Tributes to Virginia Tech

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Apr 26, 2007

Tributes to Virginia Tech

In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, several sports figures and entities have paid tribute to those who were killed and injured in the shootings. Here's a sampling, beginning with the Virginia Tech women's softball team. We'll add more photos towards the front of this gallery as they become available. Send comments and photos to siwriters@simail.com.

The University of Florida Gators draped the statues of Albert and Alberta with a memorial wreath.

Ohio State honored Virginia Tech by wearing VT stickers on their helmets during the spring intrasquad scrimmage.

The Louisville Bats' groundskeeper cut the Tech logo in the grass for an April 20th game. The team also wore VT hats that evening.

Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury during the moment of silence before his team's playoff game against the Ottawa Senators in Pittsburgh on April 17.

Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel is a graduate of Parry McCluer High School in Buena Vista, Va.

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Penn State fans paid tribute at the annual spring football game.

Denver Nuggets star Allen Iverson, shown here with a Virginia Tech patch on his arm, was born in Hampton, Va.

Signatures of sympathy on an Atlantic Coast Conference sign.

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Joe Saunders is a graduate of Virginia Tech and donned a Hokies hat in his first start after the tragedy.

NASCAR driver Ward Burton's Nextel Cup Series car revealed the feelings of his Morgan-McClure Motorsports team, which is based in Virginia.

The Virginia Tech baseball team paused to honor their fallen classmates.

First baseman Dmitri Young and his Washington Nationals teammates memorialized the victims by wearing Virginia Tech caps during their game against the Atlanta Braves on April 17.