Cadet chosen to highlight the colors at the Vanderbilt game
Cadet Benjamin Schleiff traveled with the Hokies and received the flags at Saturday’s football game at Vanderbilt.
The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and the Virginia Tech football team continue their proud partnership to highlight the colors during the pre-game ceremony at every football game.
Three football players, chosen because of their performance in the last game or at practice, carry the American flag, the state flag, and the team’s spirit flag and lead the team onto the field. They deliver the flags to cadets at the south end of the field.
The cadets, also selected based on their performance in the corps, render honor to the flags and carry them off the field. At home games three first-year cadets are selected, and one or two upper-class cadets travel with the team and receive the flags at away games.
Schleiff, a junior from Little Rock, Arkansas, is a member of Army ROTC majoring in building construction in the College of Engineering. As the first sergeant of Echo Company, he exemplifies excellence in the performance of his duties and is a role model for his peers and first-year cadets. Schleiff routinely epitomizes the qualities essential for successful leadership, and his battalion recognizes him as the top cadet in his class.
