Athletics

The No. 15-seeded West Virginia University baseball team hosts the 2019 NCAA Morgantown Regional from Friday, May 31 – Monday, June 3, at Monongalia County Ballpark.

The West Virginia University baseball team has been selected to host an NCAA Baseball Regional for the first time since 1955.

A "clean" and "classy" look is what West Virginia University director of athletics Shane Lyons was seeking with a new Coliseum court design, and that's exactly what WVU's 49-year-old arena will be getting later this summer.

Baseball coach Randy Mazey has been named the Big 12 Coach of the Year and junior right-handed pitcher Alek Manoah has been recognized as the unanimous Big 12 Pitcher of the Year to highlight the conference's postseason awards.

When you've worked at the same place for 42 years you're bound to have some stories, and West Virginia University's Bubba Schmidt has plenty of them.

West Virginia University’s combined varsity athletic teams have an Academic Progress Rate score of 985 according to data released this week by the NCAA. The 985 score is WVU’s highest in the 15 years of the NCAA Academic Performance Program. WVU’s average APR score of 985 is higher than the NCAA’s overall four-year APR average score of 983. WVU’s score is up one point from last year’s average and 11 points from four years ago.

The University has announced the Gold and Blue cheerleading squads for the 2019-20 season.

Through a wide-range of activities with organizations and groups of all ages, student-athletes performed more than 460 hours of community service Saturday (April 27) in WVU's first Student-Athlete Day of Service.

Quarterback Will Grier was chosen by the hometown Carolina Panthers with the 100th overall pick, and then Yodny Cajuste heard his name called one spot later when he was drafted by the New England Patriots. David Sills V has signed a rookie free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills. Wide receiver Gary Jennings Jr. and tight end Trevon Wesco went in succession with selections 120 and 121 of the fourth round to the Seattle Seahawks and New York Jets respectively. Linebacker David Long Jr. was taken two rounds later when the Tennessee Titans drafted him with the 188th pick. Safety Dravon Askew-Henry signed with the hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive tackle Kenny Bigelow Jr. inked a rookie free agent deal with the New Orleans Saints and Toyous Avery Jr. signed with the Seattle Seahawks, making it nine players from this year's WVU draft class now affiliated with NFL teams.

An Olympic gold medalist, a retired master sergeant of the U.S. Air Force, a musician, a humanitarian and a legacy who has carried on the Mountaineer spirit as the 21st family member to attend West Virginia University are among those who will receive WVU’s highest student honor, the Order of Augusta.