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VIRGINIA TECH HEAD MEN'S
BASKETBALL COACH MIKE YOUNG
HAS ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF
ACE CUSTIS TO SPECIAL
ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH ON
TUESDAY.ONE OF THE MOST
TALENTED STUDENT-ATHLETES IN
THE HISTORY OF THE HOKIES'
MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM,
CUSTIS IS THE THIRD PLAYER IN
SCHOOL HISTORY TO SCORE 1,000
POINTS AND BRING DOWN 1,000
REBOUNDS. THE HALL OF FAMER'S
NO. 20 RETIRED JERSEY HANGS IN
CASSELL COLISEUM WITH OTHER
HOKIE GREATS. ACE IS ONE OF
FOUR PLAYERS TO EARN THIS
ACCOLADECUSTIS, WHO IS
ENTERING HIS SECOND YEAR ON
STAFF, PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS
THE COORDINATOR OF BASKETBALL
RELATIONS, WHERE HE ASSISTED
WITH TEAM LIFE SKILLS
PROGRAMMING, ALUMNI EVENTS AND
MORE. IN HIS NEW POSITION, HE
WILL BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE
DAILY ADMINISTRATIVE
OPERATIONS OF THE PROGRAM.
BEFORE THE START OF LAST
SEASON, ACE TALKED ABOUT HIS
RETURN TO THE HOKIES THIS TIME
AS AN ASSISTANT COACH."IT IS
KINDA SURREAL, THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME BACK TO BLACKSBURG AND
TO BE AT VIRGINIA TECH AND TO
BE A PART OF THE MENS
BASKETBALL TEAM AND THIS
PROGRAM IT WASA DREAM COME
TRUE FOR ME AND I AM
APPRECIATIVE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY GIVEN TO ME!"I'M
JERMAINE FERRELL WITH YOU
HOKIES ALL ACCESS MINUTE
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