Redshirt freshman quarterback reinstated to Tech team

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Freshman quarterback Ike Whitaker is back on the Virginia Tech football team, coach Frank Beamer said today.<br> <br> The 18-year-old is a 6-foot-4, 206-pound redshirt player from Germantown, Maryland. He was suspended for violating team rules on March 2nd -- a day after he was charged with public intoxication, underage possession of alcohol and destruction of property in an incident on Tech&#39;s campus.<br> <br> Whitaker pleaded no contest to the charges on March 23rd and the judge ruled that he would wipe the three misdemeanor charges from Whitaker&#39;s record if he stayed out of trouble for a year.<br> <br> He also has to pay to fix a broken dorm window, serve 25 hours of community service and attend alcohol awareness classes.<br> <br> Whitaker joined today&#39;s spring practice.<br> <br> (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)