(Editor’s Note: From a message board post by Rev. Zeke Vodka, edited for clarity and grammar.)

A.D. is a great pickup for the Hokies. His name is actually Angel Daniel Vassallo Colon. Later on, when his name appeared in print in the newspapers a little locally, I noticed the Colon had been dropped and he said that people had done that on their own and he didn’t want to make waves and insist on his full name.

Very humble kid, an outstanding shooter and scorer. He played very little on the AAU circuit because he went home after his high school season and spent the summer in Puerto Rico. In fact, two summers ago, prior to his senior season, he made his native National team. He was on the Puerto Rican National touring 19-and-under team, when he was a 17 year old or just about to turn 17, quite an accomplishment.

A.D. is very smooth, glides around the court and makes things look easy and effortless. He has excellent range, his body has filled out significantly and gotten much stronger these past couple of years, and he is a big time pickup for Tech. He played for a non-descript high school team in Hurt, Virginia that got little national notice, wasn’t on the AAU circuit because he was always in Puerto Rico during that time, and there were many national scouts that had never seen him play until this past fall when he arrived at Hargrave Military.

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