2018-19 West Virginia University Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report by Joe Swan

2018-19

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

2018-19

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

WVU DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS MISSION The mission of the West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is to provide the means to empower student-athletes to develop as leaders and achieve their full potential academically, athletically and personally. As an integral part of WVU, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is committed to supporting the broader mission of the University through the integration of athletics in the academic community. In achieving this mission, the defining principles are reflected in Mountaineer P.R.I.D.E.:

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PEOPLE – WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE FOUNDATION OF WVU ATHLETICS IS THE PEOPLE – STUDENT-ATHLETES, COACHES, STAFF AND THE GREATER MOUNTAINEER COMMUNITY.

RESPECT – WE WILL REPRESENT AND EMBRACE THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, SPORTSMANSHIP AND FAIRNESS.

INTEGRITY – WE WILL OPERATE WITH COMMITMENT TO FISCAL INTEGRITY, PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE RULES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF RESPECTIVE GOVERNING BODIES.

DEDICATION – WE WILL DEDICATE RESOURCES TO PROMOTE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACADEMIC, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING OF STUDENT-ATHLETES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF COACHES AND STAFF.

EXCELLENCE – WE WILL COMMIT TO COMPREHENSIVE EXCELLENCE BY POSITIONING SPORT PROGRAMS TO COMPETE WITH DISTINCTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from Director of Athletics Shane Lyons....................... 2 2018-19 Athletics Year in Review............................................... 3 Coaching Awards and Recognition............................................ 4 Conference Champions............................................................... 4 Conference Major Award Winners............................................. 4 Academic All-Americans............................................................. 5 All-Americans.............................................................................. 5 Professional Draft Picks and Signings........................................ 7 All-Conference............................................................................ 8 Academic All-Conference............................................................ 9 Climbing Higher Campaign Unveiled....................................... 16 WVU Partners with Nike’s Global Identity Group.................... 18 WVU Athletics Means Big Business.......................................... 20 Baseball..................................................................................... 22 Men’s Basketball....................................................................... 24 Women’s Basketball.................................................................. 26 Cross Country............................................................................ 28 Football..................................................................................... 30 Golf............................................................................................ 32 Gymnastics................................................................................ 34 Rifle........................................................................................... 36 Rowing...................................................................................... 38 Men’s Soccer............................................................................. 40 Women’s Soccer........................................................................ 42 Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving............................ 44 Tennis........................................................................................ 46 Track and Field.......................................................................... 48 Volleyball................................................................................... 50 Wrestling................................................................................... 52 Staff Listing............................................................................... 54 MAC Report.............................................................................. 56

MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Shane Lyons

We have great student-athletes at West Virginia University who compete on the fields and courts and in the classroom to make you proud. They are hard-working young men and women who care and want the best for our department, which is why I am excited to share this 2018-19 annual report with you. There are so many things highlighted in the coming pages that will tell the story of our year. We accomplished so much together, and our department continues to grow. For starters, and very importantly, we announced our Climbing Higher Facilities Master Plan last August, which is an aggressive fundraising campaign to raise $100 million. I can talk forever about how much our department needs these upgrades in key areas like the Puskar Center and the Coliseum Complex to challenge for championships in a Power 5 conference, and that is why I am so passionate about the campaign. I want you to know that this campaign has not been undertaken because of wants, it’s because of needs. It’s no secret that we underwent a coaching change in football after the 2018 season. I want to thank Dana Holgorsen for his eight years here at WVU and at the same time tell you how excited I am about Neal Brown’s program. We hired one of the best young coaches in America and the transition has been a smooth one. Coach Brown needs time to build his program, but I am extremely pleased with the staff he has assembled and the direction we are headed. Earlier this summer, I announced the results of an Economic Impact Study conducted by the nationally respected agency Tripp Umbach. I wasn’t, but many people were surprised to learn that WVU Athletics brings in $302.7 million to the state’s economy and $78.8 million to Monongalia County. Those are strong numbers coming from the Mountaineers, and it proves what I have been saying all along about how important our department is to the state. As far as season highlights, you will read plenty in the upcoming pages, but I will note that both soccer teams made the NCAA tournament, football made its fifth straight bowl game as Will Grier finished fourth for the Heisman. Rifle finished as the NCAA runner-up, while five wrestlers and three swimmers were individual qualifiers to NCAA postseason competition. Baseball turned in a great season as did the golf team as the two teams made strong NCAA postseason appearances. Finally, the new outdoor track opened at Mylan Park, which allowed us to host an outdoor meet for the first time in years. Next year, the new aquatic center will open to the benefit of the entire community. In total, we produced 43 All-Americans, 81 All-Conference performers, 21 individual NCAA qualifiers, seven NCAA team qualifiers, three conference championships and 22 pro draft picks. Also, we had another great year academically we had, and I have nothing but praise for our academic unit. The department posted its highest APR score ever at 985, which was above the national average. Four teams, men’s basketball, rifle, golf, and women’s tennis posted a perfect 1,000 APR score. The overall department GPA was an impressive 3.26, while football had its highest team GPA ever at 2.94.

Overall, we had four Academic All-Americans, 230 Academic All-Conference selections, 36 academic award winners, two Rhodes Scholar finalists and a Senior CLASS Award winner. When it comes to staff, I cannot tell you how proud I am of our department, and the people that make it tick. We hosted more than 150 events in the past year with the likes of NCAA soccer, the Big 12 Golf Championships at The Greenbrier and an NCAA baseball regional for the first time since 1955. In March, WVU was the host of its first national championship event with the NCAA Rifle national championship taking place in the Coliseum to rave reviews. I want to thank the fans who have supported these great events in true Mountaineer fashion. I also want to thank the Mountaineer Athletic Club donors for your generous support. None of our success would happen without the MAC and our fans. Thank you for your contributions, and we appreciate your understanding of how you can make a difference. In the coming year, I will continue to serve on the NCAA Division I Council, while also chairing the Division I Football Oversight Committee. It’s an honor to represent my alma mater on these prestigious national committees, and our department will come to work every day with one goal in mind – to make you proud of your Mountaineers. Sincerely

Shane Lyons Director of Athletics/Associate Vice President West Virginia University

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NCAA ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATE RECOGNITION • • • •

BASEBALL:

MEN’S SOCCER:

WOMEN’S TENNIS:

• 38-22; 13-11 Big 12; 4th in Big 12; Big 12

• 14-7; 5-0 MAC; MAC Regular Season

• 10-12, 0-9 Big 12; 10th in Big 12

Tournament Championship game; NCAA Morgantown Regional

CROSS COUNTRY: • 4th at Big 12; 6th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic

Regional

MEN’S BASKETBALL: • 15-21; 4-14 in Big 12; 10th in Big 12; CBI

Second Round

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: • 22-11; 11-7 in Big 12; 4th in Big 12; WNIT

Third Round

Champions; NCAA Second Round

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD:

WOMEN’S SOCCER:

Qualifiers

WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING:

Baseball Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Rifle Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer

TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

• 11-19; 2-14 Big 12; 9th in Big 12

• 4-2; 1-0 Big 12; 2nd at Big 12; 5 NCAA

NCAA TEAM QUALIFIERS

• 4-14; 3-6 Big 12; 9th at Big 12; 43rd at

VOLLEYBALL:

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING:

• Rifle

WRESTLING:

Outdoor: 9th at Big 12; 4 NCAA Qualifiers

Tournament Champions; NCAA Second Round

NCAA TEAM RUNNER-UP

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• Indoor: 10th at Big 12s; 1 NCAA Qualifier;

• 15-4-4; 7-2 in Big 12; 2nd in Big 12; Big 12

Golf Men’s Basketball Rifle Tennis

NCAAs

• Rifle (GARC) – Regular Season and

Tournament

• 3-3; 1-1 Big 12; 3rd at Big 12; 7 NCAA

• Men’s Soccer (MAC) – Regular Season • Women’s Soccer (Big 12) - Tournament

Qualifiers

FOOTBALL: • 8-4; 6-3 Big 12; tied for 3rd in Big 12;

Camping World Bowl

GOLF: • 10th at Big 12; 6th at NCAA Louisville

Regional

GYMNASTICS: • 19-9; 0-4 Big 12; 4th at Big 12; NCAA Ann

Arbor Regional Second Round

ROWING: • 7th at Big 12

RIFLE: • 13-0, 8-0 GARC; 1st at GARC Championships;

NCAA Runner-Up

INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Morgan Phillips Rifle GARC, smallbore

Ginny Thrasher Rifle GARC, air rifle

David Dixon Men’s Swimming & Diving Big 12, 200 fly, 100 fly

HONORS COACHING AWARDS & HONORS

Randy Mazey Baseball Big 12 Coach of the Year

Bob Huggins Men’s Basketball Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Ballot

Jon Hammond Rifle College Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) Co-Coach of the Year

Marlon LeBlanc Men’s Soccer Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year

MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

Alek Manoah Baseball Big 12 Pitcher of the Year

Yodny Cajuste Football Big 12 Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year

Kari Niblack Women’s Basketball Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year

Ginny Thrasher Rifle GARC Shooter of the Year, GARC Outstanding Senior

David Long Jr. Football Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (AP and Coaches)

Joey Piatczyc Men’s Soccer Mid-American Conference Player of the Year

Bianca St. Georges Women’s Soccer Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

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COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAMS

CONFERENCE SCHOLARATHLETE OF THE YEAR

FIRST TEAM

SECOND TEAM

THIRD TEAM

Bianca St. Georges Women’s Soccer

Abigail Rosiello Tennis

Abby Kaufman Gymnastics

David Koenders Rifle

Andrea Pettit Cross Country Track & Field

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA OF THE YEAR

FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA

Bianca St. Georges Women’s Soccer

Alek Manoah Baseball

Will Grier Football

Kirah Koshinski Gymnastics

Abby Kaufman Gymnastics Big 12

Milica Babic Rifle

Ryan Kelly Swimming & Diving Big 12

Morgan Phillips Rifle

David Koenders Rifle GARC

Ginny Thrasher Rifle

HONORS

SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICA

NATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Yodny Cajuste, Football David Long Jr., Football David Sills V, Football David Koenders, Rifle Sarah Osborn, Rifle Joey Piatczyc, Men’s Soccer Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer Madelin Gardner, Track & Field

Alek Manoah, Baseball, Dick Howser Trophy Finalist, College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Finalist Will Grier, Football, Senior CLASS Award Winner, Heisman Trophy – 4th place, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist,

THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICA

Yodny Cajuste, Football David Sills V, Football David Koenders, Rifle Joey Piatczyc, Men’s Soccer Rylee Foster, Women’s Soccer HONORABLE MENTION

Tynice Martin, Women’s Basketball Milica Babic, Rifle Sarah Osborn, Rifle FRESHMAN

Dante Stills, Football

JOEY PIATCZYC

Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year Finalist, Manning Award Finalist, Maxwell Award Finalist Rylee Foster, Women’s Soccer, CONCACAF Female Goalkeeper of the Year finalist Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer, Senior CLASS Award finalist

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NCAA INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Jake Armstrong, Men’s Swimming & Diving Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Men’s Swimming & Diving Nick Cover, Men’s Swimming & Diving David Dixon, Men’s Swimming & Diving P.J. Lenz, Men’s Swimming & Diving Morgan Bullock, Women’s Swimming & Diving Camille Burt, Women’s Swimming & Diving Julia Calcut, Women’s Swimming & Diving Averly Hobbs, Women’s Swimming & Diving Emma Longley, Women’s Swimming & Diving Callie Smith, Women’s Swimming & Diving Madelyn Woods, Women’s Swimming & Diving Madelin Gardner, Track & Field (Indoor, Outdoor) Olivia Hill, Track & Field (Outdoor) Hayley Jackson, Track & Field (Outdoor) Shamoya McNeil, Track & Field (Outdoor) Matt Schmitt, Wrestling

Christian Monserrat, Wrestling Nick Kiussis, Wrestling Noah Adams, Wrestling Brandon Ngati, Wrestling

SH’NIA GORDON

INDIVIDUAL INTERNATIONAL TEAM HONORS AND PARTICIPATION

Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, U.S. National Rifle Team, 2019 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Fausto Huerta, Swimming & Diving, Dominican National Team, FIBA World Championships Charlotte Wood, Cross Country, Team Canada, IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships PROFESSIONAL DRAFT PICKS & SIGNINGS

Ivan Gonzalez, Baseball, Chicago White Sox (MLB), eighth round (230th overall) Darius Hill, Baseball, Chicago Cubs (MLB), 20th round (612th overall) Chase Illig, Baseball, New York Yankees (MLB), 29th round (885th overall) Sam Kessler, Baseball, Detroit Tigers (MLB), 34th round (1,012th overall)

Alek Manoah, Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays (MLB), first round (11th overall) Nick Snyder, Baseball, Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB), 11th round (332nd overall) Kade Strowd, Baseball, Baltimore Orioles (MLB), 12th round (348th overall)

Brandon White, Baseball, Los Angeles Angels (MLB), 17th round (511th overall) Dravon Askew-Henry, Football, Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL), free agent Toyous Avery, Football, Seattle Seahawks (NFL), free agent Kenny Bigelow Jr., Football, New Orleans Saints (NFL), free agent

AWARDS HONORS BIANCA ST. GEORGES

Yodny Cajuste, Football, New England Patriots (NFL), third round (101st overall) Will Grier, Football, Carolina Panthers (NFL), third round (100th overall) Gary Jennings Jr., Football, Seattle Seahawks (NFL), fourth round (120th overall) David Long Jr., Football, Tennessee Titans (NFL), sixth round (188th overall) David Sills V, Football, Buffalo Bills (NFL), free agent Marcus Simms, Football, Jacksonville Jaguars, free agent Trevon Wesco, Football, New York Jets (NFL), fourth round (121st overall) Joey Piatczyc, Men’s Soccer, New York Red Bulls (MLS), fourth round (84th overall) Grace Cutler, Women’s Soccer, Houston Dash (NWSL), third round (22nd overall) Easther Mayi Kith, Women’s Soccer, Montpellier HSC (Ligue 1), free agent

Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer, Chicago Red Stars (NWSL), third round (20th overall) Vanessa Flores, Women’s Soccer, Tigres UANL Feminil (Liga MX), free agent Sh’Nia Gordon, Women’s Soccer, FC Metz (Ligue 1), free agent ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM

Alek Manoah, Baseball Naomi Davenport, Women’s Basketball Tynice Martin, Women’s Basketball Hayley Jackson, Cross Country Milica Babic, Rifle, combined/air rifle David Koenders, Rifle, combined/air rifle Sarah Osborn, Rifle, smallbore

JAKE ARMSTRONG

Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, smallbore, air rifle, combined score Joey Piatczyc, Men’s Soccer Steven Tekesky, Men’s Soccer Rylee Foster, Women’s Soccer Sh’Nia Gordon, Women’s Soccer Easther Mayi Kith, Women’s Soccer Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer Jake Armstrong, Men’s Swimming and Diving Nick Cover, Men’s Swimming and Diving David Dixon, Men’s swimming and Diving Tristen Di Sibio, Men’s Swimming and Diving Merwane El Merini, Men’s Swimming and Diving

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PJ Lenz, Men’s Swimming and Diving Morgan Bullock, Women’s Swimming and Diving Emma Harris, Women’s Swimming and Diving Julia Nilton, Women’s Swimming and Diving

FRESHMAN TEAM

Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball Madisen Smith, Women’s Basketball Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer Addison Clark, Women’s Soccer

SECOND TEAM

Ivan Gonzalez, Baseball Darius Hill, Baseball Marques Inman, Baseball Sam Kessler, Baseball Paul McIntosh, Baseball Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball Milica Babic, Rifle, smallbore David Koenders, Rifle, smallbore Sarah Osborn, Rifle, air rifle, combined Albert Andres-Llop, Men’s Soccer Pascal Derwaritsch, Men’s Soccer Ryan Kellogg, Men’s Soccer Andres Muriel Albino, Men’s Soccer Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer Grace Cutler, Women’s Soccer Vanessa Flores, Women’s Soccer Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Men’s Swimming and Diving Drew Damich, Men’s Swimming and Diving Jack Frazier, Men’s Swimming and Diving Josh Harlan, Men’s Swimming and Diving Fausto Huerta, Men’s Swimming and Diving Philip Kay, Men’s Swimming and Diving Caleb Keck, Men’s Swimming and Diving Sam Neaveill, Men’s Swimming and Diving Christopher O’Shea, Men’s Swimming and Diving Angelo Russo, Men’s Swimming and Diving Reka Kovacs, Women’s Swimming and Diving Ally VanNetta, Women’s Swimming and Diving

HONORABLE MENTION

Tyler Doanes, Baseball Nick Snyder, Baseball Brandon White, Baseball Jared Eddy, Rifle, smallbore, combined/air rifle CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT/ ALL-CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

Rylee Foster, Women’s Soccer Nadya Gill, Women’s Soccer Sh’Nia Gordon, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player Easther Mayi Kith, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Defensive Player Lauren Segalla, Women’s Soccer Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM

Darius Hill, Baseball T.J. Lake, Baseball Dillon Meadows, Baseball Nick Snyder, Baseball Marianne Abdalah, Cross Country Antigone Archer, Cross Country

ALEK MANOAH

Jillian Forsey, Cross Country Olivia Hill, Cross Country Andrea Pettit, Cross Country Bree Warren, Cross Country Sarah Wills, Cross Country Hakeem Bailey, Football E.J. Brown, Football Reese Donahue, Football Elijah Drummond, Football Adam Hensley, Football Luke Hogan, Football Billy Kinney, Football Sean Mahone, Football Jeffery Pooler, Football Logan Thimons, Football Evan Staley, Football Chase Harler, Men’s Basketball Lamont West, Men’s Basketball Theresa Ekhelar, Women’s Basketball Katrina Pardee, Women’s Basketball Tynice Martin, Women’s Basketball Lucky Rudd, Women’s Basketball Nia Staples, Women’s Basketball Philipp Matlari, Golf Tristan Nicholls, Golf

HONORS

Etienne Papineau, Golf Max Sear, Golf Erica Fontaine, Gymnastics Carly Galpin, Gymnastics

Abby Kaufman, Gymnastics Kirah Koshinski, Gymnastics McKenna Linnen, Gymnastics Sydney Marler, Gymnastics

KIRAH KOSHINSKI

Julia Merwin, Gymnastics Jaquie Tun, Gymnastics Will Anti, Rifle Milica Babic, Rifle

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David Koenders, Rifle Sarah Osborn, Rifle Morgan Phillips, Rifle Ginny Thrasher, Rifle Alexis Brown, Rowing Cassia Busch, Rowing Allyson George, Rowing Rylee Haught, Rowing Amy Hoaglund, Rowing Madison Hrynda, Rowing Janae Hurst, Rowing Carly Ledbetter, Rowing Madisyn Lee, Rowing Liz Morris, Rowing Abigail Patrick, Rowing Kaitlin Sullivan, Rowing Megan Sutherland, Rowing Emma Winders, Rowing Jordan Wittmaack, Rowing Pascal Derwaritsch, Men’s Soccer Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, Men’s Soccer Ryan Kellogg, Men’s Soccer Rushawn Larmond, Men’s Soccer Logan Lucas, Men’s Soccer Kevin Morris, Men’s Soccer Ethan Shim, Men’s Soccer Tsubasa Takada, Men’s Soccer Hannah Abraham, Women’s Soccer Grace Cutler, Women’s Soccer Patricia Fernandez, Women’s Soccer Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel, Women’s Soccer

2019 NCAA MORGANTOWN REGIONAL

Vanessa Flores, Women’s Soccer Rylee Foster, Women’s Soccer Lois Joel, Women’s Soccer Easther Mayi Kith, Women’s Soccer Amanda Saymon, Women’s Soccer Lauren Segalla, Women’s Soccer Grace Smith, Women’s Soccer Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Men’s Swimming and Diving Brandon Christian, Men’s Swimming and Diving

Drew Damich, Men’s Swimming and Diving Philip Kay, Men’s Swimming and Diving Caleb Keck, Men’s Swimming and Diving Ryan Kelly, Men’s Swimming and Diving Matthew Marsh, Men’s Swimming and Diving Jack Portmann, Men’s Swimming and Diving

Jake Preaskorn, Men’s Swimming and Diving Angelo Russo, Men’s Swimming and Diving Jake Williams, Men’s Swimming and Diving Morgan Bullock, Women’s Swimming & Diving Emma Harris, Women’s Swimming & Diving Julia Nilton, Women’s Swimming & Diving

HONORS Giovanna Caputo, Tennis Anne-Sophie Courteau, Tennis Paula Goetz, Tennis Abigail Rosiello, Tennis Kirsten White, Tennis Marianne Abdalah, Track & Field Antigone Archer, Track & Field Danique Bryan, Track & Field Katherine Dowie, Track & Field Jillian Forsey, Track & Field Ellie Gardner, Track & Field Madelin Gardner, Track & Field Olivia Hill, Track & Field Shamoya McNeil, Track & Field Andrea Pettit, Track & Field McKenna Smith, Track & Field Bree Warren, Track & Field Sarah Wills, Track & Field Gabrielle Cuckovich, Volleyball Katie DeMeo, Volleyball Alexa Hasting, Volleyball Briana Lynch, Volleyball Lindsay Proctor, Volleyball Ava Richards, Volleyball Erin Slinde, Volleyball Natania Levak, Volleyball Joe Wheeling, Wrestling

GARY JENNINGS JR.

Hunter Jones, Wrestling Christian Monserrat, Wrestling David Smith, Wrestling

SECOND TEAM

Zach Reid, Baseball Jacob Buccigrossi, Football Colton McKivitz, Football Ezekiel Rose, Football Alec Sinkfield, Football Kelby Wickline, Football James Bolden, Men’s Basketball Logan Routt, Men’s Basketball Naomi Davenport, Women’s Basketball Mark Goetz, Golf Matthew Sharpstene, Golf Gabrielle Boylan, Rowing Louise Daenekindt, Rowing Lindsay Krawczyk, Rowing Kileigh Lade, Rowing Olivia Martinelli, Rowing Payton Rea, Rowing Hannah Simmerly, Rowing Albert Andres-Llop, Men’s Soccer Spenser Myers, Men’s Soccer Joey Piatczyc, Men’s Soccer

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Steven Tekesky, Men’s Soccer Jade Gentile, Women’s Soccer Jack Frazier, Men’s Swimming and Diving Max Gustafson, Men’s Swimming and Diving Denys Kostromin, Men’s Swimming and Diving Sam Neaveill, Men’s Swimming and Diving Austin Smith, Men’s Swimming and Diving Emma Harris, Women’s Swimming and Diving Reka Kovacs, Women’s Swimming & Diving Ally VanNetta, Women’s Swimming & Diving Hayley Jackson, Track & Field Candace Jones, Track & Field Faith Penny, Track & Field ACADEMIC ALL-MAC

Pascal Derwaritsch, Men’s Soccer Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, Men’s Soccer Ryan Kellogg, Men’s Soccer Logan Lucas, Men’s Soccer Kevin Morris, Men’s Soccer Joey Piatczyc, Men’s Soccer Ethan Shim, Men’s Soccer Tsubasa Takada, Men’s Soccer

COLLEGE RIFLE COACHES ASSOCIATION (CRCA) ALLACADEMIC TEAM

KRISTINA JORDAN

Will Anti, Rifle Milica Babic, Rifle Noah Barker, Rifle David Koenders, Rifle Sarah Osborn, Rifle Morgan Phillips, Rifle Ginny Thrasher, Rifle ACADEMIC ALL-ROOKIE

Ryan Bergert, Baseball Brock Helverson, Baseball Gabriel Kurtzhals, Baseball Zachary Ottinger, Baseball Tevin Tucker, Baseball Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball Emmitt Matthews Jr., Men’s Basketball Jordan McCabe, Men’s Basketball Jala Jordan, Women’s Basketball Kari Niblack, Women’s Basketball Madisen Smith, Women’s Basketball Samantha Hatcher, Cross Country/ Track & Field Hannah Lipps, Cross Country/Track & Field Mikenna Vanderheyden, Cross Country/Track & Field Charlotte Wood, Cross Country Casey Legg, Football

AWARDS HONORS

RANDY MAZEY TYLER DOANES

Kurtis Grant, Golf Esperanza Abarca, Gymnastics Kendra Combs, Gymnastics Rachel Hornung, Gymnastics Taylor See, Gymnastics Jared Eddy, Rifle Megan Casner, Rowing Ashley Dibling, Rowing Nicole Dibling, Rowing Amber Drysdale, Rowing Kelsey Goetze, Rowing Maura Harkins, Rowing Amanda Mahany, Rowing Madelyn Oberschmidt, Rowing Megan Present, Rowing Melanie Rence, Rowing Grace Russell, Rowing Emma Toy, Rowing Sarah Wabnitz, Rowing Jessica Woy, Rowing Nicolas Manno, Men’s Soccer Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer Aiyana Lauderman, Women’s Soccer Elizabeth Mayfield, Women’s Soccer

Alina Stahl, Women’s Soccer Josh Harlan, Men’s Swimming & Diving P.J. Lenz, Men’s Swimming & Diving Joshua Madzy, Men’s Swimming & Diving Lauren Beckish, Women’s Swimming & Diving Emma Bliss, Women’s Swimming & Diving Camille Burt, Women’s Swimming & Diving Lauryn Kallay, Women’s Swimming & Diving Reka Kovacs, Women’s Swimming & Diving Bettie Logan, Women’s Swimming & Diving Abigail Riggs, Women’s Swimming & Diving Megan Zartman, Women’s Swimming & Diving Anastasiia Bovolskaia, Tennis Nicole Roc, Tennis Julia Brudin, Track & Field Tessa Constantine, Track & Field Molly DeBone, Track & Field

Peter-Gay McKenzie, Track & Field Margaret Rymer, Track & Field Audrey Schlosser, Track & Field Rhyenne Filisi, Volleyball Abby Gibbons, Volleyball Kristina Jordan, Volleyball Kristin Lux, Volleyball Marielena Somoza, Volleyball Lacey Zerwas, Volleyball Tucker Nadeau, Wrestling Caleb Rea, Wrestling James Wujek, Wrestling ACADEMIC TEAM AWARDS

Cross Country, U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) AllAcademic Team Men’s Soccer, United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award Women’s Soccer, United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award

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Men’s Swimming & Diving, Scholar All-America Team by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (Fall 2018/Spring 2019) Women’s Swimming & Diving, Scholar All-America Team by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (Fall 2018/Spring 2019) Tennis, Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team Volleyball, American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award MAC DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, Men’s Soccer Ryan Kellogg, Men’s Soccer UNITED SOCCER COACHES NCAA DIVISION I SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM

Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer THIRD TEAM

BIG 12 DR. GERALD LAGE AWARD

GINNY THRASHER

Will Anti, Rifle Carly Galpin, Gymnastics Paula Goetz, Tennis Olivia Hill, Cross Country/Track & Field Miranda Marcucci, Swimming & Diving Abigail Patrick, Rowing Bianca St. Georges, Women’s Soccer Ginny Thrasher, Rifle Jaquie Tun, Gymnastics Jacob Williams, Swimming & Diving Madelyn Woods, Swimming & Diving ACADEMIC AWARDS INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC HONORS

Andrea Pettit, Track & Field, Order of Augusta, Rhodes Scholar Finalist Abby Rosiello, Tennis, WVU Outstanding Senior, Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Will Anti, Rifle, Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, Order of Augusta, Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Easther Mayi Kith, Women’s Soccer

CLIMBING HIGHER CAMPAIGN UNVEILED WVU Intercollegiate Athletics unveiled Climbing Higher, its Athletics Facilities Master plan, last August. The ambitious plan will include renovations to the Puskar Center, Coliseum Complex and Cary Gym, as well as a new golf facility. These student-athlete focused renovations will include a new Olympic Sports Weight room and performance area, new team locker rooms and lounge spaces, as well as updated team/coaching meeting rooms. These enhancements are vital to help West Virginia to recruit, retain and train student-athletes, while continuing to compete for Big 12, MAC, GARC and NCAA Championships. To learn more about the campaign, visit wvusports.com/climbinghigher.

