BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 23 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
U.S.Army 2nd Lt. Drew Conboy and U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Dylan Snider havebeen named the Hokie Heroes for Saturday's football game against Boston College. Both are deployed to Romania in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
Conboy is serving as a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear officerand is responsible for the support and planning of combat aviation operations across four European countries. During his time in the Corps of Cadets, he was a member of Bravo Company. He graduated from the corps in 2024 and completed his degree inconstruction engineering and management from the College of Engineeringin May 2025...