Congrats, that is awesome. My daughter is graduating from Tech shortly. She brought her very desirable math skills with her to Tech primarily because of athletics. (Athletics attracted her to Tech long before her math skills made her valuable as a student.). I will add that she was made promises by coaching in her preferred sport that were totally a lie in the end.(she was also a D1 athlete but chose Tech and walked on).
Let me just say that Tech talks out both sides of its butt.
My Dad did physics research with Tech, he had five children through the school (my daughter chose a major that noone had done that yet). My daughters mother was a ChE, her aunts and uncles numbered another five that went through Tech. My sister and brother also married Tech engineering grads.
All of us enjoyed football firstly, my 87 year old Dad is at home right now enjoying his beloved Fighting Irish.
11 engineers, physics majors, all graduates. I am the last holdout. My daughter and I had a conversation recently. I think she is 20 years ahead of me with her frustration. And we are all from the state of Georgia. Very sad.