WVU COLISEUM COMPLEX The Coliseum Complex will connect existing and future facilities, renovate underutilized facilities and bring a consistent aesthetic to all the buildings and plazas. Renovations will also include a new Olympic Sport weight room and performance center, as well as house team locker rooms and a shared lounge for track, rifle, wrestling, men’s and women’s soccer, golf and rowing.

PUSKAR CENTER COMPLEX The Puskar Center Complex identifies approximately 72,000 square feet of renovation and 13,700 square feet of expansion to reflect WVU Football’s success and promote its future. Key project needs include a renovated athletic training room with a new hydrotherapy center, an expanded locker room with wider lockers and updated ventilation and a renovated team lounge.

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CARY GYM COMPLEX The Cary Gym Complex will see renovations that will include an update to the existing training room, locker room, as well as added gym space, a studentathletes’ lounge, a study area, a team meeting space, a cardio-rehab space and a storage space.

WVU GOLF COMPLEX The WVU Golf Complex will soon add a training and development center to create a true home for the WVU men’s golf program. At an estimated cost of $5 million, this facility will include a team clubhouse and locker room, six indoor hitting bays, driving range, short game area and putting green and a multiple green practice course.

Renderings are conceptual and subject to change.

WVU PARTNERS WITH NIKE’S GLOBAL IDENTITY GROUP West Virginia University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Nike’s Global Identity Group (GIG) partnered on a graphics and uniform package designed to further enhance the West Virginia brand on the national level.

The objective of the exercise for the past two years extended far greater than just new uniforms for the Mountaineers’ 18 varsity sports. The process brought a consistent and unified look across the athletics department and provides staff, corporate partners and suppliers with helpful guidelines to support the WVU athletics brand across a wide range of applications and media.

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Nike’s GIG process speaks volumes for our department.” The first element of the Nike GIG process was unveiled at the GoldBlue spring football game with new football uniforms. Other new West Virginia uniforms, including men’s and women’s basketball, will be revealed in the coming months. Mountaineer football will don the Nike Vapor Untouchable uniform chassis in 2019 and will return to four colors of jerseys and pants for the 2019 campaign after spending the past six seasons using “The opportunity for Nike to work with a tradition-rich program like West Virginia is very exciting,” Nike Senior Director, College Sports Marketing, Kit Morris said. “The history and success of the Mountaineers provide much to inspire us as we continue to seek to become better together. There is no finish line.” To accompany the iconic Flying WV logo, the GIG process created an exclusive numeral style, wordmarks, color palette, special typography and fonts as well as extended expressions including treatments, patterns and textures solely for WVU

Athletics. These new and dynamic elements will allow the athletics department to be creative and flexible across all types of media and provide a look that is solely identified to West Virginia’s team – the Mountaineers. “I am excited to bring our marks together in a unified look,” Director of Athletics Shane Lyons said. “For the first time in our history, all teams will share the same colors, numbers and wordmarks, which will improve our overall look. I want to thank Nike for its time and commitment to the project and for valuing the West Virginia brand. Being a member of

three colors of jerseys and pants. Rejoining blue, gold and white in the color scheme are a gray jersey and pant, which last appeared in game action in 2012. The 2019 version for football will be Nike’s Steel Gray and is a tribute to the toughness of the hardworking people in the state of West Virginia and the strength that all Mountaineers possess. More information about WVU’s GIG process and a look at color palettes, fonts, wordmarks, numeral styles and typography can be found on WVUsports.com/Nike.

WVU ATHLETICS MEANS BIG BUSINESS Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve long known that intercollegiate athletics plays a major role in local economies. How big? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a question West Virginia University director of athletics Shane Lyons set out to answer two years ago when he saw an economic impact study that West Virginia University once conducted to quantify its overall university operations. Lyons wanted to know, specifically, what a college football or college basketball game played in Morgantown, West Virginia, meant to Monongalia County and the entire state of West Virginia.

How valuable?

So he commissioned Tripp Umbach, a nationally acclaimed research company that has conducted more than 200 economic impact studies over the last 25 years, to do a comprehensive study of Mountaineer athletics during the course of the 2017-18 academic year.

The economic impact alone to the state of West Virginia is at least $302.7 million per year. Locally, the economic impact to Monongalia County is $78.8 million and the overall tax impact to the state of West Virginia is roughly $18.6 million.

What the report uncovered is rather astonishing, although probably not all that surprising to anyone who takes a family of four to Milan Puskar Stadium to watch a college football game: Mountaineer athletics is extremely valuable to the state of West Virginia.

Most significantly, of the $302 million WVU athletics generates on a yearly basis, $246 million is coming from visitor and fan spending. That means money from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and anywhere else outside of West Virginia is coming into the state.

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To give you an apples to oranges example of what $302 million means, that’s roughly three times more than the city of Charleston’s YEARLY budget. There is nothing event-driven in West Virginia the comes close to what WVU athletics means economically to the state on a yearly basis - not Marshall athletics, not the State Fair, not The Greenbrier Classic, not the state high school basketball tournaments, the Super Six football championships in Wheeling … nothing.

When fans fly into Clarksburg’s Benedum Airport and stay in hotels from Flatwoods to Morgantown, that’s economic impact.

Mountaineer football, of course, is the biggest economic driver, comprising $193.9 million of the $302 million generated each year. The overall impact of WVU men’s basketball was estimated at $35.5 million for the 2017-18 season.

When someone pulls out that big case of beer for the morning tailgate party before a football game, that’s also economic impact.

Considering the athletic department’s significant financial role in the area economy, Lyons suggests it is vital for local and state leaders to continue to work together.

When you really think about it, it’s truly significant what West Virginia University Athletics means to the state’s economy on a yearly basis.

And Mountaineer sports’ impact spans far beyond Morgantown. When someone drives from Marietta, Ohio, to Morgantown to watch a West Virginia football game on a Saturday afternoon and then stops in Fairmont to eat dinner on their way home, that’s economic impact. When a fan from Columbus, Ohio, breaks up the long drive to do some shopping at The Highlands near Wheeling, that’s economic impact. When someone from Virginia pulls off Interstate 79 in Flatwoods to get gas on the way to Morgantown, that’s economic impact.

“This is not just athletics,” he noted. “This is the community of Morgantown and Monongalia County when we put on athletics events. We’re all in this together.”

BASEBALL

38-22/13-11 BIG 12

• West Virginia went 38-22 in 2019 and made

its 13th NCAA Championship appearance in program history, hosting an NCAA Regional for the first time since 1955 • WVU’s 38 wins were its second-most in program history and two shy of the record of 40, set in 1994, and its 60 games played were third-most in school history • West Virginia finished ranked in the final national polls, finishing the season as high as No. 19 in the NCBWA poll, as WVU appeared in the final rankings for the first time since 1982 and was ranked in the top-25 a program-record eight consecutive weeks • Final Season Rankings: NCBWA: No. 19, Coaches: No. 19, Baseball America: No. 20, D1Baseball: No. 21, Perfect Game: No. 25, Collegiate Baseball: No. 27 • Record-setting crowds once again cheered on the Mountaineers at Monongalia County Ballpark, breaking the records for total attendance, at 49,299, and average, at 1,972, as the single-game attendance record was broken three times in 2019, highlighted by a crowd of 4,355 that watched WVU’s NCAA Regional opener on May 31, easily besting the previous record of 3,494, set on April 13 • WVU’s 13 Big 12 wins and 13-11 record tied for its best Big 12 mark, matching a 13-11 slate in 2013, and the Mountaineers were one of two teams to win six Big 12 series, their most conference series wins in a single season since winning six Big East series in 2003 • WVU made the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time in four years and is one of two teams to make four consecutive Big 12 semifinals • A program-record eight players were selected in the 2019 MLB Draft, led by junior Alek Manoah, the 11th overall pick by the Toronto Blue Jays, tied for the highest draft pick in program history, along with senior Ivan Gonzalez (eighth round, Chicago White Sox), junior Nick Snyder (11th round, Arizona

DARIUS HILL

Diamondbacks), junior Kade Strowd (12th round, Baltimore Orioles), junior Brandon White (17th round, Los Angeles Angels), senior Darius Hill (20th round, Chicago Cubs), junior Chase Illig (29th round, New York Yankees) and junior Sam Kessler (34th round, Detroit Tigers) • The eight draft picks are the most in program history, eclipsing the six Mountaineers selected in the 2001 and 2014 drafts, while there have been 98 draft selections in WVU history since the first draft was held in 1965, and 28 have come in coach Randy Mazey’s seven seasons • Manoah became the first player in program history to be named to more than five All-America teams in a single season, as he was named to five All-America first teams and two second teams, while he is the only player in team history with more than two first team honors and has five of WVU’s nine total first-team awards • Manoah is the 21st player in team history to be named an AllAmerican, and has seven of WVU’s 54 total accolades • Manoah was named the unanimous Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and to the All-Big 12 First Team, and is joined by five Mountaineers on the second team – Gonalez, Hill, junior Marques Inman, Kessler and sophomore Paul McIntosh – and three honorable mentions – sophomore Tyler Doanes, Snyder and White, as WVU’s 11 total All-Big 12 accolades are its second-most since joining the league, and the five second team honors are its most • Three players were named to the ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region Team, West Virginia’s most since 2014, as Manoah was named to the first team and Hill and Snyder were recognized on the second team • Coach Randy Mazey was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year and the ABCA East Regional Coach of the Year, becoming the first coach in WVU history selected as the Big 12 Coach of the Year, while the ABCA accolade is his second in three seasons and the fourth ever for a WVU coach • In the final national statistical rankings, the Mountaineer pitching staff ranked among the best in the country, as WVU was No. 4 in the NCAA in hits allowed per nine innings (7.19), No. 8 in strikeouts per nine innings (10.1), No. 11 in shutouts (6), No. 18 in WHIP (1.27) and No. 24 in ERA (3.70), while West Virginia was second in the Big 12 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.40) • Individually, Manoah’s 144 strikeouts, a school record, ranked No. 6 in the country, he was No. 12 in WHIP (0.90), No. 22 in hits allowed per nine innings (5.90), No. 27 in starts (16), No. 28 in ERA (2.08), No. 29 in strikeouts per nine innings (11.96), No. 33 in wins (9), No. 34 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.33) and No. 37 in complete games (2) • Snyder was No. 6 in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (13.63), No. 12 in hits allowed per nine innings (5.56) and No. 33 in wins (9), while he was third in the Big 12 in ERA (2.65)

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• The Mountaineer pitching staff broke

the school record for saves (15) and strikeouts (595) and was second in innings pitched (528.1) and fourth in strikeouts per nine innings (10.10); offensively, WVU tied the program record for walks (257) and was third in stolen bases (98) and sacrifice flies (30), while the defense had 1,585 putouts, second-most all-time • Individually, Manoah broke the single-season record for strikeouts, with 144, tied the record for starts (16), was No. 3 in innings pitched (108.1) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.33), No. 6 in shutouts (2) and wins (9) and No. 9 in strikeouts per nine innings (11.96); Snyder was No. 5 in strikeouts per nine innings (13.63), No. 6 in wins (9), No. 7 in winning percentage (.900) and No. 10 in strikeouts (103); Kessler was tied for No. 2 in saves (8) and tied for No. 6 in appearances and relief appearances (24) • The 2019 season marked the 127th year of baseball at West Virginia, and WVU owns an all-time record of 2,198-1,577-19 since 1892 • The fourth-winningest coach in program history, Mazey concludes his seventh season at the helm and owns a 227-176 record in Morgantown, while he became the fifth coach in team history to collect 200 wins on March 16, 2019

COACH RANDY MAZEY • ABCA East Regional Coach of the Year • Big 12 Coach of the Year

RYAN BERGERT • Big 12 All-Tournament Team • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

TYLER DOANES

GABE KURTZHALS

• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention • Big 12 All-Tournament Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

IVAN GONZALEZ • Drafted in the 8th round of the MLB

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ALEK MANOAH

BROCK HELVERSON

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• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

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CHASE ILLIG • Drafted in the 29th round of the MLB

Draft by the New York Yankees (885th overall)

MARQUES INMAN

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• All-Big 12 Second Team • College Baseball Daily All-Big 12 • Preseason Honorable Mention

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SAM KESSLER

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• Drafted in the 34th round of the MLB

Draft by the Detroit Tigers (1,012th overall) • All-Big 12 Second Team • NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List • College Baseball Daily All-Big 12 Preseason Team

• NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week

April 9)

• Golden Spikes/D1Baseball.com

• All-America First Team (NCBWA,

DARIUS HILL Draft by the Chicago Cubs (612th overall) ABCA East All-Region Second Team All-Big 12 Second Team NCAA All-Regional Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team Preseason All-Big 12 Team College Baseball Daily All-Big 12 Preseason Team Senior CLASS Award Candidate

(April 15)

• Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch

List

TJ LAKE

Draft by the Chicago White Sox (230th overall) • All-Big 12 Second Team • NCAA All-Regional Team

