years as a Co-Anchor of the campus television station EHC-TV, a blogger for E&H's PR Department's sports website, and the co-host of the show Sportographic Material this year and a play-by-play and color commentator for E&H football and men's and women's basketball for the last 4 years on WEHC 90.7. He is an aspiring sports commentator in basketball, football, soccer, or baseball.
Tech fans (including myself) were surprised when it was announced earlier today that West Virginia was interested in adding former rivals, including Virginia Tech, back to their schedule to boost...
A few weeks ago I began getting curious about how long it would take former Hokie Austin Wates to get to the big leagues. After all, Wates is in the ailing (being ridiculously kind) Houston Astros...
In 2012 the Hokies were 40-19 heading into the Knoxville Regional as a No. 3 seed. before suffering double-elimination in the regional final at the hands of the hosting Tennessee Volunteers,...
Well unfortunately Hokies, I have bad news in regards to Erick Green's day two performance at the NBA Draft Combine. Green did not appear on the floor with the point guards at the beginning of...
Green was invited to an attended the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago today, which was broadcast live on ESPNU and later ESPN2. Thursday was the first day of the two-day event in which 60 players are...
Erick Green has perhaps the best chance to be drafted of any Hokie in the modern era. Though Tech has not been a hotbed of future NBA'ers, nor has it produced the best basketball pedigree, it has...
Minutes ago, it was announced that Virginia Tech and Michigan would be meeting up in a home-and-home series in 2020-2021, with the Hokies traveling to Ann Arbor first on Sept. 19, 2020 and the...
The ACC announced earlier today that the Virginia Tech basketball program would be one of three left out of the annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge that pits schools from each conference against each...
All the way back on the night of September 27, 2011, the Drew Harris saga began for the Hokies, as the Downingtown East High School running back committed to Virginia Tech. Harris, then ranked the...
Six of the Hokies eight commitments to date in the 2014 class hail from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Of those players, two are currently listed in the top-10 in the state according to Virginia...
Here is Chris Hatcher's Q&A with Timothy Tolman of The Saturday Edge about the Hokies wrap-up of spring football. In it, they discuss what looked good/bad about the team in the spring, assign grades to the positions and project sleeper players for fall.
We'll get to the good news first, which is that after 5 rounds and some change, the Hokies finally got off the board: The Detroit Lions have selected WR Corey Fuller of Virginia Tech (6-171). #...
McMillian's commitment gives the Hokies eight committed players for the 2014 class. With McMillian's commitment, #Hokies slide up to No. 13 in @rivals team rankings for 2014. Now 8 commits for #...
The Hokies picked up their eighth commitment of the 2014 class today in Hylton High School Athlete Travon McMillian. He is listed as a 3-star by Rivals and a 4-star by 247Sports.
2014 Virginia Tech Recruiting Board 2014 COMMITS Vincent MihotaHt: 6'4" | Wt: 240 lbsRivals DE24/7 SDEESPN NR DEScout NR DEHigh School: Massaponax High School (Fredericksburg, VA) M...
Just heard the news about Terrell Edmunds, the younger brother of Trey, committing to the #Hokies. Will try to get more news on this. — GobblerCountry.com (@gobblercountry) April 24, 2013 E...
First off, BIG TIME kudos to James Johnson. He took over a program ailing at the end of April in 2012 (by no fault of his own). He managed to maintain the roster minus one player (who may have been...
Virginia Tech will finally play the newest quazi-ACC member, Notre Dame, in 2016. The Hokies will be moving their 2016 home football game against ODU to 2017 to accommodate the schedule change. The Hokies will also playing Delaware at home that year on top of playing at Wisconsin & at ECU. For more on future scheduling endeavors, stay tuned to Gobbler Country, your #1 Virginia Tech sports source.
C.J. Reavis, a 4-star safety/athlete according to both Rivals.com and 247Sports, has committed to Virginia Tech at today's Spring Game. Reavis gives the Hokies six oral commitments in their 2014 class to date, though Marshawn Williams has opened his recruiting up. We'll have a more comprehensive look at him later, but for now, just bask in the commitment Hokie Nation!
Virginia Tech Hokies (7-6, 4-4) Time: 3 p.m. EDTDate: Saturday, April 20, 2013Place: Blacksburg, Va.Stadium: Lane Stadium/Worsham Field(Cap: 65,632, Open: 1965, Field: Bermuda)TV: ESPN3Radio: 1...
Virginia Tech Hokies (7-6, 4-4) Time: 3 p.m. EDTDate: Saturday, April 20, 2013Place: Blacksburg, Va.Stadium: Lane Stadium/Worsham Field(Cap: 65,632, Open: 1965, Field: Bermuda)TV: ESPN3Radio: 1...
Obviously we've written a lot about Erick over the years, but with the phenomenal year he put together in 2012-13, we wrote about his nightly exploits ad nauseam with several, long, impassioned...
I guess for the purposes of this post, we'll start out with Brown as he is no longer with the team. I wrote several things about Brown when his transfer was announced, including several of his...
McCain's commitment to the Hokies means two things principally: 1. Tech shouldn't be in such a pinch with defensive backs going forward as they were a season ago, even taking potential transfers...
Via BeamerBall.com, the Hokies have released images of their 2013 Military Appreciation helmets which will be worn on September 21 against Marshall. The helmets feature a maroon and orange digital camo pattern. The jerseys that will be worn with the helmets will apparently be white.
Originally reported as a rumor late last night on Twitter by @HillcrestHokie Basketball news coming — HillcrestHokie (@HillcrestHokie) March 25, 2013 And early this morning confirmed by...
The Hokies' 2012-13 season has been hampered by their lack of scholarship players, leaving them to play with only eight available scholarship bodies all season long provided no injuries or...
In the 2011 blockbuster Moneyball, based on a 2003 book by Michael Lewis documenting the 2002 Oakland Athletics, the A's are tasked with replacing three cornerstone players (Jason Giambi, Johnny...
We made our case for Erick Green to be the ACC Player of the Year one week ago. It wasn't difficult to do, but being that Green was on a last placed team at the time (which ended up finishing alone...