Virginia Tech Hokies

About the Hokies: Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia Tech is now an innovative research university. The streamlined VT logo, which is used only for sports and sports merchandise, was unveiled in 1984 in a different form than today's logo. The Virginia Tech mascot also changed over the years. Originally called the "Gobblers", the name changed in the late 1970s to the "Hokies" after an aumni cheered "Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi". Burnt orange and Chicago maroon are the University colors.