Husband, Father of 4, Innovator & Entrepreneur | Interests: Family, Faith, Sports, Technology, Startups & Investing
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Virginia Tech helped shape who I am. Few people embody the values of hard work, humility, and service better than @coachfostervt & @rossiadam. The Lunch Pail isn’t just a football tradition, it’s a reflection of a region and its people. Help grow this impact.
I went to Virginia Tech because it was a land-grant university that offered a strong, affordable technical education.
After growing up working on farms and construction sites, it felt like it was made for people like me.
So did the lunch pail.
@coachfostervt coached the Virginia Tech defense for 33 years. His players competed for the right to carry a beat-up coal miner's lunch pail each week.
It symbolizes blue-collar work ethic built into an object and became one of the most recognized traditions in college football.
In 2009, still coaching, he built the Lunch Pail Defense Foundation around the same idea, putting money behind kids in Southwest Virginia from families where college isn't the assumed path.
Since then the foundation has distributed more than a million dollars. Bud hasn't taken a cent, and the board are all volunteers.
Every dollar goes out the door into direct support for Southwest Virginia families.
Scholarships for Virginia Tech students, community college tuition for high school grads, healthcare for uninsured families, and direct support for families dealing with childhood cancer.
If you care about Southwest Virginia, please help me get the word out about the Lunchpail Defense Foundation.
Watch the video I recorded with Coach Foster below. Share it if it lands.
Please sign up to the mailing list at lunchpaildefense.org.
This is what the lunch pail means off the field.
Great resource. Thanks @_CoachFerrari
Let’s GO!!!
Hokie Nation, we got our guy 🤝
Coach Franklin’s here to win 🏆
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𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 🏆
The Wildcats are the 2025 Big 12 Champions!!! Arizona wins back-to-back tourney crowns!
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA SPRING SHOWCASE:
It's that time again as High Schools show off their upcoming season talent, and athletes try and get their names out. Last year over 16 different colleges were at this event and we are hoping even more visit this year.
Let’s go @MicaMountainFB! Thanks to @SOAZFootball for listing the awesome graphics and schedules!
Let’s go @MicaMountainFB!!! Incredible program led by great coaches. This state title is just the beginning. Let’s go BOLTS!!!
BREAKING
@MicaMountainFB earns coach Pat Nugent his first state championship with 42-13 rout of AZ College Prep.
EARLY RECAP: allsportstucson.com/2024/12/…
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Let’s go BOLTS!!! @MicaMountainFB
What a glorious era in history?!
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This is the future of higher education!!!
In 2010 my brother and I started posting educational videos because we had run out of ideas for our vlog.
Today, with @ASU and @Google, we’re launching gostudyhall.com a path from YouTube to real, transferable college credit, and I want to talk about why (and how).
Love this! Truth.
Just heard this gem of a quote from @MarkRober : “I never claimed to have all the answers, but I know the process to get all the answers, and that's trying and failing.” So true, not just in engineering but in every aspect of life. Embrace the process and keep pushing forward!
Let’s GO team @USMNT!!! Only a few weeks left until @WorldCupQatarTM
Congrats to these young founders. This Amazing program providing equity free funding for early stage founders. These students are at the earliest phase and microgrants helps them build prototypes, test the market, conduct discovery and more. Entrepreneurship is booming at VT!
Lots of truth here. #27 is powerful and rings true every time. @azcavalier
Win is the man and #Entrepreneurship at @virginia_tech wouldn’t be where it is without him. Thank you, Win. Let’s GO!!!
Win Sheridan's continued support of the Apex Center is amazing! Thank you for inspiring and empowering the next generation of #entrepreneurs at @virginia_tech!
vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/09/…
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Startup Weekend is just one week away! Join us at the Apex Center for a keynote from @ChrisClickUp + pitch your ideas, find a team, meet likeminded Hokies + food & swag!
More info & RSVP ⬇️
vt.startuptree.co/event/s/UG…
Great to see @LowUltraviolet founder, Erica Sullivan, highlighted by @virginia_tech for her mission driven company. Please check out her clothing line and support small business owners.
Apex Center alum Erica Sullivan Feggeler and her business L.U.V. (Low Ultraviolet) continue to shine! Learn more about Erica's journey to protect skin the fashionable way ☀️👕⬇️
vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/…