BLACKSBURG – Following his performance at the Hokie Invitational last weekend, Deakin Volz has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men’s Field Performer of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday.
Facing some of the best competition in the nation – the meet featured Florida, the No. 1 men’s team in the country – Volz won with a vault of 5.51 meters (18 feet, 1 inch), earning the Hokies’ their first weekly conference honor of the season.
In addition to tying for the third-best mark in the nation so far this season, Volz’s vault stands as an indoor personal best for the Bloomington, Indiana, sophomore and as the fifth-best indoor vault in Tech history.