Morgantown, W.VA. - The final few minutes to kickoff in Milan Puskar are a special couple of minutes to everyone in the stadium. As the clock ticks down to kick off, the stadium's scoreboard is where all of the eyes are. The football intro video plays before every home game,
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Conditioning a concern for WVU women’s soccer team post Coronavirus
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.–With the Covid-19 pandemic pausing life since March, one major concern for college athletics, especially the West Virginia Women’s Soccer team, is conditioning. As with many sports, spring is a crucial time for head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown and her team. “That’s been a huge concern of mine because of spring season
Football’s Fifth Quarter program highlights focus on player education
Morgantown, W.VA. - Head football coach Neal Brown has been hinting for several weeks that the team's Fifth Quarter program would be officially unveiled soon and this past week the university did just that. The West Virginia football program's new venture, Fifth Quarter, is entirely about the setting up the
Big 12 to begin allowing student-athletes back to facilities
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—The Big 12 Board of Directors approved a plan for student-athletes to start utilizing campus’ facilities. On June 15, football student-athletes will be allowed to use facilities. Then on July 1, volleyball, soccer and cross-country athletes can return. All other student-athletes are permitted to return on July 15.
Duo Earns All-District Academic Honor
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A pair of West Virginia University student-athleteswere named to the 2019-20 Academic All-District II Men’s and Women’s At-Large First Teams, announced on Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Senior Abby Kaufman (gymnastics) was named to the women’s team, while junior David Koenders (rifle) was
NCAA Releases APR Data
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University’s varsity athletic teams have a combined Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 985 according to data released today by the NCAA. The 985 score matches last year’s high score for the 16 years of the NCAA Academic Performance Program. WVU’s average APR score of 985 is
Doug Cross releases first WVU highlight video in two years
WVU Football program congratulates graduates for weekend’s virtual graduation
Morgantown, W.VA. - This past weekend was earmarked as a weekend that all college students and student-athletes mark on their calendars and look forward to; gradation. Due to the national situation with the global outbreak of COVID-19, graduation ceremonies were taken online. This virtual graduation did not stop Neal Brown
Eight named to Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (May 13, 2020) – Eight members of the West Virginia University baseball team have been named to the 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team, the conference announced on Wednesday. Redshirt senior outfielder/right-handed pitcher Braden Zarbnisky (sport management) was one of three players nominated with a 4.0 grade point average. He
