Virginia Tech pitcher Eddie Campbell will continue to pitch in the New River Valley — as a pro.

Campbell, who was drafted in the 15th round by Seattle last week, said he has signed with the Mariners and has been assigned to their Appalachian League team in Pulaski.

Pulaski opens its minor league season next Thursday.

Campbell, as expected, opted to turn pro and skip his senior season.

If you missed it in the paper today or elsewhere on the web site, here is my interview with Pete Hughes about his heart attack:

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If you missed it in today’s paper or elsewhere on the website, here is what Tyler Horan, Jake Joyce and Chad Pinder had to say about being drafted:

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Two more Hokies have been taken in the major league draft today.

Fourth-year junior LF Tyler Horan went in the eighth round to the San Francisco Giants, and senior reliever Jake Joyce (Carlisle) went in the ninth round to the Nationals.

Last night, Chad Pinder went to the A’s with the 71st overall pick.

Virginia Tech baseball coach Pete Hughes was released from the hospital Friday, two days after suffering a heart attack.

Hughes tweeted Friday that he suffered a heart attack Wednesday. Hughes tweeted that he had driven himself to the hospital.

“He’s doing great,” associate athletic director Jon Jaudon said.

In other news, Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach James Johnson has promoted Andy Moore from director of basketball operations to assistant coach.

Moore has previously been an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green and Michigan.

He succeeds Mark Byington, who left in April to become Georgia Southern’s coach.

Tech baseball coach Pete Hughes revealed on Twitter today (Fri.) that he had a heart attack this week:

Had a heart attack 2nights ago.Drove myself to the hospital. Good thing I had my What Would Chuck Norris Do bracelet on!#blessed #hokietuff

Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver said today (Thursday) that he wants to give baseball coach Pete Hughes a contract extension and a pay hike this summer.

Hughes still has one year left on his contract, but the Hokies recently finished a season in which they not only made the NCAAs but hosted a regional.

“I’d like to give him a couple more years,” Weaver said. “We just have to sit down and talk.”

Weaver said Hughes has earned a financial reward too.

“He’s done a terrific job with the program,” Weaver said. “We’ll do what’s right and do what we can do here at Virginia Tech.”

Hughes has been the subject of media speculation that Auburn might be interested in him, but Weaver said again today that Auburn has not called for permission to talk to Hughes.

Earlier, Hughes was the subject of media speculation that Georgia might be interested in him. Georgia has since hired a new coach. Weaver said Georgia never called for permission to talk to Hughes either.

Weaver is not worried about losing Hughes to another school in the next few weeks.

“I don’t think we have that situation, but you never know,” Weaver said.

Hughes, who also steered Tech to the NCAAs in 2010, had total pay of $157,437 this year. He is due to get a 5 percent raise in July.

Tech plans to look into where Hughes’ salary ranks within the ACC’s baseball coaches.

“We’ll look at the situation and deal with it as best we can,” Weaver said.

Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver said tonight (Tuesday) that Auburn has not called for permission to speak to Pete Hughes about its baseball coaching vacancy.

There has been speculation that Auburn might be eyeing Hughes.

The Virginia Tech women’s basketball team has lost one player and added another.

Guard Alexis Lloyd said Monday she has decided to transfer from Virginia Tech so she can play closer to home. The Chicago native has not yet picked a new school. She averaged 3 points and 12.7 minutes as a freshman this year, when she played in 28 games and started one.

“I want to preferrably be [no more than] six to seven hours away so my family can get back and forth to me,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd becomes the second member of the team’s four-woman 2012-13 freshman class to decide to transfer from Tech, joining Alex Kiss-Rusk, who opted to return to her native Canada.

“I’d like to get some kids with a better geographic proximity — we’re trying hard — but you’re always going to run the risk of kids not being perfectly happy for whatever the reasons,” coach Dennis Wolff said.

Wolff added a foregin recruit Monday. He said he has signed Maddison Penn, a 6-foot-1 wing player from Australia. She plays for the Australian under-19 national team.

“She’s a shooter,” Wolff said. “If we could find more people than can shoot, that’d be a good thing.”

Penn becomes the sixth member of Wolff’s 2012-13 recruiting class. There will be three Australians on the team next season, including rising sophomore Hannah Young and signee Vanessa Panousis.

If you missed it in today’s paper or elsewhere on the site, here is my story on Oklahoma’s win over the Hokies”

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