• Drafted in the 20th round of the MLB

• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week

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Baseball America, D1Baseball, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game) All-America Second Team (ABCA, College Baseball Foundation) Drafted in the first round with the 11th Overall Pick in MLB Draft by Toronto Blue Jays Dick Howser Trophy Finalist CBF National Pitcher of the Year Finalist Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist NCBWA District 2 Player of the Year ABCA East All-Region First Team Big 12 Pitcher of the Year All-Big 12 First Team Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (May 13) One of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week (May 13) NCBWA National Pitcher of the Month (April) NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (April 23) Golden Spikes/D1Baseball.com Performance of the Week Winner (April 23) Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 22) One of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week (April 22) WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (April 22) Golden Spikes/D1Baseball.com Performance of the Week Winner (April 16 Perfect Game Pitcher of the Week (April 16) Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 15) One of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week (April 15)

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Performance of the Week Winner (April 8) Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 8) WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (April 8) One of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week (Feb. 18) Preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List Baseball America Preseason AllAmerica Second Team College Baseball Daily Preseason AllBig 12 Honorable Mention

PAUL MCINTOSH • All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week

(April 1)

DILLON MEADOWS

ALEK MANOAH

KADE STROWD • Drafted in the 12th round of the MLB

Draft by the Baltimore Orioles (348th overall) • Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 4)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

TEVIN TUCKER

ZACH OTTINGER

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

BRANDON WHITE

ZACH REID

• Drafted in the 17th round of the MLB

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

NICK SNYDER • Drafted in the 11th round of the MLB • • • • • •

Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks (332nd overall) ABCA East All-Region Second Team All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Academic All-Big 12 First Team Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week (May 7) One of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week (May 6) WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (May 6)

Draft by the Los Angeles Angels (511th overall) • All-Big 12 Honorable Mention • Big 12 All-Tournament Team

15-21/4-14 BIG 12

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JORDAN MCCABE

• Made 46th appearance in a postseason

MEN’S

tournament (Roman College Basketball Invitational) • Played the 11th toughest schedule in the country, according to the final NCAA NET rankings • Led the country in offensive rebounds with 525 • Was ranked as high as No. 13 in the Associated Press poll

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• WVU’s streak of 55 consecutive weeks in the AP poll (2015-18) was one shy of the school record

• Defeated No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 7 Kansas and No. 25 Iowa State • Finished with a winning non-conference record for the 27th consecutive season

• Sold the most season tickets in school history • Advanced to the Big 12 Conference semifinals for the fourth

consecutive season • Recognized by the NCAA for the fourth consecutive year for a perfect four-year APR score of 1,000 • Made its 15th postseason appearance in the last 16 years

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EMMITT MATTHEWS JR.

JAMES BOLDEN

EMMITT MATTHEWS JR.

LOGAN ROUTT

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Men’s

• Had 28 points vs. Texas Tech, the second-most

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Men’s

DEREK CULVER

JORDAN MCCABE

LAMONT WEST

• All-Big 12 Conference Second Team • Unanimous selection to the All-Big 12

• Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (March 4) • Became the first college basketball player

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Men’s

Basketball Second Team

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Freshman Team (first WVU freshman named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team or All-Big 12 Newcomer Team) Led the Big 12 in rebounding in conference games only (10.9) Had the highest scoring average (12.5) among freshmen in Big 12 Conference games only Had 22 points and 21 rebounds vs. TCU – the first WVU player to have a 20-20 game in 42 years Grabbed the most rebounds (21) in a game since 1974 Became the first player since Rod Thorn (1961) to have two 20-plus rebounding games in the same season

points by a Big 12 freshman in 2018-19

since 2010 to have 25 points, 11 assists and six steals in a game (played 50 minutes in overtime win vs. TCU)

• Hit the game winner against No. 7 Kansas

with 8.5 seconds left

CHASE HARLER • Now ranks in eighth place all-time on the

NCAA Division I winningest coaches list with 860 victories • Needs 16 wins to tie Adolph Rupp on the all-time list • Now has 47 wins over ranked teams at WVU, including 18 wins over Top 10 teams and three over No. 1 • Was one of six collegiate coaches eligible for the Naismith Hall of Fame

Basketball First Team

BOB HUGGINS

JERMAINE HALEY

COACH BOB HUGGINS

Basketball Second Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Men’s

Basketball First Team

SAGABA KONATE • Preseason All-Big 12 selection • Set the school record for career blocks

against Pitt on Dec. 8 (191)

• Myrtle Beach Invitational All-Tournament

Team

• Named to the Karl Malone Power Forward,

Naismith and Wooden preseason watch lists

BASKETBALL

• Four players were honored by the Big 12 at the conclusion of the

• Posted sixth straight 20-win season and the

• Katrina Pardee and Naomi Davenport became the 35th and 36th

• The Mountaineers posted double-digit

• Davenport became just the second junior college player in WVU

13th overall during coach Mike Carey’s tenure

WOMEN’S

TYNICE MARTIN

22-11/11-7 BIG 12

regular season

1,000-point scorers in program history

conference wins for the third time since program history to score 1,000 career points in a two-year career joining the Big 12 and the first since 2016 • On Nov. 6, Davenport became just the sixth Mountaineer in • WVU made its 13th straight postseason program history to register a triple-double with 13 points, 13 appearance and the 15th under Carey rebounds and 10 assists against Coppin State. It was just the sixth triple-double in program history and the first since 1987 • The Mountaineers qualified for the Postseason WNIT for the second straight season, making their fifth appearance during Carey’s tenure • WVU advanced to the third round of the WNIT, falling to Northwestern KATRINA PARDEE • The Mountaineers picked up a pair of wins over ranked opponents • On Jan. 16, WVU downed then-No. 18 Iowa State for a 73-64 win at the WVU Coliseum. It marked the Mountaineers’ first win over a ranked opponent since Dec. 3, 2017 and the first triumph of a ranked foe at home since Jan. 8, 2017 • The Mountaineers pulled off a 64-58 upset of No. 12 Texas on Jan 28, picking up their first-ever win over the Longhorns in Austin • The team’s .611 winning percentage in Big 12 play is the third-best in program history • West Virginia earned a program-best seven weekly honors from the Big 121 • Six Mountaineers earned mention on the Academic All-Big 12 teams

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TYNICE MARTIN

NAOMI DAVENPORT

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WBCA All-America Honorable Mention WBCA All-Region Team All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team College Sports Madness National Player of the Week Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week Preseason All-Big 12 Wade Trophy Watch List Citizen Naismith Trophy Midseason Team Capped the season at No. 11 on the school’s all-time scoring list.

NAOMI DAVENPORT • • • • •

All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 Second Team Big 12 Player of the Week Cheryl Miller Award Watch List Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

MADISEN SMITH • Big 12 All-Freshman Team • Three-time Big 12 Player of the Week • USBWA National Freshman of the Week

KATRINA PARDEE • • • •

Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Big 12 All-Academic Team Big 12 Player of the Week Became the program’s all-time leader in career free-throw percentage (.847).

KARI NIBLACK • Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year

NIA STAPLES • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

LUCKY RUDD • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

THERESA EKHELAR • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KYSRE GONDREZICK • Junkanoo Jam All-Tournament Team

KARI NIBLACK

OLIVIA HILL

CROSS COUNTRY

CHARLOTTE WOOD

• WVU finished fourth at the 2018 Big 12

Championship in Ames, Iowa, and sixth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in University Park, Pennsylvania • Olivia Hill and Andrea Pettit were named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Team • Pettit went on to being named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team • The Mountaineers were named an AllAcademic Team by the USTFCCCA

• Seven members of the team were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• WVU won multiple regular-season meets – Charlotte Opener, Lock Haven Invitational – for the first time since 2011

• Hayley Jackson finished eighth overall at the conference meet, becoming the ninth Mountaineer to earn All-Big 12 honors

• WVU Outstanding Senior Andrea Pettit was named a recipient of the school’s highest student honor, the Order of Augusta

• Olivia Hill was selected for the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic

Achievement Award, the Big 12’s highest academic honor

• Charlotte Wood qualified for the 2019 IAAF/Mikkeller World

Cross Country Championship in Aarhus, Denmark, finishing 40th in the Women’s U20 race while representing Team Canada

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MARIANNE ABDALAH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ANTIGONE ARCHER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JILLIAN FORSEY

• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Big 12 Women’s Runner of the Week (Sept.

• Rhodes Scholarship finalist • Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America

HAYLEY JACKSON

BREE WARREN

• All-Big 12 • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 29)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

29))

Third Team

SARAH WILLS

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

OLIVIA HILL

ANDREA PETTIT

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Order of Augusta recipient • WVU Outstanding Senior

Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

CHARLOTTE WOOD • Big 12 Women’s Runner of the Week (Sept. 4) • IAAF/Mikkeller World Cross Country

Championship qualifier

ANDREA PETTIT

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8-4/6-3 BIG 12

• West Virginia was preseason ranked

No. 17 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 20 in the Coaches’ Poll. The Mountaineers were ranked every week throughout the season, including four weeks in the top 10 and rose as high as No. 6 in both polls on Oct. 7. WVU finished the year ranked No. 20 in the AP Poll and No. 22 in the Coaches’ Poll, marking the 20th time a Mountaineer team finished the season rated among the nation’s best by either AP, United Press International or USA Today • Made the school’s seventh bowl appearance in the last eight years and 17th since 2000 • Will Grier, who won the Senior CLASS Award, was a finalist for the Maxwell and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards, finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting • In the final national rankings, Grier finished No. 2 nationally in passing touchdowns per game and passing yards per game, No. 3 in pass efficiency, No. 4 in yards per pass attempt and points responsible for per game, No. 5 in total offense and passing touchdowns, No. 6 in completions per game, No. 9 in yards per completion, passing yards and points responsible for and No. 14 in completion percentage • David Sills V finished No. 2 nationally in receiving touchdowns, No. 21 in total touchdowns, No. 32 in receiving yards per game and No. 40 in receptions per game

DAVID SILLS V

• Grier and David Sills

WILL GRIER V connected on 33 touchdowns during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, the most among FBS duos • Sills V is the only player in WVU history to have scored 15 receiving touchdowns in two different seasons players were signed to free agent • Sills V and Gary contracts (Drayvon Askew-Henry Jennings Jr. combined for a – Pittsburgh; Toyous Avery Jr. – nation-leading 28 receiving Seattle; Kenny Bigelow Jr. – New touchdowns in 2018 Orleans; Sills V – Buffalo; Marcus • David Long Jr. tied the school Simms - Jacksonville) single-season record for tackles • 16 All-Big 12 Academic Team for loss with 19 (Johnny Dingle selections, 11 on the first team - 2007) • All players eligible for the bowl • WVU had four All-America game (3rd year in a row) selections named by 14 • 2.98 fall team GPA (program organizations: Grier, Sills V, Long record) Jr. and Yodny Cajuste. Dante Stills was named Freshman All• 66 players earned a 3.0 or higher American by two organizations for the fall (over 55% of the team) • WVU had a school-record eight players selected to Big 12 • 10 players played during the All-Conference teams, including 2018 season, having already Cajuste, Long Jr., Kenny Robinson earned their undergraduate Jr., Sills V and Trevon Wesco, all degree; 7 more students first-team members graduated in December, meaning 17 seniors left with their degrees • Long Jr. was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and DRAVON ASKEW-HENRY Cajuste was named the league’s Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year • Ed Pastilong Captain’s Award • Team Captain • Five players were selected in • All-Big 12 Conference Third the NFL Draft (Grier – Carolina Team (Athlon Sports) (3), Cajuste – New England (3), Jennings Jr., - Seattle (4), Wesco HAKEEM BAILEY – New York Jets (4) and Long • Academic All-Big 12 Conference Jr. – Tennessee (6). Five other First Team

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KENNY BIGELOW JR. • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP,

Coaches)

• All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Phil

Steele)

E.J. BROWN • Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

JACOB BUCCIGROSSI • Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team

YODNY CAJUSTE • • • • • • •

FWAA All-America (Second Team) Phil Steele All-America (Second Team) Athlon Sports All-America (Fourth Team) Big 12 Conference Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Athlon Sports) All-Big 12 Conference First Team (AP, Coaches) All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Phil Steele)

REESE DONAHUE • Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

ELIJAH DRUMMOND

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COLTON MCKIVITZ • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Athlon

Sports) • Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team

KENNEDY MCKOY

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

• All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Athlon

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

LOGAN THIMONS

GARY JENNINGS JR.

• All-Big 12 Conference Third Team (Athlon

WILL GRIER

TAVIS LEE

DANTE STILLS

• All-Big 12 Conference First Team (AP,

BILLY KINNEY

Coaches) • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Phil Steele)

• The Athletic Freshman All-America • ESPN.com Freshman All-America

EZEKIEL ROSE

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TREVON WESCO

• All-Big 12 Conference Third Team (Athlon

Sports)

• WVU Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team

DAVID LONG JR.

JOSH SILLS

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Team Captain WVU Defensive Player of the Year Associated Press All-America (Second Team) Walter Camp FF All-America (Second Team) The Athletic All-America (Second Team) Athlon Sports All-America (Second Team) Phil Steele All-America (Second Team) Butkus Award Semifinalist Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches) Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (AP) All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Athlon Sports) All-Big 12 Conference First Team (AP, Coaches) All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Phil Steele)

• All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP,

Coaches)

DAVID SILLS V Team Captain WVU Offensive Player of the Year AFCA All-American (Second Team) Walter Camp FF All-American (Second Team) • Associated Press All-American (Third Team) • Athlon Sports All-American (Third Team) • Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist • • • •

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team

• WVU’s Mr. Unselfish

KENNY ROBINSON JR.

