WHEELING — Wheeling Park 2014 first team all-state pitcher and current West Virginia University standout Michael Grove has been drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The junior out of West Virginia was taken during the second round, with the 68th pick of the 2018 Major League Baseball ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University forward Sagaba Konate has withdrawn his name from the 2018 NBA Draft and will return for his junior season at WVU. “I am glad that I was able to gain feedback and to get experience from being invited to the NBA Draft Combine,” Konate said. “It was a great experience, and I’m ready to get back to work with my teammates at West Virginia.” A native of Bamako, Mali, Konate averaged 10.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in 2017-18. He finished the season second nationally in blocked shots with 116. Konate was named to the All-Big 12 ...
PARKERSBURG — Coaches talk a lot. It’s part of the job. College coaches are especially put in front of the microphone more than they would like and often forced to talk about subjects that they would much rather stay silent over. That wasn’t the case last week at J.P. Henry’s Restaurant as West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen, Bob Huggins and Mike Carey joined Director of Athletics Shane Lyons at the Mountaineer Athletic Club’s Coaches Caravan. “There’s no new rules and, quite honestly, I am a little tired of talking about it,” Holgorsen said when asked about the Big ...
The WVU Coaches Caravan rolled into Wheeling on Monday night at River City, featuring several head coaches including Bob Huggins, Dana Holgorsen and Mike Carey. As part of the festivities, the Belmont Mountaineer Athletic Club made a $10,000 donation to the WVU Mountaineer Athletic Club. ...
MORGANTOWN — Fans of West Virginia University will get a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to meet and speak with their favorite Mountaineers’ coach when the annual Mountaineer Athletic Club’s Coaches Caravan visit Wheeling, Parkersburg and Martinsburg this week. “As a head coach you spend a lot of time on the road recruiting and playing games,” WVU football coach Dana Holgorsen explained during last year’s gala at J.P. Henry’s Restaurant in Parkersburg. “This gives us a chance to spend some time with the people who invest a lot of money in our program. “Money that ...
MORGANTOWN — Football coaches from the Big 12 Conference gathered recently to update fans about what they can expect to witness when the season opens in September. And, like he has done every year since West Virginia joined the 10-team conference in 2012, Mountaineers coach Dana Holgorsen took his turn answering a variety of questions during a 10-minute teleconference. Many of the questions asked were of the obvious variety. One in particular — Will WVU be improved in 2018? — won’t be known until the Old Gold and Blue hit the field against Southeastern Conference member ...
