Hokie ClubAwards & Honors
• 2026 Johnny Oates Memorial Award (Virginia Tech's 21st all-time recipient)
Player Rankings
• Class of 2023: No. 132 national shortstop and top-500 national recruit by Perfect Game … No. 5 shortstop and No. 20 overall recruit from Virginia by Perfect Game.
Personal
• Ethan Chadrec Gibson … Goes by “Gibby” … Son to Chad and Amanda Gibson … Born Oct. 18, 2004, in Bristol, Tennessee.
• Grew up rooting for the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox … Models his game after Dustin Pedroia ... Inspired as an athlete by Mike Trout.
• Graduated from Abingdon High School (Abingdon, Virginia) ... Varsity shortstop and pitcher for the Falcons under head coach Mark Francisco ... Named the 2022 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 3A Player of the Year ... Chosen to the 2022 VHSL Class 3 All-State First Team [P, SS] ... Varsity quarterback in football and varsity point guard in basketball.
• Virginia Tech Class of 2027.