William Byrd’s Israel Hairston signed with Virginia Tech
VINTON, Va. (WFXR) — It was a big Wednesday for a very special student-athlete from William Bryd High School, who was also one of our Hardee’s Friday Night Blitz players of the week from the last two seasons.
William Byrd quarterback Israel Hairston put pen to paper Wednesday morning and signed with Virginia Tech as a preferred walk-on and an engineering major.
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Hairston has a long list of accolades to his name. He was most recently named the VHSL Class 3 male scholar-athlete of the year. This season he helped lead the Terriers to their first-ever state semifinals game and regional title.
Through my recruiting process, I really wanted to find a school for engineering. That’s what I wanted to do my whole life. That’s what my brother does, what my father does, so I wanted to take that step, and Virginia Tech felt like that home for me. I can’t wait to compete, can’t wait to get to work with everybody. I think we are going to have a really good team that competes with eachother. It’s going to be great”
said Hairston.
Hairston is ready to leave his mark on the next level with head coach Brent Pry and the Hokies.
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