Virginia Tech wing Ty Outlaw was charged last Thursday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, according to a criminal report filed Wednesday to the Virginia Courts Case Information website.

Outlaw, a 6-foot-6 senior from Roxboro, N.C., is slated as of now to play Friday night with his Tech teammates in Washington, D.C., in an NCAA regional semifinal against East Region No. 1 seed Duke. Tech (26-8) is the No. 4 seed in the region.

A voicemail message left for a Blacksburg Police Department spokesperson wasn’t returned. Tech’s athletic department didn’t issue any statements regarding the situation.

Outlaw is scheduled for an April 11 hearing at 8:30 a.m. in Montgomery County General District Court in Christiansburg.

Blacksburg police executed a search warrant March 21 for Outlaw’s apartment, but an officer also came to the apartment March 20 at 6:07 p.m. to address a drug violation, according to the warrant, which was obtained by the Roanoke Times.

During the March 20 visit, a police officer tried unsuccessfully to make contact with the occupants of the apartment, and detected a strong smell of burnt marijuana emanating from the apartment, according to the warrant.

The search of the apartment March 21 netted one white pill, two yellow capsules, an electronic vape cartridge and green plant material, the warrant indicated.

On Monday, a summons was issued for Outlaw, but Blacksburg police didn’t deliver it until 12:14 p.m. Tuesday — the day after Tech’s basketball team came back to Blacksburg from NCAA tournament first- and second-round games in San Jose, Calif.

Outlaw, who was in San Jose on March 20 and 21 with his team, started last Friday, finishing with seven points and seven rebounds to help the Hokies defeat No. 13 seed Saint Louis 66-52.

He also started Sunday in Tech’s 67-58 second-round win against No. 12 seed Liberty, posting the first double-double of his Tech career with 11 points and 11 rebounds to propel the Hokies into the Sweet 16 for the first time since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Outlaw is second in the ACC in 3-point field-goal percentage this season, connecting on 45.6 percent of his attempts (78 of 171). He’s fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 8.7 points per game in 19 starts (34 games played) to go along with 5.4 rebounds per game (second on the team).

On March 13, Outlaw was awarded the Bob Bradley Spirit and Courage Award in Charlotte, N.C., by the ACC before Tech’s second-round game in the conference tournament. A transfer from Lee College in Baytown, Texas, Outlaw has overcome a heart condition and a torn anterior cruciate ligament — both of which robbed him of seasons at Tech — to play two seasons for the Hokies.

Athletes charged with misdemeanors are subject to having their situations reviewed by Tech athletic director Whit Babcock to “determine if there has been a violation of athletics department or team policies,” according to Tech’s athletic department policy.

Punishments could include a warning all the way up to suspension from practices and/or games. Unlike a felony charge, which requires a Tech player to immediately be suspended from all team activities, practices and games until the situation is resolved, a misdemeanor charge doesn’t come with an automatic suspension at Tech.

Tech players are required to “report the charge to his or her head coach (or assistant coach if the head coach is not available) as soon as possible after the arrest, and in all cases, prior to participation in the next organized athletic activity.”

Norm Wood, 757-247-4642, nwood@dailypress.com