Athletics

West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has been named one of 10 national semifinalists for the 2017 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year.

Former West Virginia University women’s basketball standout Bria Holmes was named the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Hank O’Donnell Female Athlete of the Year.

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.

West Virginia University will hold the annual Gold-Blue Spring Game presented by U.S. Cellular on Saturday, April 15, at 1 p.m., at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.

The No. 2-ranked West Virginia University rifle team earned a bid to the 2017 NCAA National Championships, as announced tonight by the NCAA Rifle Committee.

Greenbrier County native Troy Clemons will hold on to his buckskins, coonskin cap and musket as he has been named again as the Mountaineer Mascot for the 2017-18 year.

WVU football season ticket holders can now renew their 2017 season tickets and parking passes online at WVUGAME.com.

G. Robert “Bob” Nugent, M.D., one of the nation’s most respected neurosurgeons and a former physician for West Virginia University’s football team, spent 43 seasons tending to the medical needs of Mountaineer football players and was one of the first neurosurgeons to treat patients in what was then the new University Hospital, now the WVU Health Sciences Center.

Former Mountaineer football players Don Barclay and Keith Tandy had All-American playing careers while at West Virginia, leading their alma mater to many victories on the field, conference championships and bowl wins before finishing their college careers.

West Virginia University football coach Dana Holgorsen has announced the hiring of Doug Belk as the Mountaineers’ cornerbacks coach.