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ACC Champions
Mechanical Engineering students , juniors Jared Haught ( left ) and Robert Owen ( above ), each is an ACC Champion in wrestling and swimming , respectively . Haught earned individual honors in the 197 pound class , and helped the Hokies earn their 3rd ACC team Championship . Owen is now a 3-time 400 meter Individual Medley champion .
ME Outstanding Senior
Elliott VanderLinden has been chosen as the ME Outstanding Senior and he will now compete for the College of Engineering award . VanderLinden does research for Associate Professor Mary Kasarda and will graduate with a 3.9 . He is also a former Green Beret , the President of Veterans @ VT , and the President of the Student Chapter of Student Veterans of America . He is married to Dory , a mechanical engineer who works at Altec and who received her BSME from the University of North Carolina , Charlotte in 2009 .
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