Chris Smith starred in basketball at Virginia Tech from 1958-61. He was nicknamed "Moose" at Charleston High School in West Virginia where he played as a 6-foot-6 center during an era of exceptional local talent in what was then known as the Kanawha Valley. Smith was later dubbed "the human pogo stick" by former Roanoke sportswriter Bill Brill. During the 1961 NBA Draft, Smith was the highest draft choice for any Virginia Tech basketball player ever when he was selected as the fourteenth overall choice by the NBA's Syracuse Nationals. In 1982, he was the only basketball player inducted as a charter member to Virginia Tech's Hall-of-Fame. Smith still holds the following Virginia Tech rebounding records: Rebounds per Game: 36; Season Rebounds: 495; Career Rebounds: 1508; Season Average Rebounds per Game: 20.4; Career Average Rebounds per Game: 17.1; Smith is the State of Virginia's DIvision I NCAA leader in career average rebounds per game of all time. He is still ranked 26th nationally for career average rebounds per game and 24th nationally for total career rebounds as listed all-time for Division I players by the Official 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book. 

March 31st, 1939 in Charles Town (Age 85)