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Women’s Soccer
WOMEN’S
SOCCER 10-5-5/3-3-3 BIG 12
DILARY HEREDIA-BELTRAN ALINA STAHL
• In its 26th season in program history, the Mountaineers finished 10-5-5 overall, along with 3-3-3 mark in Big 12 play • WVU extended its streak of at least 10 wins or more to 22 straight seasons. • The Mountaineers advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship for the seventh time since joining the conference in 2012 • West Virginia’s defense recorded 11 shutouts on the year, including a pair of clean sheets in the Big 12 Championship. WVU’s nine shutouts in the regular season marked the most since 2017 (11), while the squad’s 11 total clean sheets were the most since 2018 (12). • WVU was ranked as high as No. 9 throughout the season in the United Soccer Coaches
National Poll. • Senior defender Jordan Brewster was tabbed an All-America Third Team selection by
United Soccer Coaches, her second All-America honor in as many seasons. She is one of just 14 Mountaineers to earn a pair of All-America accolades in her career. • Brewster also was named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team,
WVU’s first honoree since 2018. • For the 11th consecutive season, a Mountaineer was featured on the MAC Hermann
Trophy Watch List, as Brewster earned the honor. • Brewster also was named a candidate for the 2021 Women’s Soccer Senior CLASS
Award, the first honoree for WVU since 2018. • On the All-Big 12 Teams, Brewster led the way on the first team, while junior defender
Nicole Payne and junior goalkeeper Kayza Massey landed on the second team.
Freshman forward Dilary Heredia-Beltran was honored on the Big 12 All-Freshman
Team. • Brewster, Payne and Heredia-Beltran were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-
Midwest Region Team, with Brewster named to the first team, Payne to the second team and Heredia-Beltran to the third team. • Academically, Brewster, junior defender Julianne Vallerand and sophomore midfielder
Lilly McCarthy were named Academic All-District selections by CoSIDA. Additionally, a program-best 15 student-athletes reached the Academic All-Big 12 Soccer Teams.
TEAM
• United Soccer Coaches Team Academic
Award
CHLOE ADLER
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team JORDAN BREWSTER
• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third
Team • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-
America First Team • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team • United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest
Region First Team • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region
First Team • MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List • Senior CLASS Award Candidate • All-Big 12 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31, Oct. 5) • TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the
Week (Sept. 14)
STEPHANIE CHMIEL
• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement
Award • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
DILARY HEREDIA-BELTRAN
• Big 12 All-Freshman Team • United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest
Region Third Team • Big 12 All-Tournament Team • TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI
Second Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 20)
MAYA LADHANI
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
JULIANA LYNCH
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
KAYZA MASSEY
• All-Big 12 Second Team • United Soccer Coaches Division I National
Player of the Week (Oct. 27) • Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week (Oct. 26) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Preseason All-Big 12 Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 25)
LILLY MCCARTHY
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
NICOLE PAYNE
• United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest
Region Second Team • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region
Second Team • All-Big 12 Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
GABRIELLE ROBINSON
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
AALIYAH SCOTT
• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
LAUREN SEGALLA
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
ISABELLA SIBLEY
• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 18)
GRACE SMITH
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
ALINA STAHL
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team JULIANNE VALLERAND
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Aug. 24)
JORDAN BREWSTER KAYZA MASSEY
WRESTLING
6-8/1-6 BIG 12
MICHAEL WOLFGRAM
• West Virginia ranked 25th periodically in the Dual Meet Rankings by InterMat and remained in the top 40 in tournament rankings provided by FloWrestling, InterMat, and
Win Magazine • WVU finished in a tie for seventh (62.5 points) at the 2022 Big 12 Wrestling
Championship and 32nd (8.5 points) at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Its total points at the Big 12 Championship marked the most earned by the squad since 2016 • Four Mountaineer grapplers qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year and third year in which four or more wrestlers have qualified during coach Tim Flynn’s tenure. Redshirt senior Killian Cardinale (125), and sophomores
