2020-21 WVU Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report by Joe Swan

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE 2019-20 ATHLETICS 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 2020-21 Athletics Year in Review................................................ 3 Coaching Awards and Recognition............................................. 4 Conference Major Award Winners.............................................. 4 Conference Scholar-Athlete Awards............................................ 4 Academic All-Americans............................................................. 4 Consensus All-American............................................................. 4 First Team All-Americans............................................................. 5 Drafts Picks and Signings........................................................... 6 National, Regiuonal and State Awards and Recognition.............. 6 NCAA Individual Qualifiers......................................................... 6 All-Americans............................................................................. 6 All-Conference Selections........................................................... 7 Scholar-Athletes......................................................................... 9 Academic All-Conference............................................................ 9 Academic Team Awards............................................................ 13 Mountaineers Adapt to Life with COVID-19.............................. 14 Athletics Facilities Update........................................................ 16 Huggins and Carey Earn Milestone Wins................................... 18 Lyons and Zinn Earn Recognition.............................................. 19 Baseball................................................................................... 20 Cross Country........................................................................... 22 Football.................................................................................... 24 Golf.......................................................................................... 28 Gymnastics............................................................................... 30 Men’s Basketball...................................................................... 32 Men’s Soccer............................................................................ 34 Rifle.......................................................................................... 36 Rowing..................................................................................... 38 Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving.............................. 40 Tennis....................................................................................... 44 Track and Field......................................................................... 46 Volleyball................................................................................. 50 Women’s Basketball................................................................. 52 Women’s Soccer....................................................................... 54 Wrestling.................................................................................. 56 Staff Listing.............................................................................. 58

A MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Shane Lyons The COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges for our student-athletes during the 2020-21 season. Scheduling changes, game cancellations, travel problems and limited fans in our venues took a big toll on our athletic teams. However, I am thankful and proud of the way our student-athletes, coaches and staff handled these challenges to accomplish many great things, which you will read about in this annual report. In the past year, our department had 37 All-Americans, 15 national award winners and 70 All-Conference performers as six of our teams made the NCAA tournament and another 15 individuals qualified for NCAA championships. While all the accomplishments are too numerous to name, some highlights included men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins winning his 900th game, football coach Neal Brown leading our program to a winning season and a bowl victory, women’s basketball coach Mike Carey winning his 700th career game, women’s basketball and women’s soccer finishing second in the Big 12 Conference and cross country finishing third at the conference championships. In the classroom, we won 28 individual academic honors, produced 262 Academic All-Conference selections and continued our strong Academic Progress Rate (APR). Rifle’s Verena Zaisberger was a Scholar-Athlete of the Year and four teams earned academic recognition in their sport. All of our accomplishments are detailed in the pages to come but rest assured that our success in competition and in the classroom is a direct reflection of your support for Mountaineer athletics, and I again thank you for everything you have done for our department. None of our success would happen without your contributions to the Mountaineer Athletic Club, and we appreciate your understanding of how you can make a difference in support of our more than 450 Mountaineer student-athletes.

In the coming year, I will chair the all-important NCAA Division I Council, and it’s an honor to represent you and my alma mater on that prestigious national committee. Also, in the coming year, we look forward to welcoming you all back to our athletic venues at 100% capacity. It’s been a long time coming, and our teams can’t wait for your return. Stay safe, be well, and I hope you enjoy reading our 2020-21 Annual Report. While it was a difficult year for all of us, I think you will find many accomplishments by our teams and student-athletes that will make you proud to be a part of Mountaineer Nation. Sincerely,

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

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Year In Review

Baseball: 25-27, 8-16 Big 12; 8th in Big 12

Cross Country: 3rd at Big 12 Championship; 29th at NCAA Championships (2020)

Men’s Basketball: 19-10, 11-6 Big 12; T-3rd in Big 12; NCAA Second Round

Women’s Basketball: 22-7, 13-5

Rifle: 7-1, 5-1 GARC; 4th in GARC; 1st

Football: 6-4, 4-4 Big 12; 6th in

at GARC Championship; 4th at NCAA Championships

Big 12; AutoZone Liberty Bowl Champions

Men’s Soccer: 6-3-1, 4-3-1 MAC; 3rd

Golf: 9th at Big 12 Championship

in MAC

Gymnastics: 2-7, 0-6 Big 12; 4th at

Big 12 Championship; NCAA Regional - Morgantown

Women’s Soccer: 10-3-1, 7-2 Big 12; 2nd in Big 12; NCAA Second Round

Men’s Swimming and Diving: 0-2, 0-0

Rowing: 7th at Big 12 Championship

Big 12; 2nd at Big 12 Championship; 5 NCAA Qualifiers

Big 12; 2nd in Big 12; NCAA Second Round

Women’s Swimming and Diving: 0-2, 0-0 Big 12; 4th at Big 12 Championship

Women’s Tennis: 3-6, 0-6 Big 12; 10th in Big 12

Women’s Track & Field: Indoor: 8th

at Big 12 Championship; Outdoor: 9th at Big 12 Championship

Volleyball: 10-11, 8-8 Big 12; 4th in Big 12

Wrestling: 7-3, 3-2 Big 12; 9th at Big 12 Championship; 4 NCAA Qualifiers

NCAA TEAM QUALIFIERS

Cross Country Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Gymnastics Rifle Women’s Soccer FINAL RANKINGS

Men’s Basketball - 13 (Associated Press), 18 (USA Today Coaches Poll) Women’s Basketball - 17 (Associated Press), 24 (USA Today Coaches Poll) Women’s Soccer - 13 (United Soccer Coaches) Gymnastics - 28 (Road to Nationals) Rifle - 4 (CRCA) Wrestling - 22 (Intermat and FloWrestling) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Big 12 Indoor Distance Medley Relay – Tessa Constantine, Hayley Jackson, Jo-Lauren Keane, Ceili McCabe

Awards & Honors CONFERENCE MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

COACHING AWARDS AND HONORS

Neal Brown Football,Allstate Good Hands Honorary Head Coach; AFCA Board of Directors

Mike Carey Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year Semifinalist; WBCA Victory Club

Tony Fields II Football, Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year

Bob Huggins 900th Career Win; USBWA District II Coach of the Year

GARC SCHOLARATHLETE OF THE YEAR

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

Verena Zaisberger Rifle, GARC

Kevin Morris Men’s Soccer, First Team

Sean Mahone Football, Second Team

Darius Stills Football, Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year

Jordan Brewster Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICAN

Jordan Brewster Women’s Soccer, Third Team

Darius Stills Football, Associated Press; Sporting News; ESPN; Bleacher Report; USA Today

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FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

Killian Cardinale Wrestling NCAA

Derek Culver Men’s Basketball Lute Olson

Ceili McCabe Track & Field NCAA

Akihito Shimizu Rifle CRCA – Air Rifle

DARIUS STILLS

Jared Eddy Rifle CRCA – Smallbore, Aggregate

Tony Fields II Football Reese’s Senior Bowl

Molly McGhin Rifle CRCA – Air Rifle

Sarah Osborn Rifle CRCA – Air Rifle

Tykee Smith Football Rivals; PFF

Calista Smoyer Rifle CRCA – Air Rifle

Awards & Honors PROFESSIONAL DRAFT PICKS & SIGNINGS Chase Behrndt, Pittsburgh Steelers, (NFL), free agent Ryan Bergert, Baseball, San Diego Padres, 6th round (190th overall) Mike Brown, Football, New Orleans Saints (NFL), free agent Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel, Women’s Soccer, Tigres UANL Femenil, free agent Tony Fields II, Football, Cleveland Browns (NFL), round (153rd overall) MILES5th MCBRIDE Kysre Gondrezick, Women’s Basketball, Indiana Fever (WNBA), 1st round (4th overall)

Madison Jeffrey, Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, 15th round (462nd overall) Mile McBride, Men’s Basketball, Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA), 2nd round (36th overall) – rights trade to New York Knicks Paul McIntosh, Baseball, Miami Marlins, free agent Kyle Poland, Football, Houston Texans, free agent T.J. Simmons, Football, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL), free agent Darius Stills, Football, Las Vegas Raiders (NFL), free agent Adam Tulloch, Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, 17th round (522nd overall) Jackson Wolf, Baseball, San Diego Padres (MLB), 4th round (129th overall)

NATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION Miles McBride, Men’s Basketball, Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Finalist Josh Chandler Semedo, Football, AllBowl Team (Associated Press; USA Today; ESPN) Verena Zaisberger, Rifle, NCAA Elite 90 Award

REGIONAL & STATE AWARDS & RECOGNITION Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball USBWA All-District II Team, NABC District 8 Second Team Mark Goetz, Golf, Division I PING AllMidwest Regional team by GCAA Miles McBride, Men’s Basketball USBWA All-District II Team, NABC District 8 Second Team Kysre Gondrezick, Women’s Basketball, WBCA All-Region 3 Briana Lynch, Volleyball, AVCA AllMidwest Region First Team Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer, United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team Alina Stahl, Women’s Soccer, United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel, Women’s Soccer, United Soccer Coaches AllMidwest Region Second Team

NCAA INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS Mark Goetz, Golf Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Men’s Swimming & Diving David Dixon, Men’s Swimming & Diving Owen Johns, Men’s Swimming & Diving

PJ Lenz, Men’s Swimming & Diving Jake Lowe, Men’s Swimming & Diving Camille Burt, Women’s Swimming & Diving Holly Darling, Women’s Swimming & Diving Emma Longley, Women’s Swimming & Diving Marian Tiemeier, Women’s Swimming & Diving Katherine Dowie, Track & Field Hayley Jackson, Track & Field Ceili McCabe, Track & Field Peter-Gay McKenzie, Track & Field Noah Adams, Wrestling Killian Cardinale, Wrestling Peyton Hall, Wrestling Ryan Sullivan, Wrestling

SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICANS Kyle Poland, Football (Special Teams U) Tykee Smith, Football (Sporting News; FWAA) Darius Stills, Football (Walter Camp; FWAA; Phil Steele; The Athletic) Jared Eddy, Rifle (CRCA – Air Rifle) Tal Engler, Rifle (CRCA – Smallbore) Becca Lamb, Rifle (CRCA – Air Rifle) Molly McGhin, Rifle (CRCA – Smallbore) Calista Smoyer, Rifle (CRCA – Aggregate) Verena Zaisberger, Rifle (CRCA – Air Rifle, Smallbore) Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer (United Soccer Coaches)

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Dante Stills, Football (Pro Football Focus) Malori Brown, Rifle (CRCA – Smallbore) Tal Engler, Rifle (CRCA – Aggregate) Molly McGhin, Rifle (CRCA – Aggregate) Sarah Osborn, Rifle (CRCA – Smallbore) Calista Smoyer, Rifle (CRCA – Smallbore) Verena Zaisberger, Rifle (CRCA – Aggregate) David Dixon, Men’s Swimming & Diving (CSCAA)

FRESHMAN ALLAMERICANS

TAL ENGLER

THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICANS Miles McBride, Men’s Basketball (March Madness) Tykee Smith, Football (Associated Press) Sarah Osborn, Rifle (CRCA – Aggregate)

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICANS Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball (Associated Press) Miles McBride, Men’s Basketball (Associated Press) Kysre Gondrezick, Women’s Basketball (Associated Press; WBCA)

