Virginia Tech athletes named to national All-American teams; their sport; and, where relevant, to which team they were named:
| 1958 | Carroll Dale (football, second) |
| 1959 | Carroll Dale (football, first); Brandon Glover (wrestling) |
| 1963 | Bob Schweickert (football, third) |
| 1964 | Bob Schweickert (football, first) |
| 1965 | Tim Collins (golf, third) |
| 1966 | George Foussekis (football, second), Frank Loria (football, first) |
| 1967 | Tim Collins (golf, second), Frank Loria (football, first—consensus) |
| 1968 | Mike Widger (football, first) |
| 1972 | Don Strock (football, third) |
| 1976 | Keith Neff (track & field) |
| 1978 | Dennis Scott (track & field) |
| 1980 | Ray Ackenbom (track & field), Mike Burns (track & field), John Dyer (track & field), Lucy Hawk Banks (track & field), Kenny Lewis (track & field), Ray McDaniels (track & field), Bruce Merritt (track & field), Bob Phillips (track & field) |
| 1981 | Robert Brown (football, second), Tracy Deely (cross country), Lori McKee Taylor (cross country), Franklin Stubbs (baseball, first), Paul Sulik (track & field), Judy Williams (track & field) |
| 1982 | Steve Hetherington (cross country), Lori McKee Taylor (track & field), Jim Stewart (baseball, first), Franklin Stubbs (baseball, first) |
| 1983 | Bruce Smith (football, first) |
| 1984 | Linda King (track & field), Bruce Smith (football, first—consensus) |
| 1985 | Linda King (track & field), Mark Stickley (track & field) |
| 1986 | George Canale (baseball, first), Dell Curry (basketball, first), Chris Kinzer (football, second) |
| 1987 | Gary Cobb (track & field—1,000 meters), Cary Cobb (track & field—1,500 meters), Margarita Lasaga (track & field), Trey McCoy (baseball, third), Phil Saunders (track & field), Steve Taylor (track & field), Steve Taylor (cross country), Tony Williams (track & field), Tony Williams (cross country) |
| 1989 | Brian Walter (cross country) |
| 1991 | Eugene Chung (football, first) |
| 1992 | Mike Sergent (track & field) |
| 1993 | Jim Pyne (football, first—unanimous) |
| 1994 | Josh Feldman (wrestling) |
| 1995 | Cornell Brown (football, first—consensus), J. C. Price (football, third) |
| 1996 | Kevin Barker (baseball, second), Cornell Brown (football, first), Billy Conaty (football, first), Charlie Gillian (baseball, third), Oliver Mayo (tennis) |
| 1997 | Matt Griswold (baseball, third), Pierson Prioleau (football, third) |
| 1998 | Erick Kingston (track & field), Corey Moore (football, first), Katie Ollendick (track & field—high jump), Kathie Ollendick (track & field—heptathion), Derek Smith (football, third) |
| 1999 | Larry Bowles (baseball, third), John Engelberger (football, second), Barry Gauch (baseball, third), Aaron Marchetti (tennis), Anthony Midget (football, third), Corey Moore (football, first—unanimous), Jamel Smith (football, second), Michael Vick (football, first) |
| 2000 | André David (football, first), Sean Gray (wrestling), Brian Hunter (track & field), Erick Kingston (track & field), Matt Lehr (football, second), Chris Martin (wrestling), Lee Suggs (football, third), Ben Taylor (football, third), Dawn Will (lacrosse, third) |
| 2001 | Sean Gray (wrestling), Kristen Price (track & field—3,000 meters), Kristin Price (track & field—5,000 meters), David Pugh (football, third), Ben Taylor (football, second), Ronyell Whitaker (football, third) |
| 2002 | Brendon de Jonge (golf, second), Jake Grove (football, fourth), Dee O’Connell (track & field), Willie Pile (football, second), Johnson Wagner (golf, third), Matt Dalton (baseball, first), Brendon de Jonge (golf, second), Jake Grove (football, first—unanimous), DeAngelo Hall (football, second), Kevin Jones (football, first—consensus), “Spyridon Jullien (track & field), Marlies Overbeeke (cross country), Marc Tugwell (baseball, second) |
| 2004 | Spyridon Jullien (track & field—weight throw), Spyridon Jullien (track & field—hammer throw), Marlies Overbeeke (track & field) |
| 2005 | Jessica Botzum (swimming & diving) Tamara Burns (track & field), Kristen Callan (track & field), Sven Hahn (track & field), Spyrion Jullien (track & field—weight throw), Spyridon Jullien (track & field—hammer throw), Brian Mondschein (track & field—pole vault), Brian Mondschein (track & field—pole vault), Ryan Norwood (track & field), Darryl Tapp (football, first), Saskia Triesscheijn (track & field), Jimmy Williams (football, first—unanimous) |
| 2006 | Mohsen Anani (track & field—weight throw), Mohsen Anani (track & field—hammer throw), Tamara Burns (track & field), Gus Calado (swimming & diving), Kristen Callan (track & field), Mike Faust (wrestling), Brandon Flowers (football, third), David Hoffman (wrestling), Spridon Jullien (track & field—weight throw), Spridon Jullien (track & field—hammer throw), brian Mondschein (track & field), Matej Muza (track & field), Angela Tincher (softball, second), Saskia Triesscheijn (track & field—pentahion), Saskia Triesscheijn (track & field—heptathion) |
| 2007 | Xavier Adibi (football, first), Jessica Botzum (swimming & diving—100 breaststroke), Jessica Botzum (swimming & diving—200 breaststroke), Kristi Castlin (track & field—60m hurdles), Kristi Castlin (track & field—100m hurdles), Justin Clickett (track & field—shot put), Justin Clickett (track & field—shot put), Jessica Fanning (track & field), Tasmin Fanning (track & field), Tasmin Fanning (cross country), Brandon Flowers (football, first), Sherlenia Green (track & field), Queen Harrison (track & field—100m hurdles), Queen Harrison (track & field—400m hurdles), Thorsten Mueller (track & field), Patrick Nyarko (soccer), Brittany pryor (track & field—shot put), Brittany Pryor (track & field—shot put), Sara Smith (swimming & diving), Britni Spruill (track & field), Angela Tincher (softball, first), Asia Washington (track & field) |
| 2008 | Jessica Botzum (swimming & diving—100 breaststroke), Jessica Botzum (swimming & diving—200 breaststroke), Kristen Callan (track & field—weight throw), Kristen Callan (track & field—hammer throw), Kristi Castlin (track & field), Justin Clickett (track & field), Tasmin Fanning (track & field), Queen Harrison (track & field), Matej Muza (track & field), Yavjeniy Olhovsky (track & field—pole vault), Yavjenia Olhovsky (track & field—pole vault), Kelly Phillips (track & field), Brittany Prior (track & field—shot put), Brittany Pryor (track & field—hammer throw), Jurrian van der Vaart (gold, third) |
| 2009 | Jenna Rhodes (softball, second) |