Corps of Cadets alumnus 1st. Lt. Louis Hatcher named Rutgers game Hokie Hero
U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Louis Hatcher, a 2019 Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus who earned his degree in civil engineering from the College of Engineering in 2020, was selected as the Hokie Hero for Saturday’s football game against Rutgers.
The Hokie Hero program honors corps alumni who are deployed. Recipients are highlighted by Bill Roth and Mike Burnop during their radio broadcast of Hokie football games, on the Corps of Cadets website, and in the Corps Review alumni magazine.
Hatcher is deployed to Kuwait as a facilities contracting construction manager and engineer with the 484th Forward Engineer Support Team in support of Operation Spartan Shield. During his time in the corps, he was a member of Bravo Company and India Company, later serving as the regimental chapel liaison his senior year and as a praise and worship leader for Catholic Campus Ministry at Virginia Tech.