Two members of the West Virginia University track & field team, senior Amy Cashin and junior Jillian Forsey, have been named to the 2017 Academic All-America Division I Women’s Track & Field/ Cross Country Second Team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), on Friday.
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The West Virginia University men’s soccer team has added a match to its 2017 schedule, with SIU Edwardsville set to join the Mid-American Conference beginning this season.
I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Joe Fryz, an outstanding shooting guard from Moon Township, Pennsylvania, whose commitment to play basketball at West Virginia University turned basketball’s version of the Backyard Brawl rivalry upside down.
As chair, WVU Director of Athletics Shane Lyons will organize all meetings, presiding over such important league issues as television, scheduling, championships, finances and so forth.
The Big 12 Conference released its 2017 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a total of 251 West Virginia University student-athletes making the list. The conference recognizes all student-athletes at its member institutions during each semester with a 3.0 grade point average or higher.
Golf coach Sean Covich has announced that Jay Woodward has been named the assistant coach for the Mountaineers. Woodward spent the 2016-17 season as the team’s graduate assistant.