BLACKSBURG – Time is a precious commodity among student-athletes, with practices, lifting sessions, film study and course work consuming the overwhelming part of their day.
Joey Slye, a kicker on the Virginia Tech football team, is no different in that respect. Yet he refuses to complain or use the lack of time as an excuse for dodging something of importance.
His latest off-field charitable endeavor involves participating in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Man & Woman of the Year” competition in which candidates for the honor raise money for LLS blood cancer research.