Sophomore Morgan Carr of the West Virginia University swimming team was named the 2017 Big 12 Women’s Co-Newcomer of the Year, the conference announced on Thursday.
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For Doug Belk, giving up a good-paying full-time job at Valdosta State to become a graduate assistant coach for Nick Saban at Alabama was an opportunity too good to pass up.
Senior midfielder Ashley Lawrence was named Team MVP at the West Virginia University women’s soccer season-ending banquet, held Saturday, April 1, at Bartini Prime.
The Big 12 Conference today named 11 West Virginia University student-athletes to the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team.
Coming off an NCAA National Championship-qualifying performance at the 2017 NCAA Morgantown Regional Championships on April 1, junior gymnast Zaakira Muhammad has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
West Virginia University men’s basketball guard Jevon Carter has been named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Defensive Player of the Year at the annual AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show on Sunday evening at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix.