Randy Mazey’s final season coaching the baseball team ended with the Mountaineers ranked 13th in polls conducted by Baseball America, D1 Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The team was also 15th in Perfect Game’s Top 25 and 17th in the final USA Today Coaches Poll.
Athletics
Ceili McCabe and Cassandra Williamson are slated for the Canadian Athletics Bell Track and Field Championships through today (June 28), and Sarah Tait will compete in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final on Saturday (June 29) at the British UK Athletics Championships Manchester.
Men's basketball coach Darian DeVries has announced the hiring of Tom Ostrom as an assistant coach. Ostrom, who has more than 25 years of collegiate coaching experience, spent the last two seasons at Drake.
Senior Justin Heimes of the men's swimming and diving team has been named the 2024 Big 12 Winter Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's swimming and diving.
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20% of their team's scheduled contests.
Rifle team members Molly McGhin, a graduating senior majoring in psychology, and Natalie Perrin, a rising senior majoring in multidisciplinary studies, were named to the 2024 Academic All-District At-Large Teams.