Men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries has named Cavel Witter assistant coach, video and scouting coordinator for the Mountaineers. Last season, Witter served as assistant coach and chief of operations at Drake.
Athletics
Sabins — the 20th head coach for Mountaineer baseball — served as associate head coach for the last four seasons.
Senior Danny Berlitz with the men's swimming and diving team competed in his second event — the 200-meter individual relay — Thursday (June 20) at the 2024 United States Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Pitcher Derek Clark with the baseball team is the first Mountaineer to be selected for the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Glove team, and the first player from a Big 12 school to receive the honor since Shea Langeliers of Baylor in 2018.
Joe Stydahar was the first WVU alum to lead a major professional sports franchise to a title when his Los Angeles Rams outlasted the Cleveland Browns 24-17 in the 1951 NFL Championship game. This week, Joe Mazzulla joined him when his Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in game five of the NBA finals to clinch the series 4-1.
Could JJ Wetherholt with the baseball team be the first player taken in this year's Major League Baseball Draft taking place July 14-16 in Fort Worth, Texas? Baseball America’s national writer Carlos Collazo, posting in his 4.0 Mock Draft, said he believes it's a possibility.