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Arizona State

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The best time to analyze a recruiting class is not on Signing Day, but after the players gain experience at the collegiate level. On the baseball field, it is now an appropriate time to look at the highlights of the 2023 freshman class. Even after a...

Freshmen WVU players develop foundation for future Mountaineer teams

Wisconsin State

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s 2024 recruiting class was bolstered in a big way on Friday afternoon. Obinna Onwuka, a three-star defensive end out of Maryland, announced his commitment to West Virginia’s football program on social media. His graphic was accompanied by five words: “Almost Heaven we locked in.”

WVU lands 2024 three-star DE out of Maryland

West Virginia State

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – In 2013, many critics did not see the consistent upward trend of West Virginia baseball on the horizon. In its 11th season in the Big 12, West Virginia produced its best season of baseball since joining the conference. Since their arrival, the Mountaineers appeared in a Big 12 Championship game, won a Big 12 regular-season title, and made three NCAA Regional appearances.

An upward trend: Looking at WVU baseball after 11 seasons in Big 12

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – If it were not for his double-play partner’s sensational season, everyone in West Virginia would be talking about Tevin Tucker. The 6-foot, 180-pound shortstop from Prince George, Virginia, became somewhat of a patriarch for the West Virginia University baseball team in 2023. He had seen...

Veteran shortstop Tevin Tucker has options following breakout season at the plate

Texas State

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – For the third straight year, Ceili McCabe has the opportunity to compete for a national championship. McCabe advanced to the women’s 3000m steeplechase final after placing fourth in her heat on Thursday night in Austin, Texas. She posted a time of 9:48.35 in the semifinal while Notre Dame’s Olivia Markezich finished with the top qualifying time at 9:40.81.

McCabe advances to NCAA steeplechase final

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Just four days after the WVU baseball season ended, that same amount of players have entered the transfer portal. Junior lefty Ben Hampton made the first off-season move. The left-handed pitcher entered the portal less than 24 hours after WVU’s season came to a close in the Lexington Regional.

Three more Mountaineers enter the transfer portal

Pennsylvania State

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It’s official: JJ Wetherholt is a finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, one of college baseball’s versions of the Heisman Trophy. Wetherholt, West Virginia’s sophomore-sensation second baseman, becomes the second player in program history to be a finalist for the award along with Alek Manoah in 2019.

Wetherholt named Dick Howser Trophy finalist

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Junior Ceili McCabe of the West Virginia University track and field team is set to compete at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, from June 7-10, hosted by the University of Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. The...

McCabe heads to national championships

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia sophomore JJ Wetherholt has been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America first team. A finance major, Wetherholt has a 3.87 GPA in the classroom to go along with his long list of accomplishments on the field. The Mars, Pennsylvania native is just...

Wetherholt named to Academic All-America first team

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – Here are some of the top stories this week on the WBOY 12News Facebook page. A fire on Monday in Monongalia County damaged four townhomes. A Morgantown police officer was killed in a vehicle accident late last week. Following the recent death of a state trooper,...

Stories of the Week: June 4 through June 10

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Morgantown’s Coombs Farm Drive has welcomed a new service within its family-friendly business strip. Breastfeeding for Busy Moms held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday to initiate its new beginning right under Amplify Children’s Academy. The location was chosen for its’ professional, yet homey atmosphere to help mothers feel more comfortable than they would at a clinic throughout their pregnancy journey.

New Morgantown business looks to provide all things pregnancy and postpartum

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Salvation Army of Morgantown will host a “drive-thru food box giveaway” for Morgantown residents in need this Saturday. Morgantown’s Salvation Army is located at 20 Scott Avenue in Morgantown at Hazel’s House of Hope, which sits with several beneficial agencies. On Saturday, June 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Salvation Army of Morgantown will give out free boxes of non-perishable food items to anyone who shows up and answers a few questions.

Free food boxes to go to Morgantown residents in need this Saturday

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Mountaineers, Musketeers to meet on the diamond this weekend

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia baseball team welcomes Xavier to Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark for three games this weekend. First pitch on Friday...

Mountaineers, Musketeers to meet on the diamond this weekend

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