Huggins is one of 48 top college basketball coaches in the nation participating in the Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge. The program, sponsored by luxury automobile manufacturer Infiniti, in partnership with the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the NCAA, and ESPN, benefits the coaches’ favorite charities. - See more at: http://wvumedicine.org/news/article/huggins-competing-in-infiniti-coaches-charity-challenge-to-benefit-cancer-research/#sthash.TTny2lCQ.dpuf
Athletics
The West Virginia University women’s soccer team’s spring season finale on April 29 against Duquesne will be played in Pittsburgh at 5 p.m.
Following his conference win in the men’s 100 breaststroke at the 2017 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship this past weekend in Austin, sophomore Jake Armstrong of West Virginia University men’s swimming team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
With a significant lead built in day one at the Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships, the No. 2-ranked West Virginia University rifle team did its job today at the University of Akron’s Louis and Freda Stile Athletic Field House, shooting a winning 2384 air rifle and securing its eighth straight GARC Championship title with a 4725 total.
West Virginia University women’s basketball seniors’ Lanay Montgomery and Desiree Rhodes will be recognized on Senior Night, Monday, Feb. 27, in a 7 p.m. contest against the Kansas Jayhawks at the WVU Coliseum.
Mountaineer Athletic Club Senior Associate Athletic Director and Executive Director Ben Murray has announced that Kevin Miller will now assume the role of associate athletic director for major gifts and capital campaigns within the MAC.