Hokie Wins VA Senate Seat

CONGRATULATIONS! Our Hokie brother Aaron Rouse has been elected to the Virginia State Senate, District 7 during the Jan. 10 special election. The election results will have to be certified to become official. Rouse, a Democratic Virginia Beach city councilmember and former NFL player, defeated Republican retired Navy Lt. Commander Kevin Adams.

Rouse graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Virginia Tech, where he was also a student athlete. Rouse was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2007 National Football League (NFL) Draft and also played for the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals.

After retiring from the NFL, Rouse returned home to Virginia Beach to begin his career in public service. He served as a coach and a mentor before founding Rouse’s House, a nonprofit organization that serves to establish education as the foundation for today’s youth, with a primary goal of exposing youth and families in the community to a broader world of learning. On Nov. 6, 2018, Rouse was elected to the Virginia Beach City Council as an at-large member.