Ben Hampton, Baseball (Perfect Game – Second Team) Zach Frazier, Football (247Sports – First Team; ESPN – First Team) Akheem Mesidor, Football (ESPN – First Team; The Athletic – Second Team)

ALL-CONFERENCE (LEAGUE ONLY) FIRST TEAM

Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball Kysre Gondrezick, Women’s Basketball Esmery Martinez, Women’s Basketball Katherine Dowie, Cross Country Ceili McCabe, Cross Country Charlotte Wood, Cross Country Leddie Brown, Football Tony Fields II, Football Darius Stills, Football Jared Eddy, Rifle (Smallbore, Combined Score) Akihito Shimizu, Rifle (Air Rifle, Combined Score)

Calista Smoyer, Rifle (Air Rifle, Smallbore, Combined Score) Emma Toy, Rowing Luke McCormick, Men’s Soccer Ike Swiger, Men’s Soccer Steven Tekesky, Men’s Soccer Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel, Women’s Soccer Alina Stahl, Women’s Soccer David Dixon, Men’s Swimming and Diving Justin Heimes, Men’s Swimming and Diving Fausto Huerta, Men’s Swimming and Diving PJ Lenz, Men’s Swimming and Diving William Mullen, Men’s Swimming and Diving Ryen Van Wyk, Men’s Swimming and Diving Brendan Williams, Men’s Swimming and Diving Jordan Buechler, Women’s Swimming and Diving Emily Haimes, Women’s Swimming and Diving Hayley Jackson, Track & Field (Indoor) Jo-Lauren Keane, Track & Field (Indoor) Ceili McCabe, Track & Field (Indoor) Mikenna Vanderheyden, Track & Field (Indoor) Briana Lynch, Volleyball SECOND TEAM

Jackson Wolf, Baseball Miles McBride, Men’s Basketball Alonzo Addae, Football Michael Brown, Football Akheem Mesidor, Football

Winston Wright Jr., Football Becca Lamb, Rifle (Air Rifle) Molly McGhin, Rifle (Smallbore, Air Rifle, Combined Score) Sarah Osborn, Rifle (Air Rifle) Matt Sanchez, Rifle (Air Rifle and Combined Score) Akihito Shimizu, Rifle (Smallbore) Verena Zaisberger, Rifle (Smallbore, Air Rifle, Combined Score) Pau Jimenez Albelda, Men’s Soccer Kevin Morris, Men’s Soccer Nicole Payne, Women’s Soccer Lauren Segalla, Women’s Soccer Jonathan Bennett, Men’s Swimming and Diving Zach Boley, Men’s Swimming and Diving Ben Brooks, Men’s Swimming and Diving Nick Cover, Men’s Swimming and Diving Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Men’s Swimming and Diving Max Gustafson, Men’s Swimming and Diving Owen Johns, Men’s Swimming and Diving Philip Kay, Men’s Swimming and Diving Jake Lowe, Men’s Swimming and Diving Logan McFadden, Men’s Swimming and Diving Joe Schaefer, Men’s Swimming and Diving Roberts Zemturis, Men’s Swimming and Diving Camille Burt, Women’s Swimming and Diving Holly Darling, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Kari Niblack, Women’s Basketball Chase Behrndt, Football Zach Frazier, Football Dreshun Miller, Football Jeffery Pooler Jr., Football Tykee Smith, Football Dante Stills, Football Brandon Yates, Football Tal Engler, Rifle (Smallbore) Becca Lamb, Rifle (Smallbore, Aggregate) Sarah Osborn, Rifle (Combined Score) Matt Sanchez, Rifle (Smallbore) Calista Smoyer, Rifle (Combined Score)

BIG 12 SPECIALITY TEAM Gabe Osabuohien, Men’s Basketball, (All-Defensive Team)

ALL-TOURNAMENT PERFORMERS

LACEY ZERWAS

Paige Dressel, Women’s Swimming and Diving Jacqueline McCutchan, Women’s Swimming and Diving Lauren Musbach, Women’s Swimming and Diving Abby Reardon, Women’s Swimming and Diving Luisa Winkler, Women’s Swimming and Diving Abigail Mullings, Track & Field (Indoor) Lacey Zerwas, Volleyball

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Ben Hampton, Baseball Mikey Kluska, Baseball Jalen Bridges, Men’s Basketball Lilly McCarthy, Women’s Soccer HONORABLE MENTION

Austin Davis, Baseball Paul McIntosh, Baseball Sean McNeil, Men’s Basketball Taz Sherman, Men’s Basketball Kirsten Deans, Women’s Basketball

Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball, Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic MVP Kysre Gondrezick, Women’s Basketball, Phillips 66 Big 12 All-Tournament Team Miles McBride, Men’s Basketball, Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic AllTournament Team Jackson Wolf, Baseball, Phillips 66 Big 12 All-Tournament Team

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NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION HAMPSHIRE HONOR SOCIETY

INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARATHLETES

COLLEGE RIFLE COACHES ASSOCIATION SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICANS

Jake Abbott, Football Kyle Poland, Football

Hunter Bleser Anastasiia Bovolskaia Anne-Sophie Courteau Nicole Roc Momoko Nagato

Malori Brown, Rifle Jared Eddy, Rifle Tal Engler, Rifle Becca Lamb, Rifle Molly McGhin, Rifle Sarah Osborn, Rifle Calista Smoyer, Rifle Verena Zaisberger, Rifle

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALLDISTRICT Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer Kysre Gondrezick, Women’s Basketball Sean Mahone, Football Kevin Morris, Men’s Soccer Evan Staley, Football Alina Stahl, Women’s Soccer Lacey Zerwas, Volleyball

NATIONAL WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS Killian Cardinale, Wrestling Peyton Hall, Wrestling Ryan Sullivan, Wrestling

COLLEGIATE ROWING COACHES ASSOCIATION SCHOLAR-ATHLETES Megan Casner, Rowing Ashley Dibling, Rowing Nicole Dibling, Rowing Allyson George, Rowing Kaira Lay, Rowing Kathleen Meldrum, Rowing Lydia Nicolai, Rowing Megan Present, Rowing Emma Toy, Rowing Sydney VanAuken, Rowing Jessica Woy, Rowing

GABE OSABUOHIEN

GCAA DIVISION I ALLAMERICA SCHOLARS PRESENTED BY SRIXON/ CLEVELAND GOLF Kurtis Grant, Golf Etienne Papineau, Golf Trent Tipton, Golf

BIG 12 DR. GERALD LAGE AWARD Marianne Abdalah, Cross Country/Track & Field Katherine Dowie, Cross Country/Track & Field Bree Warren, Cross Country/Track & Field McKenna Linnen, Gymnastics Kayla Gagnon, Swimming & Diving Ryen Van Wyk, Swimming & Diving Giovanna Caputo, Tennis Ellie Gardner, Track & Field McKenna Smith, Track & Field Lacey Zerwas, Volleyball

ACADEMIC ALLCONFERENCE FIRST TEAM

Alec Burns, Baseball Austin Davis, Baseball Vince Ippoliti, Baseball Beau Lowery, Baseball Matt McCormick, Baseball Victor Scott, Baseball Noah Short, Baseball Tim Wynia, Baseball Jalen Bridges, Men’s Basketball Jordan McCabe, Men’s Basketball Kirsten Deans, Women’s Basketball Kysre Gondrezick, Women’s Basketball Kari Niblack, Women’s Basketball Madisen Smith, Women’s Basketball Marianne Abdalah, Cross Country Antigone Archer, Cross Country Katherine Dowie, Cross Country Samantha Hatcher, Cross Country Hayley Jackson, Cross Country

Hannah Lipps, Cross Country Ceili McCabe, Cross Country Mikenna Vanderheyden, Cross Country Bree Warren, Cross Country Charlotte Wood, Cross Country Jake Abbott, Football Jarret Doege, Football John Hughes, Football Ali Jennings, Football Casey Legg, Football Sean Mahone, Football Graeson Malashevich, Football Mike O’Laughlin, Football Kyle Poland, Football Jeffery Pooler Jr., Football Blaine Scott, Football Tykee Smith, Football Evan Staley, Football Kurtis Grant, Golf Etienne Papineau, Golf Trent Tipton, Golf Esperanza Abarca, Gymnastics Emily Holmes-Hackerd, Gymnastics Rachel Hornung, Gymnastics McKenna Linen, Gymnastics Abbie Pierson, Gymnastics Kianna Yancey, Gymnastics Malori Brown, Rifle Jared Eddy, Rifle Sarah Osborn, Rifle Calista Smoyer, Rifle Verena Zaisberger, Rifle Megan Casner, Rowing Ashley Dibling, Rowing Nicole Dibling, Rowing Ally Fisher, Rowing Allyson George, Rowing Maura Harkins, Rowing Kileigh Lade, Rowing

MCKENNA LINEN

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Kaira Lay, Rowing Madison Lindung, Rowing Kathleen Meldrum, Rowing Ruth Mierzejewski, Rowing Alexis Moody, Rowing Lydia Nicolai, Rowing Megan Present, Rowing Amanda Starliper, Rowing Emma Toy, Rowing Syndey VanAuken, Rowing Jessica Woy, Rowing Ryan Baer, Men’s Soccer Joseph Biafora, Men’s Soccer Pau Jimenez Albelda, Men’s Soccer Kyle Lehnert, Men’s Soccer Sam Morgan, Men’s Soccer Kevin Morris, Men’s Soccer Nic Short, Men’s Soccer Ike Swiger, Men’s Soccer Steven Tekesky, Men’s Soccer Mackenzie Aunkst, Women’s Soccer Jordan Brewster, Women’s Soccer Enzi Broussard, Women’s Soccer Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel, Women’s Soccer Juliana Lynch, Women’s Soccer Kayza Massey, Women’s Soccer Nicole Payne, Women’s Soccer Gabrielle Robinson, Women’s Soccer Aaliyah Scott, Women’s Soccer Lauren Segalla, Women’s Soccer Grace Smith, Women’s Soccer Alina Stahl, Women’s Soccer Julianne Vallerand, Women’s Soccer Jonathan Bennett, Men’s Swimming and Diving Zach Boley, Men’s Swimming and Diving Ben Brooks, Men’s Swimming and Diving

Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Men’s Swimming and Diving David Dixon, 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 PJ Lenz, Men’s Swimming and Diving Jake Lowe, Men’s Swimming and Diving Josh Madzy, Men’s Swimming and Diving Conrad Molinaro, Men’s Swimming and Diving Michael Sandner, Men’s Swimming and Diving David Snider, Men’s Swimming and Diving Ryen Van Wyk, Men’s Swimming and Diving Lauren Beckish, Women’s Swimming and Diving Meredith Bolinger, Women’s Swimming and Diving Camille Burt, Women’s Swimming and Diving Holly Darling, Women’s Swimming and Diving Kayla Gagnon, Women’s Swimming and Diving Emily Haimes, Women’s Swimming and Diving Ginger Hansen, Women’s Swimming and Diving Lauryn Kallay, Women’s Swimming and Diving Jacqueline McCutchan, Women’s Swimming and Diving

