WVUToday

Thirty years ago today, November 10, 1979, West Virginia University played its final football game at old Mountaineer Field. For the nostalgic, Mountaineer Field was quaint and inviting. To the practical, its better days were far behind it.

Ten West Virginia University athletes will share personal stories Tuesday, Nov. 11 as part of a unique speech class. Each student will deliver a five-minute motivational speech in front of coaches, fellow students and the public from 1-2 p.m. in the Jerry West Mountaineer Room of the WVU Coliseum.

On Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at 4:30 p.m., West Virginia University will officially dedicate the Reynolds Family Academic Performance Center during a brief ceremony that will take place adjacent to the academic center in the All-America Room, inside the Milan Puskar Center.

WVU senior linebacker Reed Williams has been named to the 2009 National Scholar-Athlete class and will vie as a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, endowed by HealthSouth, as announced today by The National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame.

The WVU Mountaineer Maniacs are hosting a Coaches vs. Cancer fundraising dinner to help men's basketball Coach Bob Huggins raise money for the American Cancer Society.

West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart is one of 20 coaches selected to the Bryant Watch List for the 2009 College Football Coach of the Year, announced tonight by the Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards committee of the American Heart Association.

Junior forward Megan Mischler scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season to lead West Virginia to a 1-0 win over Providence and coach Nikki Izzo-Brown's 200th career victory on Sunday (Oct. 25) at Glay Field in Providence, R.I.

The West Virginia University Marching Band, known as the "Pride of West Virginia," has received $85,505.67 from 750 donors to date, a result of its 2009 Travel Fund campaign.

The West Virginia men's basketball team has been picked to finish second in the Preseason Big East Coaches' Poll. The Mountaineers earn their highest preseason conference ranking since joining the conference in 1995.

Olympic competitor and WVU Rifle Team Head Coach Jon Hammond will lead hundreds of participants in the WVU Homecoming parade on Friday, Oct. 23. He also will be honored at halftime of the WVU-Connecticut football game on Oct. 24.