The golf team will compete in the Big 12 Golf Championship starting today (April 22) at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas. Playing for the Mountaineers are senior Jackson Davenport, juniors Todd Duncan, Max Green and Pierce Grieve, and sophomores Kaleb Wilson and Carson Kammann (substitute).
Athletics
With the track and field team serving as host, Saturday’s (April 20) Mountaineer Twilight — held at the Track and Field Complex at Mylan Park — was highlighted by a Mountaineer sweep in the women's 800 meter with redshirt senior Mikenna Vanderheyden finishing in first place, and a pair of first place finishes for freshman Lily Haught in the women’s 200 and 400 meters.
The baseball team is back on the road this weekend for a three-game series at Texas Tech. First pitch is 7:30 p.m. tonight (April 19), 3 p.m. Saturday (April 20) and 2 p.m. Sunday (April 21) in Lubbock, Texas.
Riggs has led the Mountaineers since 2007. He coached 37 NCAA qualifiers, 15 NCAA All-Americans, 19 Academic All-Americans, eight Big 12 Scholar-Athletes of the Year and 21 qualifiers for the Olympic Trials.
On Wednesday (April 17), head coach Darian DeVries announced the hiring of Frazier who brings more than a decade of coaching experience from the ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten conferences to the Mountaineer men’s basketball program. A Baltimore native, Frazier served as an assistant coach at Illinois for the past three seasons.
More than 50 former baseball alums, including many members on the 1994 NCAA Tournament team, will be returning to campus for next weekend’s annual baseball alumni reunion as part of the Baylor series at Kendrick Family Ballpark. The Mountaineers and Bears will play a three-game Big 12 series April 26-28.