SEAN MAHONE

Harna Minezawa, Women’s Swimming and Diving Tatum Peyerl, Women’s Swimming and Diving Abigail Riggs, Women’s Swimming and Diving Callie Smith, Women’s Swimming and Diving Marian Tiemeier, Women’s Swimming and Diving Anne-Elaine Tiller, Women’s Swimming and Diving Ally VanNetta, Women’s Swimming and Diving Luisa Winkler, Women’s Swimming and Diving

Sarah Young, Women’s Swimming and Diving Megan Zartman, Women’s Swimming and Diving Hunter Bleser, Tennis Anastasiia Bovolskaia, Tennis Anne-Sophie Courteau, Tennis Marianne Abdalah, Track & Field Antigone Archer, Track & Field Katelyn Caccamo, Track & Field Tessa Constatine, Track & Field Amber Dombrowski, Track & Field Katherine Dowie, Track & Field Ellie Gardner, Track & Field Erica Hegele, Track & Field Olivia Hill, Track & Field

Ceili McCabe, Track & Field Peter-Gay McKenzie, Track & Field Malina Mitchell, Track & Field Myesha Nott, Track & Field Mikenna Vanderheyden, Track & Field Sada Wright, Track & Field Audrey Adams, Volleyball Alexa Hasting, Volleyball Kristin Lux, Volleyball Briana Lynch, Volleyball Emmy Ogogor, Volleyball Lindsay Proctor, Volleyball Marielena Somoza, Volleyball Lacey Zerwas, Volleyball Jeffrey Boyd, Wrestling Alex Hornfeck, Wrestling Scott Joll, Wrestling Sean Mullican, Wrestling Caleb Rea, Wrestling Joey Thomas, Wrestling

KATELYN CACCAMO

SECOND TEAM

Jake Carr, Baseball Zach Ottinger, Baseball Daniel Ouderkirk, Baseball Jacob Watters, Baseball Derek Culver, Men’s Basketball Emmitt Matthews Jr., Men’s Basketball Miles McBride, Men’s Basketball Sean McNeil, Men’s Basketball Blessing Ejiofor, Women’s Basketball Noah Guzman, Football Briason Mays, Football Parker Moorer, Football Alec Sinkfield, Football Mark Goetz, Golf Kendra Combs, Gymnastics Michelle Waldron, Gymnastics Kayla Yancey, Gymnastics Michaela Pulick, Rowing

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Gabrielle Riggleman, Rowing Jordan Wittmaack, Rowing Luke McCormick, Men’s Soccer Nick Cover, Men’s Swimming and Diving Max Gustafson, Men’s Swimming and Diving Owen Johns, Men’s Swimming and Diving Denys Kostromin, Men’s Swimming and Diving Mathilde Kaelbel, Women’s Swimming and Diving Emma Longley, Women’s Swimming and Diving Hayley Jackson, Track & Field Sarah Stair, Track & Field Natalie Winter, Volleyball Noah Adams, Wrestling Hunter DeLong, Wrestling

ACADEMIC ALL-ROOKIE Ben Abernathy, Baseball Braden Barry, Baseball Nathan Blasick, Baseball Ben Hampton, Baseball McGwire Holbrook, Baseball Mikey Kluska, Baseball Seny N’diaye, Men’s Basketball JeAnna Cunningham, Women’s Basketball Taziah Jenks, Women’s Basketball Macey Crawford, Cross Country/Track & Field Lynsie Curtis, Cross Country/Track & Field Tazanna Epps, Cross Country/Track & Field

Jo-Lauren Keane, Cross Country/Track & Field Lilly McMullen, Cross Country/Track & Field Lydia Moell, Cross Country/Track & Field Abigale Mullings, Cross Country/Track & Field Petal Palmer, Cross Country/Track & Field Megan Weaver, Cross Country/Track & Field Zach Frazier, Football Sean Martin, Football Akheem Mesidor, Football Daryl Porter Jr., Football Taurus Simmons, Football A’Varius Sparrow, Football Devell Washington, Football Will Stakel, Golf Chloe Asper, Gymnastics Ellen Collins, Gymnastics Agatha Handono, Gymnastics Kiana Lewis, Gymnastics Nicole Norris, Gymnastics Becca Lamb, Rifle Molly McGhin, Rifle Matt Sanchez, Rifle Laura Atkins, Rowing Ashlea Clark, Rowing Emily DeGlopper, Rowing Alexandra Farron, Rowing Anna Gall, Rowing Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi, Men’s Soccer Chloe Adler, Women’s Soccer Jadyn Chee, , Women’s Soccer Maya Ladhani, Women’s Soccer Lilly McCarthy, Women’s Soccer

Justin Heimes, Men’s Swimming and Diving Logan McFadden, Men’s Swimming and Diving Dylan Melin, Men’s Swimming and Diving William Mullen, Men’s Swimming and Diving Joe Schaefer, Men’s Swimming and Diving Brendan Williams, Men’s Swimming and Diving Kate Beckish, Women’s Swimming and Diving Paige Dressel, Women’s Swimming and Diving Shelby Gerving, Women’s Swimming and Diving Sara Haggerty, Women’s Swimming and Diving Kaelyn McClain, Women’s Swimming and Diving Lauren Musbach, Women’s Swimming and Diving Abby Reardon, Women’s Swimming and Diving Momoko Nagato, Tennis Melisa Nur Temiz, Volleyball Jack Blumer, Wrestling Anthony D’Alesio, Wrestling Caleb Dowling, Wrestling Peyton Hall, Wrestling

ACADEMIC ALL-MAC Aaron Denk Gracia, Men’s Soccer Dyon Dromers, Men’s Soccer Pau Jimenez Albelda, Men’s Soccer Kyle Lehnert, Men’s Soccer Sam Morgan, Men’s Soccer Kevin Morris, Men’s Soccer Nic Short, Men’s Soccer Ike Swiger, Men’s Soccer Steven Tekesky, Men’s Soccer

ACADEMIC TEAM AWARDS Men’s Soccer, United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award Women’s Soccer, United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award Men’s Swimming and Diving, CSCAA Scholar All-America Team Women’s Swimming and Diving, CSCAA Scholar All-America Team Women’s Tennis, ITA Academic Team Golf, GCAA All-Academic Team Volleyball, AVCA Team Academic Award

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Mountaineers Adapt to Life With COVID-19 in 2020-21 The COVID-19 pandemic that took hold in the spring of 2020 and raged throughout the summer and fall, held on as the calendar turned to 2021, wreaking havoc with day-to-day life across the globe. Masks and social distancing became commonplace, but the emergence of vaccines near the beginning of 2021 finally helped bring about a return to some sort of normalcy. While seasons were shorter, seating capacities were reduced, games were rescheduled, testing was prevalent and student-athletes missed games, sports did return to West Virginia University for the 2020-21 season.

Athletics Facilities Update In the summer of 2018, Shane Lyons stood before a room full of reporters to map out his vision for the future. He was holding a wooden pointer

and behind him was a visual display of the Climbing Higher Campaign, an ambitious, $100 million capital improvement initiative announced that afternoon. He talked about refurbishing the WVU Coliseum and Milan Puskar Center complexes and improving facilities for some of West Virginia’s Olympic sports teams. He said if there isn’t a crane somewhere on campus or a construction project ongoing, then West Virginia University is falling behind or going backward. “We need to continue moving our department forward,” he said at the time. “These are not wants … these are needs. We need these things for our department and our student-athletes as we continue to grow. You look at the success we’ve had in basketball, soccer and baseball and I think some of that correlates to the improvements made

with their facilities from a recruiting and coach retention standpoint.” The WVU Coliseum received a new video board and seats this past fall and some of the other projects Lyons discussed that day, such as the renovation of the Milan Puskar Center and the massive new Olympic Sports Performance Center have become realities. That’s a credit to the great vision put forth by Lyons, WVU President Gordon Gee and the WVU Board of Governors, as well as the tremendous generosity of Mountaineer Nation because the financing for these projects has come through private donations and bonds along with WVU’s relationship with Learfield.

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Huggins and Carey pick up Milestone Wins Mountaineer basketball coaches Bob Huggins and Mike Carey racked up milestone wins this past season. Huggins won his 900th career game with an 84-67 victory over Morehead State in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Indianapolis, becoming just the sixth Division I basketball coach to reach the milestone. He joined Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim, Jim Calhoun,

Roy Williams and Bob Knight in the exclusive club. In 14 seasons with the Mountaineers, Huggins has posted a 310-171 mark and been to the postseason 12 times - 10 NCAA berths, the NIT and the CBI. Prior to returning home to WVU in 2007, he had a 23-12 record in one season at Kansas State, a 399-127 record in 16 seasons at

Cincinnati, a 97-46 mark in five seasons at Akron and a 71-26 record in three seasons at Walsh. The winningest coach in program history, Carey won his 700th career game over LSU in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout. In his 33 seasons as a head coach, Carey has posted a 720-325 mark and became

one of eight coaches nationally who surpassed 700 career wins in 2020-21. In 20 seasons at WVU, Carey has a 432-223 record. Prior to WVU, he was 288-102 in 13 seasons as the men’s coach at Salem. The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association recognized Carey as a member of its Victory Club.

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Lyons and Zinn Earn Recognition

In the most challenging year of their professional careers, Shane Lyons and Keli Zinn also had rewarding experiences. Lyons was named one of four Athletics Directors of the Year for the Football Bowl Subdivision by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), while Zinn was recognized by Silver Waves Media as on of its top assistant athletics directors in the country. Also joining Lyons as this year’s Football Bowl Subdivision recipients were Coastal Carolina’s Matt Hogue,

BYU’s Tom Holmoe and Oregon’s Rob Mullens. According to the announcement, the award “highlights the efforts of athletics directors at all levels for their commitment and positive contributions to studentathletes, campuses and their surrounding communities.” Lyons has certainly contributed a lot of positives in year filled with negatives. In the spring of 2020, a once-ina-lifetime pandemic shut down the country, canceled March Madness and threatened the college football season.

Athletics directors from Washington to Miami were staring into the abyss. Lyons, as chair of the NCAA Division I Football Committee, was presented with a crisis that required some momentous decision making. Could college football be played safely in the fall during a worldwide pandemic? If not, what does that mean for the future of collegiate sports? Lyons not only had to steer his alma mater through this crisis, but also an entire industry because of his involvement on the Division I Football Committee. In the summer of 2020, when some columnists and pundits were recommending college football be canceled, Lyons and West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee urged everyone to be patient and not overreact to each piece of conflicting medical data being reported. Lyons also had to make some difficult decisions within his department to help it survive the pandemic. He said he relied on the talents of his senior leadership team and also the University administration to put forth a solid plan moving forward. Zinn was one of those on that senior leadership team, and here’s what Silver Waves Media wrote of her in recognizing her for the award: Zinn, a WVU graduate, has helped to lead the Mountaineers athletic

program to excel in football, basketball, golf, baseball, and many other notable sports. She is the athletic department’s primary liaison for the University’s central administration and works closely with WVU’s general counsel, strategic initiatives, finance and human resources. In 2014, Zinn was appointed to interim Director of Athletics and became the first female to lead the University’s Athletic Department. In 2020, Zinn was inducted into the WVU College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences’ Hall of Fame. Other achievements include The Sports Business Journal naming Zinn as a recipient of the prestigious Forty Under 40 Awards in 2019, being honored as WVU’s Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences in 2018, and being selected among the Sports Business Journal’s Game Changers in 2016. Silver Waves Media came up with its list after consulting coaches, presidents, search firms and influencers. A total of 84 administrators were recognized.

