Virginia Blake

Biography

A graduate of North Carolina State University, Virginia Blake joined the Department of Athletics in July 2022 after completing her Bachelor of Science in Sport Management, and her Master of Sport Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University. She currently serves as the Director of Volleyball Operations. Virginia is entering her second season with the NC State Volleyball program. Before being named the Director of Volleyball Operations, she served as the Special Projects Coordinator for the athletic department (July 2022 - January 2024). In this role, Virginia was involved in various areas and successfully managed internal and external projects relating to the day-to-day operations of the athletic department. In September of 2022, Virginia was designated as the Teamworks liaison for NC State Athletics, where she led the rebuild of NC State’s internal Teamworks operations and product usage. Blake spearheaded the launch of the “Alpha Exchange”, through their partnership with INFLCR to further support student-athletes in their NIL. Virginia continues to manage the Teamworks operations for the athletic department. Virginia also served on an interim basis with three varsity sports (softball, rifle and women’s volleyball) where she managed their team operations, travel and budget. While she was a student at NC State, Virginia served as a student manager for the Wolfpack women’s basketball team (2018-2021), an administrative intern (2020) and facilities/ game day student worker (20