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COALE (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) |
The Tatum Award is given annually in memory of the late Jim
Tatum to the top senior student-athlete (in athletic eligibility) among the
league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in
the fifties at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the
concept of the student-athlete.
The Award will be presented at the ACC’s Night of Legends
event which will be held Friday evening at the Charlotte Convention Center as
part of the festivities held around the Dr Pepper Bowl.
Coale, a native of Lexington, Va., ranks second at Virginia
Tech in career pass receptions (155) and pass receiving yardage (2,530). His
receiving yards are the 19th-best career total in ACC history. He leads Tech
and is 9th in the ACC in reception yardage this season with 776 yards and a
15.5 per-catch average.
He becomes the first Virginia Tech football player to be
honored with the Tatum Award.
Coale graduated from Virginia Tech in the fall of 2010 with
a degree in finance with a 3.3 grade point average and is now working on a
second undergraduate degree in Marketing Management. He was an Academic
All-America All-District selection this year.
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