Sports) • All-Big 12 Conference Third Team (Phil Steele)

ALEC SINKFIELD

JOVANNI STEWART

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

• All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Athlon

Sports)

• All-Big 12 Conference Fourth Team PR (Athlon

• WVU Special Teams Player of the Year • Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

• WVU Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year

• All-Big 12 Conference First Team KOR (Athlon

EVAN STALEY

JEFFERY POOLER JR.

TRENT JACKSON

MARCUS SIMMS

Sports)

Sports) • All-Big 12 Conference Third Team (Phil Steele)

LUKE HOGAN

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

Team Captain Heisman Trophy (Fourth Place) Senior CLASS Award Winner Maxwell Award Finalist Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist Walter Camp FF Player of the Year Finalist Manning Award Finalist Davey O’Brien Semifinalist Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team Athlon’s All-America Fourth Team All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Athlon Sports) All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP, Coaches) All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Phil Steele) Manning Award Star of Week (Texas) Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Texas) Davey O’Brien Great 8 List (Texas Tech)

• All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Athlon Sports) • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Coaches) • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP, Phil Steele)

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

ADAM HENSLEY

Sports) • Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

SEAN MAHONE

Manning Award Star of Week (K-State) Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (K-State) Walter Camp FF National Player of the Week (Tenn.) Davey O’Brien National QB of the Week (Tenn.) Manning Award National Player of the Week (Tenn.) Maxwell Award National Player of the Week (Tenn.) Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Tenn.)

Curtis Jones Jr. Achievement Award Ed Pastilong Captain’s Award All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Coaches) All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP, Phil Steele)

KELBY WICKLINE • Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team

DAVID LONG JR.

LOGAN PERKINS

GOLF

MATTHEW SHARPSTENE

• Made West Virginia’s first NCAA appearance

since 1947 • Selected as the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Louisville Regional at the University of Louisville Golf Club • Finished two strokes shy of qualifying for the NCAA National Championship with a sixthplace finish at the Louisville Regional • Posted a program-best national ranking of No. 37 via Golfstat at the end of the fall season

• Finished the season ranked at No. 46 in the nation • Hosted the 2019 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

• Won The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational in October at Pete

Dye Golf Club, posting a score of 289-296-281=866 for two-over par • Max Sear became the first medalist in 36 years when he won THP Mountaineer Invitational with a score of 69-72-69=210 at six-under par • Recorded a program-best team scoring average of 285.42 across 33 rounds for 1.06 vs. par

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

• Posted a program record of 19 rounds of par or less as a team • Set a program record with a team low round of 271 in the first round of play at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii, in November • The round tied a program-record of 13-under par • The Mountaineers’ 54-hole total of 835 at the

Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic also a program low

• Max Sear and Tristan Nicholls became the first four-year letterwinners in more than 30 years.

• Six players earned mention on the Big 12 All-

Academic Teams • Three players were named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America

MAX SEAR • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Won The Health Plan Mountaineer

MAX SEAR

Invitational

• Three top-20 finishes on the season, including

two in the top-10

• Big 12 Championship lineup • NCAA Louisville Regional lineup • First four-year letterwinner

MATTHEW SHARPSTENE

PHILIPP MATLARI

Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team Academic All-Big 12 Second Team WVU Golf Most Outstanding Player Posted four top-10 finishes on the season Capped the season at No. 55 in the national rankings (program record) • Led the team with a 70.73 scoring average – a program record • Posted a season-low round of 65 at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic • • • • •

ETIENNE PAPINEAU • • • • • •

Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Academic All-Big 12 First Team Posted three top-10 finishes on the season Big 12 Championship lineup NCAA Louisville Regional lineup WVU Golf Most Improved

PHILIPP MATLARI • • • • • •

Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Academic All-Big 12 First Team Posted two top-20 finishes on the season Big 12 Championship lineup NCAA Louisville Regional lineup WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award

LOGAN PERKINS • Posted five top-25 finishes on the season • Big 12 Championship lineup • NCAA Louisville Regional lineup

MARK GOETZ • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • NCAA Louisville Regional alternate • One top-20 finish on the year

KURTIS GRANT • Two top-20 finishes on the season • Tied the program record with a 54-hole total

of 206 in his career debut at the Old Town Club Collegiate.

TRISTAN NICHOLLS • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • First four-year letterwinner • One top-20 finish

GYMNASTICS

19-9/0-4 BIG 12

mark since earning 21 in 2012, Butts’ first season

• WVU was nationally ranked twice this season in the Road to

• Qualified for the regional championships for

the 40th time in program history, the 36th time in NCAA competition, and placed fourth in the second of two second-round quad meets at the 2019 NCAA Ann Arbor Regional Championships on April 5 with a 195.425 score. The score was WVU’s fifth-best mark earned at an NCAA regional • Prior to the Regional Championships, WVU placed fourth at the Big 12 Gymnastics Championship with a 195.6 score • WVU reached double-digit wins in just six meets this season, the fastest under eighthyear coach Jason Butts and the quickest since earning 10 victories in five meets in 2010

JAQUIE TUN

• The Mountaineers’ 2019 win total of 19 was the team’s top win Nationals Rankings. The vault and floor exercise lineups were nationally ranked each week this season, with the floor lineup spending seven weeks in the top-10 and peaking at No. 5 • At season end, seniors Kirah Koshinski and Jaquie Tun owned a combined three national rankings. Koshinski ranked No. 7 on vault and No. 28 on floor exercise, while Tun ranked No. 45 on floor exercise • Koshinski was named to the NACGC/W Regular Season AllAmerica Vault First team, her fourth career All-America honor and first first-team recognition. She became the first gymnast in program history to earn at least one honor in four consecutive seasons • Koshinski was named to the All-Big 12 Vault Team for the third time in her career and the first time since 2017

JULIA MERWIN

2018-19

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

KENDRA COMBS

JULIA MERWIN

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• NACGC/W Scholastic All-America • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • John Quackenbush Award for Mountaineer

ERICA FONTAINE • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Spirit

CARLY GALPIN • NACGC/W Scholastic All-America • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Ranked No. 4 on the team with 388.6 points • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

ABBY KAUFMAN • NACGC/W Scholastic All-America • Big 12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year • CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District 2

• Koshinski set or matched multiple program

records this season. She set the WVU records for career 9.9+ scores on vault (26) and floor exercise 22). Koshinski also tied TeShawne Jackson’s record for 48 career scores of 9.9 or better • Junior Abby Kaufman competed in the all-around in all 14 meets this season, the second-highest season total in program history, and earned 544.925 points, the third-best single-season total in program history • WVU scored three top-50 scores this year, including a season-high 196.425 in wins over No. 22 Ohio State, No. 24 Penn State and NC State on March 17 at the WVU Coliseum • WVU tallied 49.5 on floor exercise on Feb. 17 at the WVU Coliseum. The mark was the fifthbest floor score in program history. Koshinski earned the first 10.0 of her career and claimed the event win with a career-best 9.975

Women’s At-Large Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Passed the 1,000-career point plateau and ranked No. 1 on the team with 544.025 points • Joseph Medrick Award for the Top All-Around Gymnast

• Koshinski also earned a 10.0 on vault this season, scoring a winning 9.95 at Pitt on Feb. 22.

KIRAH KOSHINSKI

• Hit 24-of-24 routines six times this season. • Nine of the 14 gymnasts who saw competitive

• NACGC/W Regular Season All-America First

time this year reached the podium. Koshinski paced WVU with 25 podium finishes and 16 event wins, while Tun earned 17 podium finishes (eight wins), and Kaufman ascended the podium 14 times (two wins). • Eight Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics First Team. Three Mountaineers earned the honor with 4.0 GPAs; no other conference team had an honoree with a 4.0 GPA.

• • • • •

Team Vault All-Big 12 Gymnastics Vault Team NACGC/W Scholastic All-America Academic All-Big 12 First Team Co-Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week Passed the 1,500-career point threshold and ranked No. 3 on team with 431.1 points

MCKENNA LINNEN • NACGC/W Scholastic All-America • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Ranked No. 5 on the team with 282.6 points

ESPERANZA ABARCA

SYDNEY MARLER

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

CHLOE CLUCHEY

KIRAH KOSHINSKI

• Passed the 500-career point plateau

• Sally Medrick Award for the Most Improved

Gymnast

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

RACHEL HORNUNG

ABBY KAUFMAN

TAYLOR SELL

JAQUIE TUN • NACGC/W Scholastic All-America • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Passed the 1,000-career point plateau and

ranked No. 2 on team with 441.25 points

• Linda Burdette-Good Award for the Most

Valuable Gymnast

13-0/8-0 GARC • Finished second at the 2019 NCAA National

RIFLE

GINNY THRASHER

Championships with a 4692 aggregate total. WVU finished second in smallbore (2331) and second in air rifle (2361). • For the first time in program history, the NCAA Rifle Championships was held in Morgantown, as the WVU Coliseum played host to the two-day event at the Bill McKenzie Rifle Range. A two-day crowd of 2,215 fans was in attendance, a championship record. • WVU finished the year ranked No. 2 nationally. • Five Mountaineers collected 11 All-America honors, and coach Jon Hammond was named the College Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) co-Coach of the Year. • The Mountaineers won their 10th consecutive Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships title with a 4715 aggregate score. The title was the team’s conference-best 13th, and WVU swept the smallbore and air rifle team titles for the 10th time since 1998. • WVU also won the GARC regular-season crown with an 8-0 record. It was the team’s sixth consecutive regular-season title and conference-best 12th since 1998. • Senior Ginny Thrasher capped her WVU career with her fifth GARC title, finishing first in air rifle for the consecutive year with a final score of 249.4.

• Junior Morgan Phillips shot 461.0 in the GARC smallbore final for her first career conference title.

• Ginny Thrasher was named the GARC Shooter of the Year, her

second career award, and Outstanding Senior. Sophomore David Koenders earned the Mountaineers’ GARC Scholar Athlete tag. • For the first time in program history, the Mountaineers participated in a foreign training trip, traveling to Magaliesburg, South Africa, from Dec. 28 – Jan. 8, to train at the Eagle Eye Shooting Center.

WILL ANTI • • • • •

Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award Ninth place, air rifle, GARC Championships CRCA All-Academic Team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team Team Captain

WILL ANTI

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MILICA BABIC

MORGAN PHILLIPS

Fifth place, air rifle, NCAA Championships NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle CRCA All-America Honorable Mention Second place, air rifle, GARC Championships All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Score Second Teams • All-GARC Smallbore Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • CRCA All-Academic Team

• Seventh place, smallbore, NCAA

• • • • •

NOAH BARKER • CRCA All-Academic Team

JARED EDDY • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined

Score Honorable Mentions

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• • • • •

Championships NRA All-America First Team Smallbore GARC smallbore champion Fourth place, air rifle, GARC Championships Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team CRCA All-Academic Team

• • • •

GINNY THRASHER • • • • • • • •

Fifth place, smallbore, NCAA Championships NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle NRA All-America First Team Smallbore CRCA All-America First Team Rhodes Scholarship Finalist WVU Order of Augusta WVU Outstanding Senior Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

VERENA ZAISBERGER • Third place, air rifle, GARC Championships

JON HAMMOND • CRCA Co-Coach of the Year

DAVID KOENDERS

• Third place, smallbore, NCAA

Championships

• NRA All-America Second Team Air Rifle • NRA All-America Second Team

Smallbore

• CRCA All-America Third Team • GARC Scholar Athlete • Fifth place, smallbore, GARC

2019 NCAA RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Championships

• All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Score • • • • •

First Teams All-GARC Smallbore Second Team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team CRCA All-Academic Team CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-District

SARAH OSBORN • NRA All-America Second Team

Smallbore

• CRCA All-America Honorable Mention • All-GARC Smallbore First Team • All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Score

Second Teams

• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • CRCA All-Academic Team

GARC Shooter of the Year GARC Outstanding Senior GARC air rifle champion GARC smallbore runner-up All-GARC Air Rifle, Smallbore and Combined Score First Teams Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team CRCA All-Academic Team US National Rifle Team International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup

• The 2018-19 season marked the 20th season of the Mountaineer rowing program • WVU welcomed 22 newcomers to the novice squad in the fall • At the 2018 Head of the Occoquan, the novice squad captured two top-three finishes for WVU, with two boats placing second and third in the Collegiate Frosh/Novice Women’s 4+ event • The Mountaineers’ best finish of the year came on April 14, 2019, when WVU competed at the George Mason Invite. West Virginia gathered 12 of the Big 12 Conference’s 43 points to claim second place

• Twenty-two members of the West Virginia rowing team were

named to the 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Rowing Team, including 15 first-team selections • WVU also placed seven student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, the most in the conference • The Mountaineers finished their season at the 2019 Big 12 Rowing Championship on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. • West Virginia finished the Big 12 Championship with a qualifying team score of six points to place seventh. Among Big 12 members, the Mountaineers placed fifth with 49 points • Junior Hannah Simmerly capped the season by being named to the All-Big 12 Rowing team, and five Mountaineers were named Scholar-Athletes by the College Rowing Coaches Association

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

GABRIELLE BOYLAN

RYLEE HAUGHT

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU ERG Hammer Award

ALEXIS BROWN • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MADELYN OBERSCHMIDT • Academic All-Big 12 First

Team

AMY HOAGLUND • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ABIGAIL PATRICK

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CRCA Scholar-Athlete

MADISON HRYNDA

• Academic All-Big 12 First

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• CRCA Scholar-Athlete

MEGAN CASNER

JANAE HURST

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • WVU’s Most Improved Rower

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MEGAN PRESENT

LOUISE DAENEKINDT

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MELANIE RENCE

KILEIGH LADE

• Academic All-Big 12

CASSIA BUSCH

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

ASHLEY DIBLING • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

NICOLE DIBLING

Team

• Academic All-Big 12

Second Team

LINDSAY KRAWCZYK

Rookie Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• WVU’s Most Improved

Rower

CARLY LEDBETTER

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CRCA Scholar-Athlete

GRACE RUSSELL

AMBER DRYSDALE

MADISYN LEE

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CRCA Scholar-Athlete

Rookie Team • WVU Team MVP

ALLYSON GEORGE • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU ERG Hammer Award

