Lake Ridge son named a “Hokie Hero”
Army Maj. Ed Skelly, whose parents live in Lake Ridge, was the “Hokie Hero” for Virginia Tech’s football game with Clemson University on Oct. 1, according to a Va. Tech news release.
Skelly is a 1995 graduate of Va. Tech where he earned a degree in industrial and systems engineering from the College of Engineering and a minor in economics from the College of Science. He was the regimental operations officer during his senior year for the Corps of Cadets.
Skelly is stationed at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a plans officer in a Combined Joint Interagency Task Force, U.S. Forces Afghanistan. He and his wife and four children live at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and this is his second combat deployment.
The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Hokie Hero program started in 2006 by IMG College and sponsored by the University Bookstore, honors Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumni who are currently deployed, according to a news release.
Hokie Heroes are highlighted by Bill Roth and Mike Burnop during the radio broadcast of Virginia Tech football games, on the Corps of Cadets website, on the Corps of Cadets alumni website and in the Corps Review magazine.
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