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Foggin played college basketball at Virginia Tech, As a freshman he was part of a 16-10 Independent team coached by Don DeVoe and appeared in 19 games at center for the Hokies.

During the 1974-75 season he averaged 3.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in 12.9 minutes per game, shot .393 from the field and .333 at the foul line, and helped Virginia Tech post wins over teams such as Florida, Washington and West Virginia.

One of his early season statistical highs came in the December 31, 1974 win over Vermont when he shared the team lead in rebounds with seven, and he remained part of a frontcourt rotation that also included Duke Thorpe and Kyle McKee.

As a sophomore in 1975-76, Foggin remained with Virginia Tech under DeVoe and played on a 21-7 team that reached the NCAA tournament, where the Hokies lost 77-67 to Western Michigan in the Mideast first round.

His individual role was limited that season as he played 10 games and averaged 1.8 points and 1.7 rebounds in 5.7 minutes per game while shooting 8-for-23 from the field for .348, going 2-for-2 at the free-throw line for 1.000, and totaling 18 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists.

Virginia Tech was one of the nation’s better offensive teams that year at 87.2 points per game, and Foggin worked behind a veteran rotation that featured Russell Davis, Larry Cooke, Duke Thorpe, Dave Sensibaugh, Ernie Wansley and Phil Thieneman.

Foggin moved into a bigger role as a junior in 1976-77 after Charlie Moir took over as head coach, and Virginia Tech finished 19-10.

In that 1976-77 season he averaged 6.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game, giving the Hokies useful interior production alongside Duke Thorpe, Phil Thieneman, Ron Bell and Marshall Ashford.

He also produced some notable in-season contributions as a reserve big man, including sharing Virginia Tech’s rebounding lead with seven boards against Virginia on January 12, 1977, and he was recognized after one late-season stretch in which he reached double figures in three games during the same week.

Around that period he also reshaped his conditioning, having dropped around 20 pounds as he tried to improve his quickness and stamina for a larger role in Moir’s system.

By his senior year in 1977-78, Foggin was one of the experienced pieces on another 19-8 Virginia Tech team coached by Moir, and he was part of a group that included Ron Bell, Les Henson, Tic Price, Wayne Robinson and Marshall Ashford.

That final college season was his best statistically as he played 21 games and averaged 7.1 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting 54-for-124 from the field for .435 and 42-for-69 at the line for .609, finishing with 150 points and 117 rebounds.

He also posted several strong rebounding efforts that year, including eight rebounds in the upset of No. 10 Syracuse on January 30, 1978 and 13 rebounds in the 105-83 win over Ohio on February 15, 1978, while he also tied for the team lead in assists with four in the January 11, 1978 win over West Virginia.

Virginia Tech remained an Independent throughout his four seasons, and across Foggin’s time in Blacksburg the Hokies went 16-10, 21-7, 19-10 and 19-8 for a combined 75-35 record.

Over his Virginia Tech career, Foggin played 78 games and averaged 5.2 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, progressing from a freshman reserve into a senior frontcourt regular before graduating in 1978.