MIKEY KLUSKA

BEN HAMPTON

JACKSON WOLF

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baseball 25-27/8-16 Big 12

TEAM • Jackson Wolf finished the year with 104 strikeouts, good for No. 49 nationally, No. 3 in the Big 12 and No. 10 in single-season program history. He became just the fourth WVU pitcher to tally a 100-strikeout season since 2000 • In all, the Mountaineer pitching staff finished with 535 strikeouts, good for the fourth-most in a season in team history • WVU ranked No. 14 nationally and No. 2 in the Big 12 in strikeouts per nine innings (10.6), as well as No. 32 in the nation and No. 3 in the conference in stolen bases (77). The Mountaineers also sat inside the nation’s top 50 in triples, finishing at No. 48 (14) • Sophomore outfielder Victor Scott’s six sacrifice flies were good for No. 25 nationally and No. 1 in the Big 12, while his 20 stolen bases ranked No. 45 in the country and No. 2 in the league • West Virginia earned its highestranked win in program history with a 5-4 victory at No. 2 Texas on May 20 and matched the feat six days later with a 5-1 win over the Longhorns at the Phillips 66 Big 12

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Baseball Championship on May 26 WVU won multiple games at the Big 12 Championship for the sixth time in the last eight tournaments, including five in a row On April 11, coach Randy Mazey won his 250th game at West Virginia with an 8-4 triumph at Baylor. Mazey is the fourthwinningest coach in WVU history The Mountaineers finished 15-12 at Monongalia County Ballpark in 2021, marking the seventh consecutive winning season at the venue since it opened in 2015 A program-record 12 players named to the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team, including eight firstteam selection, also tops in team history

BEN ABERNATHY

KEVIN BROPHY

PAUL MCINTOSH

• One of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week (March 1)

• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention • Signed free agent contract with Miami Marlins

ALEC BURNS

ZACH OTTINGER

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

JAKE CARR

DANIEL OUDERKIRK

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

AUSTIN DAVIS

VICTOR SCOTT

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

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

BEN HAMPTON • • • •

Rawlings/Perfect Game Freshman All-America Second Team Big 12 All-Freshman Team Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Drafted by Los Angeles Dodger (17th Round)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

VINCE IPPOLITI • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MADISON JEFFREY

BRADEN BARRY

MIKEY KLUSKA

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

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

BEAU LOWERY • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

NATHAN BLASICK

MATT MCCORMICK

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ADAM TULLOCH

JACOB WATTERS

• Drafted by Los Angeles Dodgers (17th Round)

• Drafted by San Diego Padres (6th Round)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MCGWIRE HOLBROOK

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

RYAN BERGERT

NOAH SHORT

JACKSON WOLF • Drafted by San Diego Padres (9th Round) • All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 All-Tournament Team • Preseason All-America Third Team selection by NCBWA • Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 29) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (April 26, May 10)

TIM WYNIA • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

THIRD AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

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cross country TEAM

KATHERINE DOWIE

HAYLEY JACKSON

MIKENNA VANDERHEYDEN

• Finished third at the 2020 Big 12 Championship in Lawrence, Kansas, and 29th at the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma • Ceili McCabe, Katherine Dowie and Charlotte Wood finished inside the top-15 at the conference meet to earn All-Big 12 honors; the honor was the second for McCabe and first for Dowie and Wood • Ten members of the squad were awarded the Academic All-Big 12 First Team honor. • The Mountaineers finished first at the Panther Open, while WVU also raced at the FSU XC Winter Classic for the first time in program history

• All-Big 12 First Team • Academic All-Big First Team • Dr. Gerald Large Academic Achievement Award

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

HANNAH LIPPS

BREE WARREN

• Academic All-Big First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

CEILI MCCABE

CHARLOTTE WOOD

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

• All-Big 12 First Team

SAMANTHA HATCHER • Academic All-Big First Team

CEILI MCCABE

MARIANNE ABDALAH • Academic All-Big First Team • Dr. Gerald Large Academic Achievement Award

ANTIGONE ARCHER • Academic All-Big First Team

KATHERINE DOWIE AND MARIANNE ABDALAH

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football 6-4/4-4 Big 12

TEAM • Finished 6-4 overall and 4-4 in the Big 12 Conference, finishing No. 5, two spots ahead of the prior year’s finish • Won four of the first six games and won the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 2421, over Army • Finished with a 5-0 home record, the first time since 2009 that WVU finished without losing a home game. It was also the sixth time in school history that West Virginia finished with a perfect home slate • The Liberty Bowl appearance marked the 17 time in the past 19 years that the Mountaineers has been selected for a postseason bowl game, one of 15 Power 5 schools to accomplish that • Led the nation in fewest passing yards allowed (159.6) • Led all Power 5 schools in total defense, giving up only 291.4 yards per game • Ranked No. 4 in the nation in total defense (291.4), No. 21 in scoring defense (20.5), No. 23 in interceptions (11), No. 24 in pass efficiency defense (121.52) and No. 28 in rushing defense (131.8) • Offensively, ranked No. 17 nationally in fewest interceptions thrown (4), No. 28 in passing offense (277.5), No. 35 in red-zone offense (.878) and No. 38 in completion percentage (.631).

• Senior defensive lineman Darius Stills became WVU’s 12th Consensus All-American in school history and first since 2006. He was the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year, was a semifinalist for the Lott Trophy and the Senior CLASS Award. He was named to nine All-American teams, including five first-team selections (Associated Press, Sporting News, USA Today, ESPN, Bleacher Report) and four second teams (FWAA, Walter Camp, Phil Steele, The Athletic). Stills was awarded the Hardman Award by West Virginia Sport Writers Association, signifying the state’s top amateur athlete in the state. • Had three players earn All-Big 12 Conference First Team honors: Leddie Brown, Tony Fields II and Darius Stills. The Mountaineers placed four players on the second team: Alonzo Addae, Mike Brown, Akheem Mesidor and Winston Wright Jr. • Addae was named a finalist for the Canadian Cornish Trophy, signifying one of the top Canadian collegiate football players, competing in the NCAA. • Fields II was the lone Mountaineer to be selected in the NFL Draft as a fifth-round pick by the Cleveland Browns. Earning free agent contracts were Mike Brown OL/New Orleans), Kyle Poland (LS/Houston), T.J. Simmons (WR/Tampa Bay) and Darius Stills (DL/Las Vegas).

• Running back Leddie Brown finished with 1,010 yards rushing and nine touchdowns. He ranked No. 14 nationally in rushing yards (1,010), No. 26 in touchdowns (11), No. 27 in rushing yards per game (101.0) and No. 31 in rushing touchdowns (9) • Quarterback Jarret Doege ranked No. 10 nationally in completions per game (23.9), No. 16 in passing yards (2,587), No. 23 in passing yards per game (258.7) and No. 37 in completion pct. (.639) • Fields II ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 27 nationally in tackles per game (9.8). Josh Chandler-Semedo was No. 8 (7.1) and Alonzo Addae ranked No. 20 in the conference (6.6). • Safety Sean Mahone was named to CoSIDA’s prestigious Academic AllAmerica Team, earning second team distinction. That marked the first Academic All-American for a WVU football player since Reed Williams in 2009. Mahone and kicker Evan Staley were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 team • Kicker Evan Staley and long snapper Kyle Poland were named to the Hampshire Honor Society for excellence on the field, in the classroom and in the community • Seventeen players were named to the Academic All-Big 12 teams, including 13 first-team honorees. Zach Frazier was one of eight WVU student-athletes who made the team with a 4.0 GPA for the year

JAKE ABBOTT

NEAL BROWN

JOSH CHANDLER-SEMEDO

• Allstate Good Hands Team Honorary Head Coach • AFCA Board of Directors

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ALONZO ADDAE • 2021 Canadian Cornish Trophy Finalist • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Coaches, PFF, Phil Steele) • Thorpe Award Watch List

JARED BARTLETT • FWAA Freshman All-American Watch List

CHASE BEHRNDT • All-Big 12 Conference Fourth Team (Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Coaches)

DANTE BONAMICO • Iron Mountaineer Award

LEDDIE BROWN • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Coaches, AP, Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Heartland College Sports) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Pro FB Focus) • Doak Walker Award Watch List • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Kansas)

MIKE BROWN • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Coaches, AP, Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (PTF) • All-Bowl Team (AP, USA Today, ESPN) • AutoZone Liberty Bowl WVU Defensive MVP

JAMES GMITER • Iron Mountaineer Award

NOAH GUZMAN • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Iron Mountaineer Award

JOHN HUGHES • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SAM JAMES • Wuerffel Trophy Watch List

ALI JENNINGS • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

OSMAN KAMARA • Tommy Nickolich Award Winner

CASEY LEGG • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SEAN MAHONE

DARIUS STILLS

JARRET DOEGE • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Pro Football Focus) • All-Big 12 Conference Fourth Team (Phil Steele) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Kansas State) • Reese’s Senior Bowl Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Baylor) BRYCE FORD-WHEATON • Iron Mountaineer Award

TONY FIELDS II • NFL Draft: 5th Round (Cleveland Browns) • Reese’s Senior Bowl All-American First Team • Big 12 Conference Defensive Newcomer of the Year (Coaches) • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Coaches, AP, Heartland Sports) • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Pro FB Focus)

NICKTROY FORTUNE • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (PFF) ZACH FRAZIER • FWAA Freshman All-American Semifinalist • 247Sports True Freshman All-American First Team • ESPN True Freshman All-American First Team • All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)

• CoSIDA Academic All-America (Second Team) • CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (PFF) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • NFF Foundation Scholar Athlete Semifinalist

GRAESON MALASHEVICH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

BRIASON MAYS • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

AKHEEM MESIDOR • Ted Hendricks Award Watch List • ESPN True Freshman All-American First Team • Freshman All-American Second Team (The Athletic) • Freshman All-American Semifinalist (FWAA)

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• All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Coaches) • All-Big 12 Conference Third Team (Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (PFF) • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Kansas)

DRESHUN MILLER • All-Big 12 Conference Fourth Team (Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Coaches, PFF)

PARKER MOORER • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MIKE O’LAUGHLIN • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KYLE POLAND • Special Teams U All-American Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JEFFERY POOLER JR. • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Coaches)

BLAINE SCOTT • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

T.J. SIMMONS • AutoZone Liberty Bowl MVP • AutoZone Liberty Bowl WVU Offensive MVP • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (TCU)

ALEC SINKFIELD • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

TYKEE SMITH • All-American First Team (Rivals, Pro Football Focus)

• All-American Second Team (Sporting News, FWAA) • All-American Third Team (Associated Press) • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Pro Football Focus, Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist • All-Big 12 Honorable Mention • Thorpe Award Watch List

• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Baylor) • Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week (Baylor) • Reese’s Senior Bowl Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Baylor)

WINSTON WRIGHT JR. • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Coaches, Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Third Team (Pro Football Focus)

EVAN STALEY • CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

DANTE STILLS • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (Pro Football Focus, Phil Steele) • All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (AP) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Coaches) • Pro Football Focus All-American Honorable Mention • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention

