Saturday, Virginia Tech announced that the school is retiring Elizabeth Kitley's No. 33 and will put in the rafters at Cassell Coliseum at some point next season. If there was anyone who deserves to have her number hanging from the rafters, it's Kitley.
Coming Fall 2024 π#Retire33 pic.twitter.com/r4BC5pUKPc
β Virginia Tech Women's Basketball (@HokiesWBB) April 13, 2024
In her five years in Blacksburg, she became the best player in program history and lifted Virginia Tech to places they haven't been before with an ACC Tournament Championship, a Final Four berth and an ACC regular season title in 2023-24.
After the announcement, Virginia Tech fans and Kitley's former teammates took to social media to react to the school's announcement by athletic director Whit Babcock. Former teammates Georgia Amoore and Clara Strack, who each transferred to Kentucky to play for Kenny Brooks, reacted on X.
rightfully so. https://t.co/okxOE16U62
β Georgia Amoore (@georgia_amoore) April 13, 2024
So deserving π«Άπ»π«Άπ» https://t.co/zvoWmBrHmT
β Clara Strack (@ClaraStrack) April 13, 2024
Virginia Tech fans, who began calling for this on social media as the season went along, reacted and are happy that it's happening so soon after the end of her career.
Liz Kitley officially going in the rafters!
β Logan Ross (@LRossVT) April 13, 2024
No one has ever deserved it more πππ https://t.co/VC1zOUE0oh
β Treadmill Horse (@treadmillhorse) April 13, 2024
No brainer! So glad u get this honor. The best to ever do it @HokiesWBB
β John Cranham (@johncran11) April 13, 2024
No one could possibly deserve it more. So happy to see this. See you this Fall! #WeLovLiz #Retire33
β Mike Rose (@mikerose00) April 13, 2024
@elizabethkitley me and my daughter both teared up at the darn football game when they showed this. Thank you for all youβve done for our beloved Hokie community.
β MindfulHokie (@HokieMindful) April 13, 2024
Congrats @elizabethkitley!!! #HokieNation loves you!!! #Hokies π§‘π¦β₯οΈ pic.twitter.com/Lcbh2wghty
β Karen π§‘π¦β₯οΈ (@karen_worzel) April 13, 2024
One of the best to ever do it π
β HokieSports (@hokiesports) April 13, 2024
#HokieNation loves you, @elizabethkitley β€οΈ pic.twitter.com/5S2Nm0ScVc
Whenever the night comes when No. 33 goes into the rafters, it's going to be a special night in Blacksburg and it's well-deserved.