1st Lt. Joshua Daas named Virginia game Hokie Hero
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Daas '23, a Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus who earned his degree in building construction from the College of Engineering was selected as the Hokie Hero for Saturday’s football game against Virginia.
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.
Daas is deployed to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of operations as an engineer and an explosives ordnance disposal platoon commander. He is responsible for conducting surface clearance operations of unexploded ordnance from World War II. During his time in the Corps of Cadets, he was a member of Alpha Company and the Corps Ordnance Staff.