Peyton Hall (165) and Dennis Robin (174) each earned automatic bids based on their performances at the conference championship, while redshirt sophomore Michael
Wolfgram (HWT) received an at-large selection to punch his ticket; both Robin and
Wolfgram made their NCAA tournament debuts • Hall earned All-America honors to highlight the Mountaineers’ run at this year’s tournament by defeating No. 19-seed Justin McCoy of Virginia to clinch his spot on the podium, before falling in the seventh-place match to No. 7-seed Carson Kharchla of
Ohio State for eighth. The last Mountaineer grappler to finish eighth was Zeke Moisey at 125 pounds in 2018. • Hall became the first Mountaineer at 165 pounds, third in the Flynn era and sixth from the state of West Virginia, to garner All-America accolades • Like Hall, Cardinale advanced to the quarterfinals in his bracket at 125 pounds and ended up going 2-2 at the three-day tournament, just one win shy of earning All-
America status for the second consecutive year • Cardinale claimed the third Big 12 Championship in program history as the first
Mountaineer to do it at 125 pounds • Overall, seven WVU wrestlers finished on the podium at the Big 12 Championship to match a program-best set by the 2016 team, including two finalists: Cardinale (champion) and Hall (runner-up) • The Mountaineers placed seventh at the 2022 Southern Scuffle, billed as the top in-season collegiate wrestling tournament in the country. Cardinale and Hall scored runner-up finishes and two other grapplers placed eighth at the event • WVU opened the season with a second-place finish (153.5 points) at the Clarion Open, while Hall won the 165-pound crown and eight others joined him in the top six of their respective weight classes • Nine Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2022 Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling Teams to break the program record of eight set in 2021. All but two of the honorees landed on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, which also is a program best
JEFFREY BOYD
• Placed eighth in the 149-pound pool of the 2022 Big 12 Wrestling Championship • Placed eighth at the Southern Scuffle • Placed sixth at the Clarion Open • NWCA Scholar All-American • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
KILLIAN CARDINALE
• Top-12 finisher at the NCAA Division I
Championships • NCAA Qualifier at 125 pounds • Big 12 Champion • Southern Scuffle runner-up • Nationally ranked in the top 25 throughout the season • Led the team with 10 wins over ranked opponents • Second on the team with eight major decisions • Fourth on the team in wins with 16 • Team Captain • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (March 7) • NWCA Scholar All-American • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
ANTHONY CARMAN
• Placed eighth in the 184-pound pool of the 2022 Big 12 Wrestling Championship • Placed sixth at the Clarion Open • Third on the team with 17 wins • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 10) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
PEYTON HALL
• U23 Men’s Freestyle All-American • Runner-up at the U23 World Team Trials (163 pounds - 74kg) • NCAA Qualifier at 165 pounds • NCAA All-American • Placed eighth at his second NCAA
Division I Wrestling Championships, with a 3-3 record • Big 12 Championship runner-up • Southern Scuffle runner-up • Nationally ranked in the top 25 throughout the season • Led the team with 28 wins, 15 bonuspoint victories, nine major decisions and five pins • Team Captain • Three-time WVU Student-Athlete of the
Week (Dec. 6, Dec. 13, March 21) • NWCA Scholar All-American • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Champions for Life WVU representative (Marvel)
ALEX HORNFECK
• Placed seventh in the 157-pound pool at the 2022 Big 12 Wrestling Championship • Placed eighth at the Southern Scuffle • Placed fourth at the Clarion Open • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
PEYTON HALL KILLIAN CARDINALE
SCOTT JOLL
• U23 Greco-Roman All-American • Sixth-place finisher at the U23 World
Team Trials (191 pounds – 87kg) • Placed third at the Clarion Open • Scored 16 wins for fifth among reserves, including four in duals • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
TUCKER NADEAU
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team; one of nine on the list to earn a 4.0
CALEB REA
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
DENNIS ROBIN
• NCAA Qualifier at 174 pounds • Placed eighth in Big 12 Championship debut • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
MICHAEL WOLFGRAM
• NCAA Qualifier at Heavyweight • Placed seventh for the second straight year at the 2022 Big 12 Wrestling
Championship • Placed sixth at the Clarion Open • Nationally ranked in the top 33 throughout the season • Led the team in dual takedowns with 35 • Second on the team with 20 wins, with five against ranked opponents • Team Captain