Capt. Rebecca Leonard named Old Dominion Hokie Hero
U.S. Air Force Capt. Rebecca Leonard, a 2018 Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumna who earned her degrees in sociology and criminology from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, was selected as the Hokie Hero for Saturday’s football game against Old Dominion.
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.
Leonard is deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia as an air battle manager for the E-3 Sentry aircraft. She leads mission planning to support operations across U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. During her time in the corps, she served as Echo Company first sergeant and was a member of the corps’ basketball team.