AMANDA MAHANY

KELSEY GOETZE

OLIVIA MARTINELLI

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • WVU Flame Award

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MAURA HARKINS

• National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Academic All-Big 12

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

SARAH WABNITZ

• All-Big 12 Rowing Team • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Team MVP

EMMA WINDERS

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CRCA Scholar-Athlete

MEGAN SUTHERLAND

Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Flame Award

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

HANNAH SIMMERLY

KAITLIN SULLIVAN

LIZE MORRIS

EMMA TOY

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JORDAN WITTMAACK • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JESSICA WOY • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

SOCCER

14-7/5-0 MAC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS

JOEY PIATCZYC

MEN’S

• West Virginia went 14-7-0 in 2018 with a

5-0-0 Mid-American Conference record to win its first MAC title and sixth conference title overall • WVU’s 14 wins were one shy of the tying the program record of 15, set in 2006, and were tied for 10th-most in the NCAA, while it was one of two teams nationally with a 1.000 winning percentage in conference play • The Mountaineers made their 13th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and first since 2011, and advanced to the second round for the seventh time and sixth since 2005 • West Virginia finished the season ranked in the top-25 in each of the major poll’s final rankings - Soccer America: No. 17, RPI: No. 18, United Soccer Coaches: No. 22, TopDrawerSoccer.com: No. 23, College Soccer News: No. 24 • Received United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award • Senior Joey Piatczyc was named to the College Soccer News All-America Second Team, the United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team and the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Third Team and the United Soccer Coaches All-North Region First Team

• Piatczyc was named the MAC Player of the Year, while coach Marlon LeBlanc was named the MAC Coach of the Year

• Piatczyc was drafted by the New York Red Bulls in the fourth round of the MLS SuperDraft

• Piatczyc and sophomore Steven Tekesky were named to the

All-MAC First Team, while juniors Albert Andre-Llop, Pascal Derwaritsch, Ryan Kellogg and Andrew Muriel Albino were named to the second team • Kellogg and junior Sebastian Garcia-Herreros were named MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, eight were named to the Academic All-MAC Team and 13 were named to the Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team • At the team’s annual postseason banquet, Piatczyc was named the Abel “Shadow” Sebele Players’ Player of the Year, while Kellogg was recognized as the Coaches’ Award recipient • For the 11th consecutive year, WVU earned the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for its team grade point average • LeBlanc owns a 128-91-32 record in 13 seasons at West Virginia

RYAN KELLOGG

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STEVEN TEKESKY

• In the NCAA statistical rankings,

WVU led the MAC in nearly every category and finished No. 3 in the country in assists per game (2.43), No. 5 in total assists (51), No. 7 in total points (135), No. 10 in points per game (6.43) and total goals (42), No. 12 in fewest fouls per game (9.62), No. 13 in shot accuracy (.496) and No. 15 in scoring offense (2.00), while the Mountaineers also paced the league in save percentage (.769) and saves per game (4.29) • West Virginia’s 51 assists and 129 shots on goal both set program records, while the 21 matches played and 135 total points were tied for third-most • Individually, Piatczyc ranked No. 7 in assists per game (0.56) and assists (10), No. 11 in game-winning goals (5), No. 27 in points per game (1.44) and No. 29 in total points (26); Muriel Albino ranked No. 17 in the country in shot accuracy (.596); and Andres-Llop was No. 29 with eight assists

• Tekesky finished No. 11 in the

country in total saves (86) and No. 16 in minutes played (1,891:37), while he led the conference in save percentage (.761) and saves per game (4.10) • Piatczyc’s five game-winning goals tied a WVU single-season record, his 0.56 assists per game ranked No. 5 all-time and his 10 game-winning points and 10 assists were both tied for No. 6 in team history • Andres-Llop’s eight assists ranked No. 10 all-time in the WVU singleseason record books • Tekesky’s 14 wins tied for No. 2 in a single season in program history, his 21 starts and matches played were both tied for No. 3 and his 1,891:37 minutes were No. 5 all-time

COACH MARLON LEBLANC • Mid-American Conference Coach

of the Year

ALBERT ANDRES-LLOP

SEBASTIAN GARCIAHERREROS • • • •

MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete MAC All-Tournament Team Academic All-MAC Team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

RYAN KELLOGG • United Soccer Coaches Scholar • • • • •

All-Region Second Team MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete All-MAC Second Team Academic All-MAC Team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team Coaches Award recipient

RUSHAWN LARMOND • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First

Team

LOGAN LUCAS • MAC All-Tournament Team • Academic All-MAC Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First

Team

• TopDrawerSoccer.com National

KEVIN MORRIS

STEPHEN BANICK • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First

Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Academic All-MAC Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First

Team

ANDRES MURIEL ALBINO

PASCAL DERWARITSCH

• All-MAC Second Team

• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-

SPENSER MYERS

Region Second Team • All-MAC Second Team • Academic All-MAC Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

• • • • • • • • •

• • •

NICHOLAS MANNO

Team of the Week (Oct. 23)

• Drafted in the fourth round of the

•

• All-MAC Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large

Second Team

JOEY PIATCZYC

• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large

Second Team

• •

2019 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by the New York Red Bulls with the 84th overall pick College Soccer News All-America Second Team United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Third Team United Soccer Coaches All-North Region First Team Mid-American Conference Player of the Year All-MAC First Team Academic All-MAC Team Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Second Team Abel “Shadow” Sebele Players’ Player of the Year Mid-American Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 6) TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week (Nov. 6) Mid-American Conference Player of the Week (Oct. 30) TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Week (Oct. 30) TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week (Oct. 30) College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 30)

MARLON LEBLANC

• Mid-American Conference Player of

the Week (Oct. 16)

• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week

(Oct. 15)

• Mid-American Conference Player of

the Week (Sept. 4)

• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week

(Sept. 4)

• Mid-American Conference Player

of the Week (Aug. 28)

• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week

(Aug. 27)

ETHAN SHIM • Academic All-MAC Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First

Team

TSUBASA TAKADA • Academic All-MAC Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First

Team

STEVEN TEKESKY • All-MAC First Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large

Second Team

• Mid-American Conference Player

of the Week (Oct. 23)

• College Soccer News National

Team of the Week (Oct. 23)

SOCCER

15-4-4/7-2 BIG 12 BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

RYLEE FOSTER

WOMEN’S

• Made its 19th consecutive NCAA Tournament

appearance, the fifth-longest active streak in the nation, and advanced to the second round for the fourth consecutive season and the 13th time in program history. • The Mountaineers claimed the 2018 Big 12 Soccer Championship title with a 3-0 win over No. 9 Baylor on Nov. 4, in Kansas City, Missouri. It was WVU’s 17th conference title and ninth since joining the Big 12 in 2012. • With its 3-0 win over No. 9 Baylor in the Big 12 Championship final, WVU extended its streak of earning at least one win over a top10 team to 14 seasons. • Seeded No. 2 in the tournament, WVU outscored its opponents 7-0 en route to the Big 12 title, its fourth at the championship. Following the win, senior forward Sh’Nia Gordon was named the Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player, and senior defender Easther Mayi Kith was named the Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Six players were named to the All-Tournament Team: Gordon, Mayi Kith, senior defender Bianca St. Georges, junior goalkeeper Rylee Foster, senior midfielder Nadya Gill and sophomore forward Lauren Segalla. • The Mountaineers were nationally ranked seven weeks this season and entered the 2018 NCAA tournament at No. 8, their highest position of the year. WVU was No. 14 in the final 2018 United Soccer Coaches Poll. • For the seventh consecutive year, a Mountaineer claimed the Big 12’s top defensive honor, as senior Bianca St. Georges

was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. She was the fourth different WVU player to win the award. In total, a conference-best eight Mountaineers claimed All-Big 12 honors: St. Georges (first team), Mayi Kith (first team), Gordon (first team), Foster (first team), senior defender Vanessa Flores (second team), senior midfielder Grace Cutler (second team), freshman defender Jordan Brewster (second and freshman teams) and freshman midfielder Addison Clark (freshman team). • Eleven of WVU’s 15 wins came via clean sheet. The Mountaineers earned 12 total shutouts (No. 34 nationally with a 0.522 shutout percentage and No. 11 with a 0.541 goals-against average). Foster ranked No. 14 nationally with a 0.548 GAA. • Gordon paced WVU in scoring with nine goals and finished first on the team with 20 points (9 G, 2 A). The goal total ranked No. 5 in the Big 12, while the point total ranked No. 6. She also finished the year ranked No. 1 on the team, No. 3 in the Big 12 and No. 60 nationally with four game-winning goals. • In her 23rd season at WVU, coach Nikki Izzo-Brown earned her 350th career win with the Mountaineers’ 3-0 win over Oklahoma in the Big 12 Soccer Championship quarterfinal on Oct. 28. IzzoBrown has never had a losing season and has led WVU to 19 consecutive 10-plus win seasons. She ranks No. 12 among active coaches in career win percentage (.727) and No. 16 in career wins (353). • Four Mountaineers extended their playing careers to the professional ranks at season end. Mayi Kith signed a contract to play with Montpellier HSC, while Gordon signed with FC Metz. St. Georges and Cutler were drafted by the Chicago Red Stars and the Houston Dash, respectively, at the 2019 NWSL College Draft. WVU was one of seven programs to have two or more players drafted.

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• St. Georges was named the Google

Cloud Academic All-America of the Year for Division I women’s soccer, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She was the second WVU women’s soccer player to earn Academic All-America of the Year honors in six seasons.

HANNAH ABRAHAM • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Offensive Player of the

VANESSA FLORES • Team Captain • Played for the Mexican Women’s

National Team

• Signed as free agent with Tigres

UANL Feminil

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

RYLEE FOSTER • MAC Hermann Trophy Candidate • United Soccer Coaches All-America

Week (10/23) • Mountaineer S.O.C.C.E.R. Award

JORDAN BREWSTER

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• Played for the U.S. U-20 National

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Team All Big-12 Second Team All-Big 12 Freshman Team TopDrawerSoccer Division I Freshman Best XI First Team Big 12 Freshman of the Week (10/9)

ADDISON CLARK • All-Big 12 Freshman Team

GRACE CUTLER • Team Captain • Drafted No. 22 overall by the

Houston Dash at the 2019 NWSL College Draft • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

PATRICIA FERNANDEZ • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

STEFANY FERRERVANGINKEL • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

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Third Team – the first goalkeeper in WVU history to earn All-America honors United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team Finalist for the 2018 CONCACAF Female Goalkeeper of the Year Played for the Canadian U-20 National Team All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team Big 12 Championship AllTournament Team TDS.com Midseason No. 27 Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team TDS.com Preseason Best XI Second Team TDS.com Preseason No. 25

JADE GENTILE

• All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Championship Most

Outstanding Offensive Player • Big 12 Championship AllTournament Team • WVU Offensive MVP • Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team

National Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

FC Metz • Ranks No. 1 in program history in matches started (95) and played (95) • United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team

ISSY SIBLEY • Played for the English U-19

GRACE SMITH • Played for the English U-19

National Team

EASTHER MAYI KITH • Senior CLASS Award Candidate • Signed professional contract with

BIANCA ST. GEORGES

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• Signed professional contract with

Tournament Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

NADYA GILL

SH’NIA GORDON

• United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest

National Team

• Played for the English U-19

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Tournament Team

• United Soccer Coaches Scholar

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Championship All-

LOIS JOEL

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Championship All-

LAUREN SEGALLA

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Montpellier HSC United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Third Team United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region First Team United Soccer Coaches AllMidwest Region First Team All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team Big 12 Soccer Championship Most Outstanding Defensive Player Big 12 Championship AllTournament Team Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 4, 25) TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Nov. 6) Boilermaker Challenge Cup AllTournament Team WVU Defensive MVP Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team

AMANDA SAYMON • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Most Improved Player

• MAC Hermann Trophy Candidate • Drafted No. 20 overall by the

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Chicago Red Stars at the 2019 NWSL College Draft Google Cloud Academic AllAmerica of the Year for Division I women’s soccer – the second Mountaineer to earn the award Academic All-America First Team Senior CLASS Award Finalist and named to Senior CLASS Award AllAmerica First Team United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Third Team

EASTHER MAYI KITH

All-South Region First Team Region First Team

• TopDrawerSoccer Division I Best XI • • • • • • • • • • • • •

First Team Two-time team captain CoSIDA Academic All-District Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team Big 12 Championship AllTournament Team Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11) Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9) Boilermaker Challenge Cup AllTournament Team WVU MVP TDS.com Midseason No. 62 Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team TDS.com Preseason No. 59

ALINA STAHL • Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 2)

BIANCA ST. GEORGES

MEN: 4-2 (1-0 BIG 12)

FINAL MEET AT WVU NATATORIUM

WOMEN: 3-3 (1-1 BIG 12)

• The men’s team earned a second-place finish

MORGAN BULLOCK

at the 2019 Big 12 Championship, while the women’s finished in third • David Dixon won a pair of Big 12 individual championships in the 100 and 200 butterfly • Dixon’s two victories at the conference meet marked the first time a Mountaineer has won multiple events at the event since 2014 • The Mountaineers qualified three swimmers to the 2019 NCAA Championships: Dixon, Jake Armstrong and Morgan Bullock • The Mountaineers sent nine divers to the 2019 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships: Camille Burt, Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Julia Calcut, Nick Cover, Averly Hobbs, P.J. Lenz, Emma Longley, Callie Smith and Madelyn Woods • WVU combined to earn two gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals at the conference meet • The Mountaineers combined to place nine members on the All-Big 12 First Team • The two squads were again named CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams in the fall and spring semesters • Ryan Kelly was named the Big 12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year, marking the fifth consecutive season and sixth time in seven years WVU has won the conference honor in men’s or women’s swimming and diving • WVU placed 29 on the Academic All-Big 12 Team, including 23 on the first team • West Virginia broke nine school records during the 2018-19 campaign, including eight at the Big 12 Championship