DARIUS STILLS • NCAA Consensus All-American • All-American First Team (AP, Sporting News, ESPN, Bleacher Report, USA Today) • All-American Second Team (Walter Camp, FWAA, Phil Steele, The • Athletic) • West Virginia Sports Writers Association Hardman Award (top amateur in the state) • Lott Trophy Award Semifinalist • Senior CLASS Award Semifinalist • Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year • All-Big 12 Conference First Team (coaches, AP) • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Pro Football Focus)

LEDDIE BROWN

BRANDON YATES • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention (Coaches) • FWAA Freshman All-American Watch List

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golf TEAM • GCAA All-Academic team for fifth consecutive year • Mark Goetz became first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors • Finished ninth at the Big 12 Championship • Shot a 72-hole total of 1187 at the Big 12 Championship, tying WVU’s best 72-hole total in the Big 12 Championship • Round of 283 in the Big 12 Championship Third Round was just one shot off its best round in a Big 12 Championship event • Ended the regular season with the 27th-best strength of schedule out of 291 Division I teams • Mark Goetz became first individual NCAA qualifier in school history • Won the Mountaineer Invitational for the third consecutive season, while Goetz became the second WVU golfer to win the individual title at the Mountaineer Invitational • Finished in seventh place at The Hootie at Bulls Bay and 10th place at the Seminole Intercollegiate • Shot a 10-under-par 278 at the Seminole Intercollegiate, the eighthbest round in school history • Posted the lowest team score in the three years of competing at the Gators Invitational • Team played an abbreviated schedule due to COVID-19

JACKSON DAVENPORT • Big 12 Championship lineup • Shot a 68 at the Big 12 Championship in the third round, the third-best round by a WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Tied for seventh at the Mountaineer Invitational • Recorded a tie in the Big 12 Match Play Championship against TCU

MARK GOETZ • Became the first WVU golfer in school history to earn All-America honors (Honorable Mention by Golfweek) • Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America • Finished second at NCAA Golf Regional, nearly missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship • Became WVU’s first NCAA individual qualifier in school history • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Golf Most Outstanding Player • Won his first collegiate title by shooting 12-under-par in the Mountaineer Invitational • His 12-under-par total was the lowest in school history (in relation to par) and was the only golfer under par at the Mountaineer Invitational • His final round 65 in the Mountaineer Invitational tied for the fourth-lowest round in school history

• His 204 (70-69-65) in Mountaineer Invitational was the second-lowest, 54-hole total in school history • Finished with the fifth-best, 72-hole score in a Big 12 Championship by a WVU player (298) • Recorded a 68 in the final round at the Big 12 Championship, the thirdbest round by a WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Finished tied for 10th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Recorded at sixth-place finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate • Picked up three victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Top 25 finish at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational

KURTIS GRANT • GCAA Division I All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award • Tied for 13th at the Mountaineer Invitational • Top 25 finish at the George Hannon Intercollegiate • Picked up two victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship

LOGAN PERKINS • Posted the third-lowest, 72-hole score by a WVU player at a Big 12 Championship event (296) • Big 12 Championship lineup • Picked up a win in the Big 12 Match Play Championship

WILL STAKEL • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Competed as an individual at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Was in the lineup for the Big 12 Match Play Championship

TRENT TIPTON • • • • •

GCAA Division I All-America Scholar Academic All-Big 12 First Team WVU Golf Most Improved Award Big 12 Championship lineup Top 30 finish at the Mountaineer Invitational • Finished tied for 12th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay

ETIENNE PAPINEAU • • • •

GCAA Division I All-America Scholar Academic All-Big 12 First Team Big 12 Championship lineup Top 25 finish in his season debut at the Mountaineer Invitational • Missed the majority of the season with knee surgery in his fifth year as a Mountaineer

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gymnastics 2-7/0-6 Big 12

TEAM • Qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships for the 41st time in program history and the 36th time in NCAA competition • In the postseason, WVU finished fourth (195.725) at the 2021 Big 12 Gymnastics Championships and third (195.65) in the second of two second-round meets at the NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships • WVU ended the year ranked No. 28 in the Road to Nationals Rankings with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 391.419. The Mountaineers’ floor exercise lineup was ranked inside the top 25 every week, as the squad posted a 49.0 or higher in all but two meets • WVU tallied a season-high score in a 196.1-193.4 win over regional rival Pitt in its regular-season finale on March 14. The mark is tied for the 35th-best score in program history • The squad also earned a seasonhigh 49.45 mark on floor in the second round of the NCAA Regional Championships on April 2, good for an NCAA regional record

• At season end, Kendra Combs ranked inside the top 10 on floor in the conference, checking in at No. 10 overall with an NQS of 9.888 • Chloe Asper was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 23. Asper’s honor was the first for a WVU gymnast since Chloe Cluchey was named the Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week on Jan. 27, 2020. Additionally, four-time All-American Kirah Koshinski was the last Mountaineer to win Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors in 2016 • Eleven of the 14 Mountaineers who saw competitive time reached the podium. WVU boasted 64 podium finishes on the year. Combs led the team with 11 podium finishes and seven event wins • Nine Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics Teams, including six first-team members. Kianna Yancey was the lone WVU gymnast to earn the recognition with a 4.0 grade point average • McKenna Linnen also received the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor

• Colin Braley, WVU’s Assistant Director of Facilities & Operations, was named the Region 5 Adminstrator of the Year by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA)

MCKENNA LINNEN

ESPERANZA ABARCA

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Ranked No. 4 on the team with 350.275 season points • Passed the 500-career point plateau • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 15)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • John Quackenbush Award for Mountaineer Spirit • Passed the 500-career point plateau

CHLOE ASPER • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 23)

KENDRA COMBS • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Linda Burdette-Good Award for the Most Valuable Gymnast • Ranked No. 5 on the team with 292.775 season points • Passed the 500-career point plateau

• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ABBIE PIERSON

MICHELLE WALDRON • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

KAYLA YANCEY • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

KIANNA YANCEY • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Ranked No. 1 on the team with 360.55 season points • Passed the 500-career point plateau

EMILY HOLMES-HACKERD • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Ranked No. 3 on the team with 357.975 season points

RACHEL HORNUNG • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Ranked No. 2 on the team with 358.925 season points • Passed the 500-career point plateau

KIANA LEWIS • Most Improved Gymnast Award

KIANNA YANCEY

MILES MCBRIDE

DEREK CULVER

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men’s basketball

JORDAN MCCABE

TEAM

SENY N’DIAYE

19-10/11-6 Big 12

• Finished No. 13 in the Associated Press poll and No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches poll • WVU has now been ranked in 11 of Bob Huggins’ 14 seasons at WVU • The Mountaineers have been ranked in the final AP poll 20 times, including six times in the last seven seasons • Posted a winning nonconference mark (8-3) for the 29th consecutive season • Reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament • Made 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament under Bob Huggins • Ranked every week in the polls this season, getting as high as No. 6 in the AP poll on March 1 and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches poll on March 1 • WVU has been ranked 149 weeks since Jan. 3, 2005 and 263 weeks total in school history (38th all-time in NCAA history) • WVU posted six Big 12 road victories • The 22-point win at K-State was WVU’s biggest ever on the road in Big 12 play. • WVU had 14 3-point field goals made at Oklahoma, tying for WVU’s most in a Big 12 game • Defeated No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 12 Texas, No. 19 Richmond and No. 23 Kansas

• Won three games to capture the 2020 Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic, defeating South Dakota State, VCU and Western Kentucky • WVU has now won six in-season tournaments under Bob Huggins • The Mountaineers own 1,811 career victories, now ranking WVU 20th in wins among all Division I schools • WVU tied for third in the Big 12

COACH BOB HUGGINS • Became the sixth Division I coach to win 900 career games when WVU defeated Morehead State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament • Now shows 900 wins, two wins behind Bob Knight and three wins behind Roy Williams • Only active Division I coach to win 300 games at two different schools • Is now the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim • Was eligible for the Naismith Hall of Fame

JALEN BRIDGES • Big 12 All-Freshman Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

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

• Lute Olson All-America Team • USBWA All-District II Team • Honorable Mention AP AllAmerican • NABC District 8 Second Team • Became West Virginia’s 54th 1,000-point scorer • Big 12 Player of the Week (Nov. 30) • MVP of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SEAN MCNEIL • All-Big 12 Honorable Mention • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 15) • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

GABE OSABUOHIEN • Big 12 All-Defensive Team

TAZ SHERMAN • All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

EMMITT MATTHEWS JR. • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MILES MCBRIDE • Picked in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder (36 overall) and then traded to the New York Knicks • All Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Third Team All-American by March Madness • Finalist for Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year award • Honorable Mention AP AllAmerican • USBWA All-District II Team and NABC District 8 Second Team • Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 8 and Feb. 22) • Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic All-Tournament Team

SEAN MCNEIL

LUKE MCCORMICK

IKE SWIGER

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

men’s soccer 6-3-1/4-3-1 MAC

• West Virginia finished 6-3-1 overall in coach Dan Stratford’s inaugural season at the helm, good for third place in the Mid-American Conference • Stratford, a Mountaineer alum and former WVU assistant coach, led the Mountaineers to a 1-0 win over in-state rival and No. 8 Marshall on March 24, the team’s first win over a top-10 opponent since 2017 • Junior midfielder Ike Swiger scored with the game-winning goal over the Thundering Herd, becoming the first West Virginia native to score for the Mountaineers since 2011. • The squad also won Stratford’s debut on Feb. 26, at Charlotte, a 2-0 shutout to open the 2020-21 campaign • Senior goalkeeper Steven Tekesky, sophomore midfielder Luke McCormick and Swiger were named to the All-MAC First Team, while senior midfielder Pau Jimenez Albelda and senior defender Kevin Morris earned second-team distinction • Additionally, Morris was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team, becoming the first men’s soccer student-athlete to earn the recognition since 2016

• The Mountaineers were recognized with the Team Academic Award by the United Soccer Coaches for the 13th consecutive year • West Virginia has defeated a top25 opponent in 13 of the last 15 seasons. • WVU tallied six shutouts in 2021, ranking No. 1 in the MAC and No. 7 nationally (0.600 shutout percentage) • The squad surrendered only six goals in 2021 to lead the conference. West Virginia also was No. 1 in the MAC and No. 9 nationally in goals against average (0.58) • Individually, Tekesky’s six shutouts ranked No. 6 nationally, while he also finished the year at No. 12 in goals against average (0.58) and No. 15 in save percentage (0.838) • Tekesky led the MAC in shutouts (6), save percentage (.838), goals against average (0.58) and shutouts per game (0.60) • In the WVU record books, Tekesky now sits at No. 3 all-time in goalkeeper matches played (62) and goalkeeper minutes played (5,596), No. 4 in wins (33), goalkeeper starts (60) and shutouts (20) and No. 6 in saves (165)

• Freshman defender Jesus De Vicente tied for No. 1 in the MAC and No. 31 nationally in assists (5), while he also tied for the conference lead and No. 29 in the nation in assists per game (0.50) • In all, had 12 players record at least one point on the year, including seven different goal scorers

KEVIN MORRIS

TEAM

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

• United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award

RYAN BAER • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

JOSEPH BIAFORA • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

CIRO BOURLOT JAEGGI • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

AARON DENK GRACIA • Academic All-MAC

• CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team • CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 Team • All-MAC Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • Academic All-MAC

