Fresh off its first NCAA Regional title, the baseball team will head to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the NCAA Super Regionals. The best-of-three series begins at 6 p.m. Friday (June 7).
Athletics
Baseball junior Brodie Kresser and sophomore Logan Sauve have been named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators. Kresser is a sport management major with a 3.73 GPA while Sauve is studying finance and has a 3.61 GPA.
Wren Baker's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has quietly put together one of the most successful sports seasons in school history, and when this year's final chapter is written later this month, it could be just as impressive.
The varsity athletic teams have a combined Academic Progress Rate score of 991, the highest WVU score for the 20 years of the NCAA Academic Performance Program.
Redshirt senior Mikenna Vanderheyden with the track and field team is slated to compete in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Competition continues through Saturday (June 8).
Steve Slaton, consensus All-American running back, Aaron Beasley, consensus All-American cornerback, and former Mountaineer coach Jim Carlen are under consideration for this year's induction class.