• Fausto Huerta qualified for the 2019 FINA World Aquatic

Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, after earning a spot on the Dominican Republic National Team in April • Miranda Marcucci, Jake Williams and Woods were named recipients for the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12’s highest academic honor

JAKE ARMSTRONG • • • •

NCAA qualifier All-Big 12 First Team School Record: 200 medley relay School Record: 400 medley relay

MARAH BIEGER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

EMMA BLISS • School Record: 200 freestyle relay

MORGAN BULLOCK • • • • •

NCAA qualifier All-Big 12 First Team School Record: 200 freestyle relay Big 12 Women’s Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 9) WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 7)

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CAMILLE BURT

TRISTEN DI SIBIO

FAUSTO HUERTA

• NCAA Zone Diving Qualifier • CSCAA Scholar All-America Second

• All-Big 12 First Team • School Record: 200 breaststroke • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Dominican Republic National Team

Team

JULIA CALCUT

(Nov. 19)

• NCAA Zone Diving Qualifier • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-America Second

MERWANE EL MERINI

JACOB CARDINAL TREMBLAY

JACK FRAZIER

Team

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NCAA Zone Diving Qualifier All-Big 12 Second Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team

BRANDON CHRISTIAN

• All-Big 12 First Team • School Record: 200 medley relay • School Record: 400 medley relay • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

KAYLA GAGNON

qualifier

PHILIP KAY • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

CALEB KECK

ALEX PAMPALONE

• Big 12 Men’s Swimming and

DENYS KOSTROMIN

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

REKA KOVACS

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • School Record: 200 freestyle relay

• All-Big 12 Second Team

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

DAVID DIXON • NCAA qualifier • Two-time Big 12 champion: 100, • • • • •

200 butterfly All-Big 12 First Team School Record: 200 butterfly School Record: 400 medley relay Two-time Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 17, 31) WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Mar. 4)

P.J. LENZ • NCAA Zone Diving qualifier • All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Men’s Diver of the Week

• All-Big 12 Second Team

(Jan. 9) • CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team

EMMA HARRIS

EMMA LONGLEY

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All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 Second Team School Record: 100 breaststroke School Record: 200 breaststroke

AVERLY HOBBS NCAA Zone Diving Qualifier Academic All-Big 12 First Team School Record: 1-meter dive Two-time Big 12 Women’s Diver of the Week (Oct. 17, Jan. 9) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 22) • • • •

Week Jan. 9)

RYAN KELLY

LEXI GLASSMIRE

JOSH HARLAN

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • All-Big 12 Second Team • School Record: 200 medley relay

Team

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

GISELLE GURSOY

DREW DAMICH

• School Record: 200 medley relay • School Record: 400 medley relay • Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the

ALLY VANNETTA

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

SAM NEAVEILL

• All-Big 12 Second Team

NICK COVER

(Oct. 17)

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-America Second

CHRISTOPHER O’SHEA

Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MAX GUSTAFSON

ANGELO RUSSO

• All-Big 12 First Team • School Record: 50 freestyle • School Record: 200 freestyle relay

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • NCAA Zone Diving Qualifier • All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Men’s Diver of the Week

JULIA NILTON

• NCAA Zone Diving qualifier

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JACK PORTMANN • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MADELYN WOODS • NCAA Zone Diving qualifier • CSCAA Scholar All-America Second

Team

JAKE PREASKORN

• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

TRAYTON SALADIN

JAKE WILLIAMS

• All-Big 12 Second Team

AUSTIN SMITH • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

CALLIE SMITH • NCAA Zone Diving qualifier • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-America

Achievement Award

• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic

Achievement Award

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

BROOKE ZEDAR • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Second Team

MIRANDA MARCUCCI • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic

Achievement Award

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MATTHEW MARSH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

DAVID DIXON

10-12/0-9 BIG 12 • Finished the season with 10 wins, marking

the Mountaineers’ first 10-win season since 2010 (17-7) • With a 7-0 win over California University of Pennsylvania, head coach Miha Lisac earned his 100th career victory and his 38th at West Virginia • WVU swept four opponents this season – Niagara, Binghamton, Cal U and Towson – marking the most sweeps in a season since 2008, when the Mountaineers recorded eight • In 2018-19, eight student-athletes recorded 10 or more wins, six recorded 15 or more and five recorded 20 or more • In the spring, six Mountaineers finished the season with 10 or more wins and two finished with 15 or more wins • Freshman Anastasiia Bovolskaia and sophomore Anne-Sophie Courteau posted 30-win seasons in 2018-19, winning 34 and 37 matches respectively • The 2018-19 season marked the final year of competition for a trio of seniors – Paula Goetz, Abigail Rosiello and Kirsten White • Goetz finished her Mountaineer career with 74 wins, good for No. 40 all-time • Playing primarily in the No. 5 slot, Courteau led the team with a 12-8 singles record in the spring • Between the fall and spring seasons, Courteau also led the Mountaineers in total wins with 37 • Starting at No. 3 doubles, Courteau and Rosiello paired with each other to win a team-high 10 doubles matches in the spring. The pair also tied for the team lead with 18 doubles wins between the fall and spring seasons

TENNIS

NICOLE ROC

• Bovolskaia began her WVU career by gathering 34 total wins

in 2018-19, including a 16-win spring season. Fellow freshman Nicole Roc gathered 14 wins in the spring • At the team’s annual banquet, Courteau was named Most Valuable Player, Rosiello was named Most Improved Player, Roc was selected as Rookie of the Year and White was the recipient of the Raudsep & Timmons Memorial Courage Award • Five Mountaineers were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2018-19, including sophomore Giovanna Caputo and Rosiello, who both achieved a perfect, 4.0 grade point average (GPA) • The Mountaineer tennis program was recognized by the NCAA in 2018-19 for posting multiyear Academic Progress Rates (APR) in the top-10 percent • Rosiello became the second consecutive WVU tennis player to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors in 2019, after Goetz was honored in 2018 • Four Mountaineers were named Scholar-Athletes by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and WVU was named an All-Academic team by the ITA for the sixth consecutive year

ABIGAIL ROSIELLO

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

ANNE-SOPHIE COURTEAU ANASTASIIA BOVOLSKAIA

GIOVANNA CAPUTO

ABIGAIL ROSIELLO

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • ITA Scholar-Athlete

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ANNE-SOPHIE COURTEAU • Team Most Valuable Player • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

PAULA GOETZ • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • 2018-19 WVU Outstanding Senior • ITA Scholar-Athlete

Team Most Improved Player Academic All-Big 12 First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District 2018-19 WVU Outstanding Senior ITA Scholar-Athlete

KIRSTEN WHITE • Raudsep & Timmons Memorial

Courage Award

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

NICOLE ROC • Team Rookie of the Year • ITA Scholar-Athlete

TRACK &

FIELD MADELIN GARDNER

• Olivia Hill and Andrea Pettit were named to the 2018-19 Google

• Madelin Gardner qualified for the 2019 NCAA

Outdoor Championships and earned Second Team All-America honors by tying for ninth place in the pole vault • Gardner also earned Second Team AllAmerica honors at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships with a ninth-place finish in the pole vault

HAYLEY JACKSON

Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Team • Pettit went on to being named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team • Four Mountaineers qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round: Gardner, Olivia Hill, Hayley Jackson and Shamoya McNeil • Seven All-Big 12 indoor performances in four events • Five All-Big 12 outdoor performances in four events • Eighteen Mountaineers were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team, including 15 first-team honors • WVU finished ninth as a team at both the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Championships • Pettit was named a recipient of the school’s highest student honor, the Order of Augusta • Hill was selected for the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12’s highest academic honor

2018-19

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

BREE WARREN

OLIVIA HILL

ANDREA PETTIT

NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier All-Big 12 outdoor: 10,000 meters Academic All-Big 12 First Team Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District Team • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

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HAYLEY JACKSON

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

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• NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier • Two-time All-Big 12 indoor: mile; distance

CANDACE JONES

BREE WARREN

• NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

FAITH PENNY

ANTIGONE ARCHER

Second Team All-American

• NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifier and • USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women’s

DANIQUE BRYAN

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KATHERINE DOWIE • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JILLIAN FORSEY • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ELLIE GARDNER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

FAITH PENNY

Second Team All-American

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• All-Big 12 indoor: high jump • All-Big 12 outdoor: high jump • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier and

Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier All-Big 12 indoor: pole vault All-Big 12 outdoor: pole vault School Record: pole vault (indoor) School Record: pole vault (outdoor) Academic All-Big 12 First Team Two-time Big 12 Women’s Athlete of the Week (Feb. 20, Apr. 17) • Two-time WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11, Apr. 22)

MADELIN GARDNER

MCKENNA SMITH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SHAMOYA MCNEIL

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MIKAYLA SHUTE

medley relay • All-Big 12 outdoor: 1,500 meters • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Women’s Athlete of the Week (Mar. 20) • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MARIANNE ABDALAH

Order of Augusta recipient WVU Outstanding Senior Rhodes Scholarship finalist Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team

MIKENNA VANDERHEYDEN • All-Big 12 indoor: distance medley relay • All-Big 12 outdoor: 10,000 meters • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

BRIA WELKER • All-Big 12 indoor: distance medley relay • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SARAH WILLS • All-Big 12 indoor: distance medley relay • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

VOLLEYBALL

ERIN SLINDE

11-19/2-14 BIG 12 KATIE DEMEO

• Played four teams ranked inside the AVCA

Top-25 Poll, facing nationally-ranked Texas and Baylor twice in league play in addition to nonconference matches against No. 9 BYU and No. 1 Stanford • Topped in-state foe Marshall at the WVU Coliseum on Nov. 7, capturing the Golden Ball Trophy three times in the last four years • Four individuals finished the season in the top 10 of five Big 12 categories: Lacey Zerwas ranked sixth with 9.18 assists per set, Katelyn Evans ranked ninth with 3.17 kills per set, Kristina Jordan ranked 10th with 0.22 aces per set and Katie DeMeo ranked fifth with 1.27 blocks per set and 10th with a .289 hitting percentage • Zerwas averaged a team-high 9.18 assists per set to rank fourth all-time by a Mountaineer freshman. She also ranks fourth in total assists, dishing out 881 in her first season as a Mountaineer

• Jordan finished her freshman campaign ranked inside the top-five

of three freshman season categories. She is second in block assists (93), tied for second in total blocks (101) and ranks fifth in blocks per set with 0.94 • DeMeo’s season average of 1.27 blocks per set ranks third all-time by a Mountaineer sophomore and is tied for 10th in a single season in program history. She also posted a teamhigh 107 block assists to sit atop the all-time sophomore list. Additionally, her season block total of 118 ranks fifth all-time by a Mountaineer sophomore • Evans led the team with 352 kills, ranking fifth all-time by a Mountaineer junior • DeMeo became the first Mountaineer to land on the CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 Volleyball Team since Hannah Shreve received the honor in 2016 • Eight student-athletes were named to the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team, a program-best showing • The Mountaineers are one win away from collecting their 700th win in program history, and coach Reed Sunahara is one victory away from his 375th career win • For the third straight year, WVU earned an American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award

2018-19

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

GABRIELLE CUCKOVICH

LINDSAY PROCTOR

• WVU’s Co-Captain • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • BYU Nike Invitational All-Tournament Team • Florida Gulf Coast Invitational

KATIE DEMEO

All-Tournament Team

• CoSIDA Academic All-District 2

Volleyball Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Defensive Player of the

ALEXA HASTING

KATELYN EVANS

Week (Sept. 17)

• Mountaineer Classic All-

Tournament Team

RHYENNE FILISI • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

ABBY GIBBONS • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

KATELYN EVANS • WVU’s Offensive MVP Award • WVU Student-Athlete of the

Week (Sept. 17)

• WVU Invitational All-

Tournament Team

• Mountaineer Classic MVP

ALEXA HASTING • WVU’s Defensive MVP Award • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KRISTINA JORDAN • Florida Gulf Coast Invitational All-Tournament

Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

NATANIA LEVAK • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Invitational All-Tournament Team

BRIANA LYNCH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KRISTIN LUX • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

AVA RICHARDS • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ERIN SLINDE • WVU’s Co-Captain • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MARIELENA SOMOZA • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

LACEY ZERWAS • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

WRESTLING

4-14/3-6 BIG 12 • Topped No. 20 North Dakota State, WVU’s

first ranked opponent of the season, at the South Beach Duals on Dec. 30 in coach Tim Flynn’s first season at WVU • Finished the 2019 Big 12 Wrestling Championship in ninth place with 46 points • Had five podium finishers at the conference tournament, including redshirt sophomore Matthew Schmitt who advanced to the 133-pound semifinals

CHRISTIAN MONSERRAT

NICK KIUSSIS

• Sent five wrestlers to the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships for the first time in five years (2014)

• Redshirt senior Christian Monserrat (149), junior Brandon Ngati

(HWT), redshirt freshman Noah Adams (197) and Schmitt (133) each earned automatic bids based on their performances at the Big 12 Championship, while sophomore Nick Kiussis (165) received an at-large selection to punch his ticket • Schmitt competed on the national stage for the second time in his career, while Kiussis, Monserrat, Ngati and Adams made their first-ever appearance at nationals • Capped the 2018-19 season with a 43rd-place finish at the NCAA Tournament