NIC SHORT

IKE SWIGER • All-MAC First Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • Academic All-MAC

STEVEN TEKESKY • All-MAC First Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • Academic All-MAC • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (March 8)

DYON DROMERS • Academic All-MAC

PAU JIMENEZ ALBELDA • All-MAC Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • Academic All-MAC

KYLE LEHNERT • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • Academic All-MAC

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

SAM MORGAN • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • Academic All-MAC

STEVEN TEKESKY

SARAH OSBORN

JARED EDDY

VERENA ZAISBERGER

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE 2019-20 ATHLETICS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

rifle

7-1/5-1 GARC

• Qualified for its 14th straight NCAA Rifle Championships and finished the year ranked No. 4 nationally • Finished first at the 2020 Great America Rifle Conference Championships with a two-day total of 4727. WVU finished second in smallbore (2346) and second in air rifle (2381) • A program record nine shooters earned a combined 22 College Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) AllAmerica honors. • Nine shooters claimed 21 All-GARC honors • Verena Zaisberger was named the Elite 90 Award winner for NCAA Division I Rifle. Four Mountaineers have claimed this honor since 20112012, while Elizabeth Gratz most recently won it in 2017 and 2018. • Zaisberger was also named the Mountaineers’ GARC Scholar Athlete, which was the first career award for the music major. • Five student-athletes were named to the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 AtLarge First Team. Zaisberger claimed the recognition with a 4.00 grade point average (GPA)

MALORI BROWN

BECCA LAMB

AKIHITO SHIMIZU

• CRCA All-America Smallbore Honorable Mention • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

• CRCA All-America Air Rifle Second Team • CRCA All-America Air Rifle Second Team • All-GARC Air Rifle Second Team • All-GARC Smallbore and Aggregate Honorable Mention Team

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JARED EDDY • Matched WVU smallbore school record of 595 (Ole Miss) • Tied smallbore standing record of 199 (Ole Miss) • CRCA All-America Smallbore and Aggregate First Teams • CRCA All-America Air Rifle Second Team • All-GARC Smallbore and Combined Score First Team • Fourth place, smallbore, NCAA Championship • Second place overall at GARC Championships • Third place, smallbore, GARC Championships • Fourth place, air rifle, GARC Championships • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

TAL ENGLER • CRCA All-America Smallbore Second Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention • Fourth place overall at GARC Championships • Second place, smallbore, GARC Championships

MOLLY MCGHIN • CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • CRCA All-America Smallbore Second Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Second Teams

SARAH OSBORN • CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Third Team • CRCA All-America Smallbore Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Air Rifle Second team • All-GARC Combined Honorable Mention team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

MATT SANCHEZ • All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Second Teams • All-GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention Team • Sixth place, air rifle, GARC Championships

All-GARC Air Rifle First Team All-GARC Combined First Team All-GARC Smallbore Second Team CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • Ninth place, air rifle, NCAA Championship • Tenth place overall at GARC Championships

CALISTA SMOYER • CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Second Team • CRCA All-America Smallbore Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Air Rifle First Team • All-GARC Combined Score Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Score First Team • Second place, air rifle, GARC Championships • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

VERENA ZAISBERGER • CRCA All-America Air Rifle and Smallbore Second Teams • CRCA All-America Aggregate Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Second Team accolades. • GARC Scholar Athlete • Elite 90 Award • First place, air rifle, GARC Championships • Third place overall at GARC Championships • Sixth place, smallbore, GARC Championships • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team (4.0 GPA)

SYDNEY VANAUKEN

EMMA TOY

(LEFT TO RIGHT): MEGAN PRESENT, KILEIGH LADE, ALLYSON GEORGE AND ASHLEA CLARK

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

rowing TEAM

• Won Regatta at Robert Morris, 3-0, winning Varsity 8+ races and the Varsity 4+ race in first scored event of the season at Neville Township, Pennsylvania • At George Mason Invitational, first Varsity 8+ boat finished behind Villanova in its initial heat, and the second Varsity 8+ and the Varsity 4+ boats had good showings but placed behind Delaware in their heats. In the “B Final” races, all three boats showed a lot of resiliency, as the First Varsity 8+ boat finished in the No. 1 position, and the second Varsity 8+ and the Varsity 4+ boats overtook Delaware and won both races • Finished seventh at the 2021 Big 12 Championships • Junior Emma Toy earned All-Big 12 Conference honors • There were a school-record 11 student-athletes named to the 2021 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete team • Megan Casner, Ashley Dibling, Nicole Dibling, Megan Present and Emma Toy earned spots on the Scholar-Athlete team for the second consecutive year • Twenty-one student-athletes were named to the 2021 Academic AllBig 12 Rowing Teams, including four earning 4.0: Casner, Kaira Lay, Present and Jessica Woy

ALLY FISHER

MEGAN PRESENT

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ANNA GALL • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Eighteen student-athletes earned spots on the Academic All-Big 12 first team and five were on the All-Rookie team

LAURNA ATKINS

ALLYSON GEORGE • National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Team Award: Hammer Award

MAURA HARKINS

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • WVU Team Freshman Award: Most Improved Award

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MICHAELA PULICK • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

GABRIELLE RIGGLEMAN • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Team Award: Most Improved Award

AMANDA STARLIPER

MEGAN CASNER

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Team Award: Senior Recognition Award

• National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KAIRA LAY

EMMA TOY

• National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• All-Big 12 Team • National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Team Award: Flame Award • WVU Team Award: Team MVP

KILEIGH LADE

ASHLEA CLARK • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • WVU Team Freshman Award: Flame Award • WVU Team Freshman Award: Hammer Award

MADISON LINDUNG

EMILY DEGLOPPER

• National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Team Award: Flame Award

KATHLEEN MELDRUM

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • WVU Team Award: MVP Award

RUTH MIERZEJEWSKI

ASHLEY DIBLING

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Team Award: Senior Recognition Award

• National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

NICOLE DIBLING

ALEXIS MOODY

• National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

LYDIA NICOLAI

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ALEXANDRA FALLON • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

SYDNEY VANAUKEN • National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JESSICA WOY • National Scholar-Athlete (College Rowing Coaches Association) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Team Award: Senior Recognition Award

JORDAN WITTMAACK • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Team Award: Senior Recognition Award

DAVID DIXON

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

swimming & diving Men: 0-2/0-0 Big 12 Women: 0-2/0-0 Big 12

• Competed in its second season at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park • The men’s team earned a second-place finish at the 2021 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship, while the women’s team finished in fourth place • In total, the Mountaineers combined to earn 11 medals at the conference meet (four silver and seven bronze) • Nine members of the team earned a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team, while 19 were recognized on the AllBig 12 Second Team • WVU tallied a pair of program records at the Big 12 Championship. PJ Lenz earned a record-setting score of 377.00 in men’s platform, while the women’s 200 freestyle relay team of Emily Haimes, Harna Minezawa, Jacqueline McCutchan and Jordan Buechler combined for a time of 1:31.05 • Eight divers qualified for the 2021 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships: Camille Burt, Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Holly Darling, Owen Johns, PJ Lenz, Emma Longley, Jake Lowe and Marian Tiemeier • Five Mountaineers qualified for the 2021 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, including

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swimmer David Dixon and divers Jacob Cardinal Tremblay, Owen Johns, PJ Lenz and Jake Lowe Dixon earned a bid to the national meet for the fourth consecutive season, becoming the first Mountaineer from the men’s team to do so. Tremblay also qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year. WVU’s four divers at the NCAA Championships marked the first time in program history that multiple divers competed at a single championship, while the five Mountaineer competitors were the most for West Virginia since 2007 Dixon earned a 12th-place finish in the 200 butterfly at the NCAA Championships to earn Honorable Mention All-America honors, becoming the 36th All-American and 27th different Mountaineer from the men’s team to earn AllAmerica status The two squads were again named CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams in the fall and spring semesters Kayla Gagnon and Ryen Van Wyk were named recipients of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor

• Forty Mountaineers were named to the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Swimming and Diving Team; of those, 34 were named to the first team and eight student-athletes earned the honor with a 4.0 GPA, the most among Big 12 schools • West Virginia broke five school records during the 2021 campaign, including a pair of records during the Big 12 Championship

TEAM • CSCAA Scholar All-America CAMILLE BURT

KATE BECKISH • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

LAUREN BECKISH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

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

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

MEREDITH BOLINGER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

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

JORDAN BUECHLER • School record: 200 freestyle relay • All-Big 12 First Team

KAYLA GAGNON • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Dr. Gerald Lage Award

SHELBY GERVING • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

MAX GUSTAFSON • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

SARA HAGGERTY • School record: women’s platform • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

EMILY HAIMES PJ LENZ

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

GINGER HANSEN • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JOSH HARLAN CAMILLE BURT

HOLLY DARLING

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team- CSCAA Scholar All-American

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-American

JUSTIN HEIMES

DAVID DIXON

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

JACOB CARDINAL TREMBLAY • NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • NCAA qualifier • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-American

NICK COVER

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NCAA qualifier Honorable Mention All-America All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American Two-time Big 12 Men’s Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 20 and Feb. 3) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (March 29)

PAIGE DRESSEL

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

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

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

FAUSTO HUERTA

OWEN JOHNS • NCAA qualifier • NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MATHILDE KAELBEL • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

LAURYN KALLAY

DYLAN MELLIN

MARIAN TIEMEIER

BRENDAN WILLIAMS

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

PHILIP KAY

HARNA MINEZAWA

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

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

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

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-American

DENYS KOSTROMIN

CONRAD MOLINARO

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

PJ LENZ

WILLIAM MULLEN

• NCAA qualifier • NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • School record: men’s platform and 3-meter springboard • All-Big 12 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-American • Two-time Big 12 Men’s Diver of the Week (Jan. 20 and Feb. 3)

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

EMMA LONGLEY

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

• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

JAKE LOWE • NCAA qualifier • NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-American

JOSH MADZY • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JACQUELINE MCCUTCHAN • School record: 200 freestyle relay • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

LOGAN MCFADDEN

ANNE-ELAINE TILLER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

RYEN VAN WYK • • • •

LAUREN MUSBACH

All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American Dr. Gerald Lage Award

ALLY VANNETTA

• All-Big 12 Second Team

• Big 12 Women’s Swimmer of the Week (Feb. 3) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • CSCAA Scholar All-American

TATUM PEYERL • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ABBY REARDON

HARNA MINEZAWA

ABIGAIL RIGGS • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MICHAEL SANDNER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JOE SCHAEFER • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

ROANOKE SHIRK • Big 12 Men’s Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 10)

CALLIE SMITH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

DAVID SNIDER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

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

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

SARAH YOUNG • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MEGAN ZARTMAN • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ROBERTS ZEMTURIS • All-Big 12 Second Team

HUNTER BLESER

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE 2019-20 ATHLETICS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

tennis

ANNE-SOPHIE COURTEAU

3-6/0-6 Big 12

• ITA Scholar All-America team • In the ITA Fall Circuit: Morgantown, freshman Momoko Nagato earned a trio of wins to finish second • WVU rattled off three consecutive victories to open its dual season, including a sweep over Cleveland State to open the 2021 campaign. • The Mountaineers faced five ranked opponents to open Big 12 play, • Due to injuries and roster limitations, West Virginia was forced to end its season on April 7, 2021. • WVU ranked No. 4 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Atlantic Region on March 18, 2021.

HUNTER BLESER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • ITA Scholar-All-Amerca

ANASTASIIA BOVOLSKAIA

• ITA/UTR Division I Player of the Week (March 31, 2021) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • ITA Scholar-All-America

GIOVANNA CAPUTO • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • ITA Scholar-All-America

ANNE-SOPHIE COURTEAU • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • ITA Scholar-All-America

MOMOKO NAGATO • ITA Scholar-All-America

CEILI MCCABE

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

track & Field • Finished 8th at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship • Earned a first-place finish at the conference championship in the women’s distance medley relay, as the team of Hayley Jackson, Tessa Constantine, Ceili McCabe and JoLauren Keane crossed the finish line in a time of 11:21.35 • The DMR team claimed the Mountaineers’ first title since joining the conference • The Mountaineers registered a total of eight podium finishes in 14 events at the Big 12 Indoor Championship • Erica Hegele earned two podium finishes at the conference meet; Hegle took part in the pentathlon where she saw a sixth-place shot put finish and seventh place finish in the women’s 1,000 meters • Ceili McCabe also registered two podium finishes at the conference meet; as a member of the distance medley relay team and in the women’s 3,000 meters • WVU finished 9th as a team at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship with four trips to the podium in three events • McCabe led the team to their first ever Big 12 Outdoor Championship victory in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with time of 10:08.69 • McCabe (steeplechase), Jackson (1,500 meter), Katherine Dowie (steeplechase), and Peter-Gay McKenzie (long jump) all ranked in the top 48 in their events and

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participated in the 2021 NCAA East Preliminary round McCabe made her NCAA Outdoor Championships debut and broke the 3,000-meter steeplechase program school record after finishing in sixth overall in a time of 9:37.39 McCabe took home her first outdoor track and field All-American Honors. Her time ranks as the 12th-fastest time in NCAA history. Seven of those top 12 times were recorded at the 2021 NCAA Championships. Sada Wright sits in second (48.46) and fifth (46.02) all-time in the discus throw WVU hosted four outdoor track and field regular season home meets The Mountaineers traveled to five regular season track meets; Raleigh Relays, Mason Spring Invitational, EKU Twilight, Virginia Challenge and the RMU Invitational

MARIANNE ABDALAH • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

ANTIGONE ARCHER • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

CANDACE ARCHER

SAMANTHA HATCHER

• Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

KATELYN CACCAMO

ERICA HEGELE

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

TESSA CONSTANTINE

OLIVIA HILL

• DMR Team Indoor Big 12 Champion • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MACEY CRAWFORD • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

AMBER DOMBROWSKI • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

KATHERINE DOWIE • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Competed at the Outdoor East Preliminary Round • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

ELLIE GARDNER • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

HAYLEY JACKSON • • • •

All-Big 12 Indoor First Team Academic All-Big 12 Second Team DMR Team Indoor Big 12 Champion Competed at the Outdoor East Preliminary Round

MARIA KAYLOR • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

JO-LAUREN KEANE • All-Big 12 Indoor First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll • DMR Team Indoor Big 12 Champion

PEYTON KUKURA • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

HANNAH LIPS • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PETER-GAY MCKENZIE • Competed at the Outdoor East Preliminary Round • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

KATHERINE DOWIE

LILLY MCMULLEN • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MALINA MITCHELL • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

ABIGAIL MULLINGS • All-Big 12 Indoor Second Team

MYESHA NOTT • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PETAL PALMER • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

AVIGAIL RADABAUGH CEILI MCCABE

LYDIA MOELL

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• Matched her career high of 3.75 meters in pole vault twice • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

All-American First Team All-Big 12 Indoor First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team NCAA Qualifier DMR Team Indoor Big 12 Champion Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MICHELA ROSE • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MCKENNA SMITH • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

SARAH STAIR

MEGAN WEAVER

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MIKENNA VANDERHEYDEN • All-Big 12 Indoor First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

BREE WARREN • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

CASSANDRA WILLIAMSON • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

CHARLOTTE WOOD • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SADA WRIGHT • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 2021 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PETER-GAY MCKENZIE

HAYLEY JACKSON

BRIANA LYNCH

LACEY ZERWAS

2020-21

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE 2019-20 ATHLETICS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

volleyball 10-11/8-8 Big 12

• For the fifth straight year, WVU was named a recipient of the AVCA Team Academic Award • Posted a program-best, 8-8 mark to finish fourth overall in the Big 12, its highest league finish in Reed Sunahara’s six-year tenure • The Mountaineers also earned their first-ever national ranking in 202021, checking in to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 15 Poll three times and climbing as high as No. 13 – also a program best • WVU captured a pair of top-10 road wins for the first time in program history, upsetting No. 10 Kansas in five sets on Oct. 9-10, in Lawrence, Kansas. With the wins, the Mountaineers earned a season sweep over the Jayhawks for the first time in program history • Three individuals finished the season in the top 10 of four Big 12 categories: Briana Lynch ranked third with a .363 hitting efficiency and ninth with 1.06 blocks per set, Lacey Zerwas ranked fourth with 9.73 assists per set and Alexa Hasting ranked fifth with 3.81 digs per set

AUDREY ADAMS

NATALIE WINTER

• WVU’s Co-Captain • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year nominee

• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

ALEXA HASTING

• Lynch’s hitting percentage of .363 ranks first in a single season in program history • Lynch and Zerwas earned a pair of Big 12 postseason awards. Lynch made her first career appearance on the all-conference first team after earning second-team recognition a year ago, while Zerwas landed on the second team to collect her first career All-Big 12 honor • Lynch also was awarded a spot on the All-Midwest Region First Team by the AVCA. The honor marked the first of her career, as she became the first Mountaineer since 2016 to collect first-team recognition • Nine Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Volleyball Teams, including eight first-team members. Two Mountaineers earned their awards with a 4.0 grade point averages: Lindsay Proctor and Zerwas • Zerwas also was a recipient of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12’s highest academic honor

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KRISTIN LUX • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

LACEY ZERWAS • CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 First Team WVU’s Co-Captain • All-Big 12 Second Team • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

BRIANA LYNCH • AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team • All-Big 12 First Team • Preseason All-Big 12 Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 9) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 12) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 28)

EMMY OGOGOR • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

LINDSAY PROCTOR • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MARIELENA SOMOZA • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SKYE STOKES • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 16) AUDREY ADAMS

ESMERY MARTINEZ

KYSRE GONDREZICK

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women’s basketball 22-7/13-5 Big 12

• Finished No. 17 in the AP Poll and No. 24 in the USA Today Coaches Poll • Made its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history, including the 11th under coach Mike Carey • The trip to the 2021 NCAA Tournament marked the 19th postseason appearance in program history, including the 15th under Mike Carey • West Virginia made its third appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game • Posted the seventh 20-win season in the last eight years; it also marked the 14th time WVU has won 20 or more games under Mike Carey • WVU’s 13 league wins were the most Big 12 Conference wins for the Mountaineers since 2013-14 • West Virginia posted an 11-game win streak (Dec. 21, 2020-Feb. 10, 2021) in 2020-21, including a 10game conference win streak • The Mountaineers swept five Big 12 opponents this season (Kanas, Kansas State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech) • WVU also posted six wins by 20 or more points this season

• West Virginia’s 6-0 nonconference record was the best mark in the Big 12 Conference in 2020-21 • WVU’s win over No. 17 Texas (Jan. 9, 2021) marked its lone top-25 victory of the season • In total, the Mountaineers held 11 opponents under 60 points in 2020-21

COACH MIKE CAREY • Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year Semifinalist • Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year LateSeason Watch List • 2021 WBCA Victory Club • 700th Career Win vs. LSU

• 2021 WBCA All-Region 3 • 2021 Associated Press All-America (Honorable Mention) • 2021 Unanimous All-Big 12 First Team • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team • 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 AllTournament Team • 2020-21 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s Basketball Player of the Year Midseason Watch List • Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week (Feb. 1, 2021) • 2020-21 Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention • 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District II

KIRSTEN DEANS • 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KYSRE GONDREZICK • Drafted fourth overall in the first round of the 2021 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever • Highest draft pick in WVU Women’s Basketball history • Second first-round pick in program history • 11th WNBA Draft selection in program history • 2021 WBCA All-America (Honorable Mention)

ESMERY MARTINEZ • 2021 All-Big 12 First Team

KARI NIBLACK • • • •

2020-21 Team Captain 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team 2020-21 Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

BLESSING EJIOFOR • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

MADISEN SMITH • 2020-21 Team Captain • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team • 2020-21 Big 12 Champion for Life KARI NIBLACK

STEFANY FERRER-VANGINKEL

JORDAN BREWSTER

ALINA STAHL

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women’s soccer 10-3-1/7-2 Big 12

• WVU celebrated its 25th season in program history in 2020-21, finishing 10-3-1 overall, including 7-2 in Big 12 • West Virginia made its 21st consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, good for the fifthlongest streak in the nation • The Mountaineers also won at least 10 games for the 21st year in a row • WVU was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation during the year and finished at No. 13 in the final United Soccer Coaches National Poll • West Virginia defeated a pair of top10 opponents, extending its streak of at least one top-10 win in 15 of the last 16 campaigns • The team finished a perfect, 6-0 at home in 2020-21, marking its first undefeated season at home since 2005 • Junior defender Jordan Brewster was tabbed an All-America Second Team selection by United Soccer Coaches, becoming the 25th player in program history to earn All-America honors. In all, WVU has now totaled 56 total All-America accolades • Brewster also was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, marking the fifth different player and eighth overall to garner the conference’s top defensive honor • For the 10th consecutive season, a Mountaineer was featured on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, as Brewster earned the honor

• Academically, Brewster and junior forward Alina Stahl were named Academic All-District selections by CoSIDA, while a program-record 13 reached the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Brewster also earned Academic All-America Third Team honors • Brewster, Stahl and senior midfielder Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel were selected to the All-Big 12 First Team, while redshirt junior forward Laruen Segalla and sophomore defender Nicole Payne were placed on the second team. Additionally, freshman midfielder Lilly McCarthy was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team

TEAM • United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award

CHLOE ADLER • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

MACKENZIE AUNKST • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JORDAN BREWSTER • CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team • United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team • TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second Team • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team • United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team

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MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year All-Big 12 First Team Academic All-Big 12 First Team Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 6)

LILLY MCCARTHY • Big 12 Freshman of the Week (April 6) • All-Big 12 Freshman Team • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

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

GABRIELLE ROBINSON • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 20) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ENZI BROUSSARD

AALIYAH SCOTT

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 21)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

JADYN CHEE

• All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 5)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

STEFANY FERRERVANGINKEL • Signed professional contract with Tigres UANL Femenil • United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team • All-Big 12 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 14) • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 13, Nov. 2) • College Soccer News National Player of the Week (Nov. 2)

MAYA LADHANI • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

JULIANA LYNCH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KAYZA MASSEY • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

LAUREN SEGALLA

ISABELLA SIBLEY • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (April 5)

GRACE SMITH • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ALINA STAHL • United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team • United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (March 30) • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (March 29) • All-Big 12 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 26)