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

TIM FLYNN

BRANDON NGATI

NOAH ADAMS

• WVU’s Most Improved Wrestler • NCAA Qualifier at heavyweight • Earned a podium finish at the Big 12

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Wrestling Championship for the first time in his career, placing sixth overall in the heavyweight division • Qualified for his first-ever NCAA Tournament as a junior

MATTHEW SCHMITT

CALEB REA WVU’s Co-Outstanding Wrestler Team Co-Captain • Placed sixth in the 141-pound pool of the 2019 Big 12 Wrestling Championship NCAA Qualifier at 133 pounds Was nationally ranked in the top 20 • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team throughout the season JAMES WUSKE • Claimed first place in the 133-pound division • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team at the Hokie Open on Nov. 4 • Ended the year with 18 victories to rank third on the team, posting a teamhigh seven major decisions MATTHEW SCHMITT and four technical falls • Advanced to the 133-pound Big 12 semifinals for the second consecutive year, eventually placing fourth overall to qualify for his second NCAA Tournament • • • •

HUNTER JONES

CHRISTIAN MONSERRAT

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

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DAVID SMITH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JOE WHEELING • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

TUCKER NADEAU • Received WVU’s Coaches’ Award at the

team’s End-of-the-Year Banquet, which honors a wrestler that best exemplifies what it means to be a Mountaineer. It also is awarded to a student-athlete who strives to become a better person, teammate and student-athlete, as well as someone who is a good representative of the program, University and state • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

WVU’s Rookie of the Year WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 28) Team Co-Captain Was nationally ranked in the top 20 throughout the season • Tied for second on the team with 19 wins • Earned a podium finish at his first-ever Big 12 Championship, placing fifth at 197 pounds to earn an automatic bid to Nationals

Academic All-Big 12 First Team Team Co-Captain WVU’s Most Valuable Wrestler WVU’s Co-Outstanding Wrestler NCAA Qualifier at 149 pounds Was nationally ranked in the top 20 throughout the season • Collected his team-leading 24th win of the season at the NCAA Tournament, finishing four active seasons with 70 career victories • Notched a perfect 11-0 dual-meet record to start the season, which included a 3-1 victory over then-No. 4 Justin Oliver of NC State for his first-ever win over a top-five opponent on Jan. 13 • Placed fourth at the 2019 Big 12 Wrestling Championship, qualifying for his first-ever NCAA Tournament in his final season as a Mountaineer

NICK KIUSSIS • NCAA Qualifier at 165

pounds

• Was nationally ranked in

the top 20 throughout the season • Tied for second on the team with 19 wins • Qualified for his first-ever NCAA Tournament as a sophomore

ATHLETICS STAFF

Shane Lyons, Director of Athletics/ Associate Vice President

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION Keli Zinn, Deputy Athletics Director Steve Uryasz, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director Simon Dover, Senior Associate Athletics Director/Business Operations/CFO Michael Fragale, Senior Associate Athletics Director/ Communications Terri Howes, Senior Associate Athletics Director/Sports Administration/SWA Ben Murray, Senior Associate Athletics Director/Executive Director MAC Matt Wells, Senior Associate Athletics Director/External Affairs Greg Featherston, Associate Athletics Director/Governance & Compliance April Messerly, Associate Athletics Director/Facilities & Operations Cathy Martin, Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office Administrator

BUSINESS OFFICE Simon Dover, Senior Associate Athletics Director/Business Operations/CFO Sam Morrone, Assistant Athletics Director/Business Operations Graham Reger, Director of Business Operations

Joyce Bucklew, Manager, Athletics Business Office Tammy Cavender, Travel Coordinator Doug Himes, Systems Administrator Drew Pridemore, Associate Systems Administrator Pam Bryan, Accounting Assistant Jenna Huggins, Program Assistant Andrea Moran, Assistant Business Manager Tiffany McDowell, Accounting Assistant Sue Davis, Program Assistant

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Michael Fragale, Senior Associate Athletics Director/ Communications Bryan Messerly, Associate Athletics Director/Communications John Antonik, Director of Athletics Content Grant Dovey, Director of Digital Media Mike Montoro, Director of Football Communications Joe Swan, Director of Athletics Publications Kristin Coldsnow, Lead Designer Ashley Bailey, Associate Director of Athletics Communications Shannon Wolfgang, Associate Director of Athletics Communications Amy Salvatore, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications

Charlie Healy, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Lisa Ammons, Business Manager Cheryl Wire, Operations Coordinator Amy Prunty, Program Assistant

ATHLETICS COMPLIANCE Greg Featherston, Associate Athletics Director/Governance & Compliance Preston Wages, Assistant Athletics Director/Governance & Compliance Jordan Blizzard, Director of Compliance Harley King, Director of Compliance Cindy Smith, Administrative Assistant

ATHLETICS MARKETING Matt Wells, Senior Associate Athletics Director/External Affairs Nathaniel Zinn, Assistant Athletics Director/Marketing Carly Slater, Assistant Director of Athletics Marketing Noah Smith, Assistant Director of Athletics Marketing

ATHLETIC TRAINING Dr. A.J. Monseau, Medical Director/ Head Team Physician Randy Meador, Coordinator, Athletic Training Services Dave Kerns, Football Athletic Trainer Travis Randolph, Clinical Director of Sports Medicine Vincent Blankenship, Athletics Rehabilitation Specialist

Dr. Dayna Charbonneau, Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology

Bill Shultz, Electronics Engineer Jay Cunningham, Electronic Media Technician James Hochgesang, Electronic Media Technician Pat Reeves, Administrative Senior Secretary Jeff Barnette, Athletics Maintenance Bill Brandt, Athletics Maintenance Jim Hartley, Athletics Maintenance Jim Ford, Athletics Maintenance Doug Lemmon, Athletics Maintenance Jerry Mahoney, Athletics Operations Greg Ridgway, Athletics Maintenance Michael Summers, Athletics Maintenance Todd Wintermoyer, Athletics Maintenance Scott Wolfe, Athletics Maintenance

EQUIPMENT

HUMAN RESOURCES

Chris Schultheiss, Athletic Trainer Amy Hile, Athletic Trainer Amelia Adams, Athletic Trainer Erin Asbury, Athletic Trainer Zach Foster, Athletic Trainer Simon Gomez, Athletic Trainer Cole Stembridge, Athletic Trainer Taylor Tedesky, Athletic Trainer Sam Young, Athletic Trainer Donna Beatty, Program Assistant

CLINICAL AND SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Bubba Schmidt, Varsity Sports Equipment Manager Dan Nehlen, Football Equipment Manager Steve Bierer, Assistant Equipment Manager Aaron Malik, Assistant Equipment Manager/Football Kyle Keesler, Assistant Equipment Manager Conor McNamara, Assistant Equipment Manager

FACILITY OPERATIONS April Messerly, Associate Athletics Director for Facilities/Operations Zach Eckert, Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities/Operations Bryan Deem, Maintenance Supervisor Colin Braley, Assistant Director of Facilities/Operations

Kim Thaler, Associate Director of Personnel Services

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Mike Joseph, Assistant Athletics Director, Strength and Conditioning Shaun Brown, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball Kaitlin Sweeney, Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning Darl Bauer, Assistant Director for Strength and Conditioning Tanner Kolb, Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Zack Allen, Strength Coach Alex Mitchell, Strength Coach Josh Feldkamp, Strength Coach

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Sean Healy, Strength Coach Chad Snodgrass, Strength Coach

SPORTS NUTRITION Taylor Lile, Director of Sports Nutrition, Football Sina King, Director of Sports Nutrition, Olympic Sports

STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT Stephanie White, Assistant Athletics Director, Student-Athlete Development Brittany O’Dell, , Assistant Athletics Director, Student-Athlete Development Toni Oliverio, Assistant Director, StudentAthlete Development Sandy Cole-DeMent, Assistant Director, Student-Athlete Development Samantha Spurlock, Assistant Director, Student-Athlete Development Tangela Cheatham, Director of StudentAthlete Enhancement Zach Seger, Academic Counselor Briana D’Amico, Academic Counselor Mark Hanselman, Academic Advisor Mary Bermingham, Learning Specialist Patricia Harman, Assistant Learning Specialist Ann Griffin Mohammadi, Assistant Learning Specialist Kristen Thomas, Assistant Learning Specialist Meghan Hendrick, Assistant Learning Specialist

TICKET SALES

BASEBALL

Debby Travinski, Ticket Manager Kelli Gatian, Assistant Ticket Manager Derek Schrock, Assistant Ticket Manager Bryan Phillips, Ticket Assistant David LeRose, Ticket Assistant

Randy Mazey, Head Coach Steve Sabins, Assistant Coach Mark Ginther, Assistant Coach Pat Crowe, Director of Baseball Operations

MOUNTAINEER ATHLETICS CLUB

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Ben Murray, Senior Associate Athletics Director/Executive Director MAC Brandon Cunninghamr, Associate Athletics Director/Major Gifts & Capital Campaigns Eric Buda, Assistant Athletics Director/ Annual Giving Jamie Hall, Assistant Athletics Director/ Donor Relations and Administration Michael Gilstorf, Major Gifts Officer Bryan Thompson, Major Gifts Officer Doug Wallace, Major Gifts Officer Ryan Schulman, Associate Director of Annual Giving Ryan Riddle, Assistant Director, Donor Relations and Special Events Dale Wolfley, Coordinator, WVU Varsity Club Lisa Thomas, Program Assistant

MOUNTAINEER ATHLETICS HOSPITALITY Sandi West, Director

VIDEO PRODUCTIONS Scott Bartlett, Director of Athletics Video Productions Chris Ostien, Senior Producer/Athletics Video Sean Merinar, Producer/Athletics Video Sarah Ramundt, Producer/Athletics Video

Bob Huggins, Head Coach Larry Harrison, Associate Head Coach Ron Everhart, Assistant Coach Erik Martin, Assistant Coach Josh Eilert, Director of Basketball Operations Jay Kuntz, Assistant to the Head Coach James Long, Video Coordinator Debbie Williams, Senior Administrative Assistant Amy Fluharty, Administrative Associate Tyler Cheng, Program Assistant

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Mike Carey, Head Coach Chester Nichols, Associate Head Coach Christal Caldwell, Assistant Coach Lester Rowe, Assistant Coach Pat Biondo, Assistant to the Head Coach/ Directof of Basketball Operations Craig Carey, Video Coordinator Ayana Dunning, Assistant Director of Basketball Operations Angela Holmes, Office Administrator Shirley Milush, Program Assistant

CHEERLEADING Christy Davis, Head Coach

FOOTBALL Dana Holgorsen, Head Coach Tony Gibson, Associate Head Coach (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)

Jake Spavital, Assistant Coach (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback) Doug Belk, Assistant Coach (Defensive Backs) Matt Caponi, Assistant Coach (Safeties) Tyron Carrier, Assistant Coach (Receivers) Tony Dews, Assistant Coach (Running Backs) Mark Scott, Assistant Coach (Defense/ Special Teams) Bruce Tall, Assistant Coach (Defensive Line) Joe Wickline, Assistant Coach (Offensive Line) Alex Hammond, Associate AD for Football Ryan Dorchester, Director of Player Personnel Casey Smithson, Recruiting Coordinator Robert Glowacky, Assistant Director of Football Operations Dan Nehlen, Equipment Manger Aaron Malik, Assistant Equipment Manager Kyle Butler, Video Coordinator Shawn Walker, Assistant Video Coordinator Lori Rice, Administrative Associate Kim Calandrelli, Administrative Associate

GOLF Sean Covich Head Coach Jay Woodward, Assistant Coach

GYMNASTICS Jason Butts, Head Coach Travis Doak, Associate Head Coach Kaylin Millick, Assistant Coach

RIFLE Jon Hammond, Head Coach

ROWING Jimmy King, Head Coach Tina Griffith, Assistant Coach Kayla Thieken, Assistant Coach

MEN’S SOCCER Marlon LeBlanc, Head Coach Andy Wright, Assistant Coach Nick Noble, Assistant Coach

WOMEN’S SOCCER Nikki Izzo-Brown, Head Coach Lisa Stoia, Associate Head Coach Marisa Kanela, Assistant Coach Theo Egbele, Director of Operations

SWIMMING & DIVING Vic Riggs, Head Coach Damion Dennis, Associate Head Coach Michael Grapner, Diving Coach Liz Iliff, Assistant Coach Rick West, Assistant Coach

WRESTLING Tim Flynn, Head Coach Cliff Moore, Assistant Head Coach Mitchell Port, Assistant Coach

TENNIS Miha Lisac, Head Coach Emily Harman, Assistant Coach

TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY Sean Cleary, Head Coach Erin O’Reilly, Assistant Coach Shelly-Anne Gallimore, Assistant Coach

VOLLEYBALL Reed Sunahara, Head Coach Jake Hong, Assistant Coach Rebecca Rudnick-Hong, Assistant Coach

MAC REPORT The Mountaineer Athletics Club (MAC) is the fundraising arm for the West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics pays 100% of the scholarships awarded to over 475 student-athletes in 18 varsity sports from generous contributions made by 6,500+ MAC Members. Those individual and corporate contributions help Advance Scholarship and Build Champions.

JULY 1, 2018 – JUNE 30, 2019

The cost of competing at the highest level and providing a first-class education for outstanding student-athletes continues to climb. The MAC must grow its membership and level of support in order to keep WVU as one of the nation’s premier athletics programs. Athletics is a window through which the University is often viewed, with its accomplishments serving

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as a tremendous recruiting tool and a catalyst for philanthropy to all areas of WVU. Essential private support enables the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to recruit and train elite student-athletes in first-class facilities, fund scholarships and compete on a level playing field with peer institutions. Financial stability in athletics ultimately breeds success, and success breeds pride among WVU’s many alumni and friends.

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$25,312,302 $21,844,152

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