JULIANNE VALLERAND • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

NOAH ADAMS

KILLIAN CARDINALE

PEYTON HALL

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wrestling 7-3/3-2 Big 12

• Won four of its last five dual meets to end the year ranked No. 22 in the final Dual Meet Rankings by Intermat and FloWrestling • In the postseason, WVU finished ninth (57 points) at the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship and 31st (11.5 points) at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The squad placed 43rd at the 2019 tournament, improving 12 places in this year’s team standings • Four Mountaineer grapplers qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Redshirt juniors Killian Cardinale (125) and Noah Adams (197) and freshman Peyton Hall (165) each earned automatic bids based on their performances at the conference championship, while redshirt freshman Ryan Sullivan (133) received an at-large selection to punch his ticket • Cardinale earned All-America honors to highlight the Mountaineers’ run at this year’s tournament. Despite Adams receiving NWCA All-America First Team honors last season, Cardinale became the first wrestler in the Tim Flynn era to garner All-America accolades at the NCAA Championships • Cardinale finished the three-day tournament with a 12-7 win over No. 19-seed Eric Barnett of Wisconsin to earn a seventh-place finish in his respective weight bracket. The last Mountaineer grappler to finish seventh or higher at the national tournament

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was 125-pounder Zeke Moisey, as he earned a runner-up finish at the 2015 event Hall suffered a setback to No. 2-seed Anthony Valencia of Arizona State in the 165-pound blood rounds, just short of earning All-America status Additionally, six WVU wrestlers finished on the podium at the Big 12 Championship, including two thirdplace finishes from Cardinale and Adams West Virginia topped its first ranked opponent since the 2018-19 season, defeating No. 17 Northern Colorado in a 25-11 contest on Jan. 31, inside the WVU Coliseum Adams started the 2021 season on a seven-match win streak before he dropped an 8-7 battle to No. 14 Stephen Buchanan of Wyoming on Feb. 6 to snap his 39-match win streak. Greg Jones was the last Mountaineer grappler to win 39 or more consecutive matches, as he won 51 matches in a row from 2003-05 Eight Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling Teams. The eight honors are a team record and top the previous seasonbest showing of six, set in 2013 and 2020. All but two of the honorees landed on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, also a program-best showing

NOAH ADAMS

PEYTON HALL

• NCAA Qualifier at 197 pounds • Placed third in the 197-pound pool of the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship • Was nationally ranked in the top 10 throughout the season, ranking as high as No. 1 by several wrestling publications • Led the squad with 38 match points and ranked third on the team with 14 wins • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• NCAA Qualifier at 165 pounds • NWCA Scholar All-American • Earned a 3-2 mark at his firstever NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships; was one win shy of earning All-America status • Placed fourth in the 165-pound pool of the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship • Was nationally ranked in the top 25 throughout the season • Ranked second on the team with 16 wins

JEFFREY BOYD • Appeared at No. 32 nationally by The Open Mat • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

KILLIAN CARDINALE • • • • • • • •

NCAA Qualifier at 125 pounds NCAA All-American NWCA Scholar All-American Placed seventh in the 125-pound pool of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Placed third in his respective weight bracket at the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship Was nationally ranked in the top 25 throughout the season Led the team with 17 wins WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (March 22)

ANTHONY CARMAN • Placed eighth in the 184-pound pool of the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship

HUNTER DELONG • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

ALEX HORNFECK • Placed sixth in the 157-pound pool at the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SCOTT JOLL • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

SEAN MULLICAN • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

CALEB REA • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

RYAN SULLIVAN • NCAA Qualifier at 133 pounds • NWCA Scholar All-American • Was nationally ranked in the top 15 throughout the season

JOEY THOMAS • Academic All-Big 12 First Team

MICHAEL WOLFGRAM • Placed seventh in the heavyweight division at the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship

INTERCOLLEGIATE

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 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, Director’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 Andrea Moran, Assistant Business Manager Tiffany McDowell, Accounting Assistant Kristina Reed, Accounting Assistant Jenna Huggins, Athletics Travel Coordinator Doug Himes, Director of IT Drew Pridemore, Associate Systems Administrator

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 Tyler Schiefelbein, Athletics Graphics Designer

Joe Mitchin, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Amy Salvatore, 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 Amanda Chastain, Associate Director of Compliance Madison Feldkamp, Associate Director of Compliance

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

SPORTS MEDICINE Dr. A.J. Monseau, Medical Director/Head Team Physician Vincent Blankenship, Assistant Athletics Director/Head Athletic Trainer, Football Randy Meador, Assistant Athletics Director/Head Athletic Trainer, Olympic Sports Travis Randolph, Clinical Director of Sports Medicine Chris Schultheiss, Associate Director of Sports Medicine, Football Athletic Trainer Dillon Byrum, Athletic Trainer Zach Foster, Athletic Trainer AJ Garcia, Athletic Trainer Hunter Gross, Athletic Trainer Lauren Griffin, Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer Kelly Kessler, Athletic Trainer Hailee Settle, Athletic Trainer Taylor Tedesky, Athletic Trainer Sam Young, Athletic Trainer

CLINICAL AND SPORT PSYCHOLOGY Dr. Dayna Charbonneau, Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology

EQUIPMENT Dan Nehlen, Football Equipment Manager Conor McNamara, Equipment Manager Kyle Keesler, Assistant Equipment Manager Aaron Malik, Assistant Equipment Manager/Football Judy O’Neill Assistant Equipment Manager Michael Stokes, Assistant Equipment Manager

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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 Bill Shultz, Electronics Engineer James Hochgesang, Electronic Media Technician Senior Greg Iversen, Turfgrass Manager Darek Eckley, Assistant Turfgrass Manager Amy Hagedorn, Administrative Secretary Senior Jeff Barnette, Athletics Maintenance Bill Brandt, Athletics Maintenance Jim Ford, Athletics Maintenance Zackery Arnold, Trades Specialist/HVAC Rick McDonald, Trades Specialist/HVAC Greg Ridgway, Athletics Maintenance David Swisher, Trades Specialist Nathan Watkins, Athletics Maintenance Todd Wintermoyer, Athletics Maintenance Scott Wolfe, Athletics Maintenance

HUMAN RESOURCES Kim Thaler, Associate Director of Personnel Services

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT

MOUNTAINEER ATHLETIC CLUB

Mike Joseph, Assistant Athletics Director, Strength and Conditioning Shaun Brown, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Men’s Basketball Rafael Horton, Assistant Head Coach for Football Strength and Conditioning Kaitlin Sweeney, Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning Tanner Kolb, Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Zack Allen, Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning Jarrod Burton, Strength Coach, Olympic Sports Josh Feldkamp, Strength Coach, Olympic Sports Nolan Harvath, Strength Coach, Baseball Alex Mitchell, Strength Coach, Football Chad Snodgrass, Strength Coach, Football

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 Gabrielle Lathrop, Assistant Director, Student-Athlete Development Tangela Cheatham, Director of StudentAthlete Enhancement Zach Seger, Assistant Director, StudentAthlete Development Meghan Hendrick, Learning Specialist Kristen Thomas, Learning Specialist Blake Barnes, Assistant Learning Specialist Patricia Harman, Assistant Learning Specialist Ann Griffin Mohammadi, Assistant Learning Specialist

Ben Murray, Senior Associate Athletics Director/Executive Director MAC Brandon Cunningham, 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 Carly Moore, Assistant Director, Donor Relations and Special Events Dale Wolfley, Coordinator, WVU Varsity Club Lisa Thomas, Program Assistant

SPORTS NUTRITION Sina King, Director of Sports Nutrition, Olympic Sports Abby Reid, Coordinator of Sports Nutrition, Football

TICKET SALES Ryan Riddle, Associate Ticket Manager Derek Schrock, Assistant Ticket Manager Gina Ezelle, Ticket Assistant Laura Beth Hatcher, Ticket Assistant Bryan Phillips, Ticket Assistant

MOUNTAINEER ATHLETICS HOSPITALITY Sandi West, Director

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

BASEBALL

FOOTBALL

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

Neal Brown, Head Coach Matt Moore, Assistant Coach (Offensive Line) Jahmile Addae, Assistant Coach (CoDefensive Coordinator/Defenisve Backs) Jeff Casteel, Assistant Coach (Outside Linebackers) Jeff Koonz, Assistant Coach (Special Teams Coordinator/Inside Linebackers) Jordan Lesley, Assistant Coach (CoDefensive Coordinator/Defensive Line) Gerad Parker, Assistant Coach (Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers) Sean Reagan, Assistant Coach (Quarterbacks) Chad Scott, Assistant Coach (Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs) Travis Trickett, Assistant Coach (Tight Ends/ Inside Receivers) Dontae Wright, Assistant Coach (Safeties) Coleman Barnes, Associate Athletics Director for Football External Affairs Patrick Johnston, Director of Football Operations/Internal Affairs Brian Bennett, Director of Player Personnel Bill Legg, Assistant to the Head Coach Will Johnson, Director of Player and NFL Relations Scott Gasper, Offensive Recruiting Coordinator Trey Neyer, Defensive Recruiting Coordinator Katie Giusto, On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator Austin Gaines, Director of Creative Video Caleb Saunders, Director of Creative Design

MEN’S BASKETBALL 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 Ryan McIntyre, Video Coordinator Tyler Cheng, Athletic Data Statistician Debbie Williams, Senior Administrative Assistant

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Mike Carey, Head Coach Bett Shelby, Associate Head Coach Nitra Perry, Assistant Coach Craig Carey, Assistant Coach Meghan Bielich, Director of Basketball Operations/Assistant to the Head Coach Bryce Fordyce, Video Coordinator Ayana Dunning, Assistant Director of Basketball Operations Amy Fluharty, Administrative Associate

CHEERLEADING Christy Davis, Head Coach

Shawn Walker, Video Coordinator Alex Leveille, Assistant Video Coordinator Tyler Hancock, Senior Analyst (Special Teams) Ryan Nehlen, Offensive Analyst Casey Vance, Defensive Analyst Lori Rice, Administrative Associate Kim Calandrelli, Administrative Associate

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

SWIMMING & DIVING

Sean Covich Head Coach Clay Bounds, Assistant Coach

Vic Riggs, Head Coach Karla Helder, Diving Coach Daniel Dozier, Assistant Coach Liz Iliff, Assistant Coach Rick West, Assistant Coach

GYMNASTICS

TENNIS

GOLF

Jason Butts, Head Coach Travis Doak, Associate Head Coach Zaakira Muhammad, Assistant Coach

RIFLE

Miha Lisac, Head Coach Jacob Eddins, Assistant Coach

TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY

Jon Hammond, Head Coach Soren Butler, Assistant Coach

Sean Cleary, Head Coach Erin O’Reilly, Assistant Coach Shelly-Anne Gallimore, Assistant Coach

ROWING

VOLLEYBALL

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

MEN’S SOCCER Dan Stratford, Head Coach Andy Wright, Assistant Coach Nick Noble, Assistant Coach

Reed Sunahara Head Coach Adriano de Souza, Assistant Coach Traci Plungas, Assistant Coach

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

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2020-21 WVU Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report

Articles inside

Golf

Wrestling

Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving

Lyons and Zinn Earn Recognition

Mountaineers Adapt to Life with COVID-19

Athletics Facilities Update

Message from Director of Athletics Shane Lyons

Huggins and Carey Earn Milestone Wins