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Gordon Gee to return to WVU as president on interim basis; will continue higher education iniatives

12/6/2013

 
Gordon GeeGordon Gee
Email from Stephen Douglas, President & CEO WVU Alumni Association
December 6th, 2013

President Emeritus of The Ohio State University and former West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee was named today as president of WVU, effective in early January.

WVU’s Board of Governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve the selection, and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission unanimously voted its approval today.

Dr. Gee will serve in that role until a permanent president is in place. He will take an unpaid leave of absence from Ohio State, and will continue his commitment to lead and complete his work for Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Quality and Value Initiative: https://www.ohiohighered.org/quality-and-value.

He also will remain involved with the newly established Center for Higher Education Enterprise, approved Thursday at Ohio State. Deborah Merritt, the John Deaver Drinko/Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law at Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law, has been appointed associate director of the center and will coordinate its day-to-day operations.

Gee, 69, replaces Jim Clements, who announced in November he would leave the presidency at the end of the year. Gee will live at Blaney House, and fully participate in the active life of a University president.


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Luck Statement on Mountaineer Football

12/3/2013

 
Oliver LuckOliver Luck
By WVU Sports Communications for WVUsports.com
December 03, 2013 12:59 PM

First, I want to thank all Mountaineer fans who supported our football team through a difficult and trying season. Though there were some high points this year, including our upset victory over No. 11 Oklahoma State and the inspired play from many first year student-athletes, there were far too many disappointments.

We have high expectations at West Virginia University for success on and off the field and as Coach Holgorsen has acknowledged to me, we are not meeting those expectations on the field. Coach Holgorsen and I met at length and reviewed this past season. We discussed the coaching staff, recruiting, player development, strength and conditioning, academic support, facilities, in short, all the components that make up a successful program. We are working diligently to improve our capabilities in all of these areas.

I strongly believe in our coaching staff, including the work that our strength and conditioning staff is doing. In my opinion, continuity is the key ingredient that will bring our football program back to the high level that Mountaineer fans expect.

We had plenty of challenges this season; nonetheless, we should not and will not use those as excuses for our performance. We simply must get better.

Coach Holgorsen and his staff are on the road recruiting this week, securing the future for a successful Mountaineer football program. We need to do our part as well by continuing to move forward with the facility improvements needed to compete at the highest level in our conference.

We have high expectations for the 2014 football team, and I have shared those with Coach Holgorsen. He and his staff are eager to get started to prepare for our opening game against Alabama. We are well aware that we have a lot of work to do.

We have tremendous student-athletes in our program and a very accomplished core of coaches who want to bring championships back to West Virginia University. We will do all we can to help them in that endeavor, and I ask for your continued support as we move forward to a brighter future.


Sample Named Athlete of the Week

12/2/2013

 
Brittany SampleBrittany Sample
Note: Brittany Sample is from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area

Article by WVUSports.com

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  - West Virginia University volleyball sophomore Brittany Sample has been named the Varsity Sports Report Athlete of the Week.

Sample totaled 80 assists in seven sets this week for an 11.43 assists per set average. Sample had 40 assists, nine digs and two blocks against Oklahoma on Wednesday night. The Lewisville, Texas, native followed that performance up with 40 assists and eight digs in a three-set sweep of Buffalo in the season finale on Saturday.

Sample finished the season with 1,149 assists and played in every set of every match this season.

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WVU Women's Soccer Big 12 American Division Champions

12/1/2013

 
Congratulations to WVU women's soccer for winning the 2013 Big 12 Championship. Visitors to the WVUSports.com women's soccer team page are greeted by the following photo:
Women's Soccer Big 12 American Division Champions
Women's Soccer Big 12 American Division Champions

Cyclones Come Back to Win in Triple OT

12/1/2013

 
By John Antonik for WVUsports.com
November 30, 2013 06:04 PM

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Iowa State overcame a 17-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat West Virginia 52-44 in triple-overtime Saturday evening at Milan Puskar Stadium.

“Obviously this was a disappointing end of the game,” said West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen.

Three critical second half turnovers when the Mountaineers seemingly had the game under control proved to be their undoing.

The first came with 3:25 left in the third quarter and with West Virginia poised to punch it in from the 1 to take a 24-point lead. But freshman Wendell Smallwood had the ball knocked out of his arms by Jeremiah George before he crossed the goal line, and Jacques Washington recovered it inches from the end zone.

Holgorsen said Smallwood’s fumble “really stung.”

Added Holgorsen, “He tried putting the ball over the goal line and you can’t do that. Every kid wants to score a touchdown so they try to, but you have to take care of the ball.”

Then, midway through the fourth quarter, Vernon Davis, Jr. fumbled on his first-down reception at the WVU 35 where Cory Morrissey was able to recover the ball for the Cyclones.

A third Mountaineer miscue also occurred in WVU territory when Washington wrestled the football out of Kevin White’s arms for an interception, giving Iowa State the ball at the WVU 33.

All three WVU turnovers led to ISU touchdowns, the third TD tying the game with a minute left in regulation when Grant Rohach hit Justin Coleman in the end zone for a 19-yard score.

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Volleyball Ends Season with Sweep of Bulls

12/1/2013

 
By Nick Arthur for WVUsports.com
November 30, 2013 07:17 PM

 » BOX SCORE

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The West Virginia University volleyball team defeated Buffalo, 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-21), on Saturday afternoon in its season finale.

“I thought Buffalo played great tonight,” says coach Jill Kramer. “They served really tough and played great defense. We were down by at least four at one point or another in each set, but our team stuck together, stayed composed and played disciplined in clutch time.”

The sweep was West Virginia’s 11th sweep win of the season.

The Mountaineers (20-13, 5-11 Big 12) finished the year with its first 20-win season since 1991, and coach Kramer recorded her 50th career win in the victory over the Bulls.

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WVU v. Iowa State, 3:00 PM CT on Sat, Nov. 30

11/30/2013

 
We will not have an official game watch today due to the holiday weekend but if you want to get out and watch the final game, Buffalo Joe's will have the game on.

I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. 

Kari

Thank you for your donations

11/22/2013

 
I would like to send a note of thanks for your generosity this season. As an organization, we have made donations to 3 different charities.

  • 2 separate donations to the Pride Travel Fund on behalf of DFW Mountaineers, for a total of $340
  • 24 pairs of pajamas for the WVU Children's hospital (the PJ's will be delivered prior to Christmas by the WVU Alumni Association)
  • 50 food items and canned goods (56 lbs) for the North Texas Food Bank

It is great to have so many participate and give back to our local community as well as support university functions and charities.

Thank you to everyone that has come out to our game watches this season. We have one more game over Thanksgiving weekend. Also, if you want to support the Women's Volleyball Team, they will be playing Baylor in Waco tomorrow at 12:00. Head down and cheer on the team.

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

Let's Go Mountaineers

Kari

No. 7 Women's Soccer Advances

11/17/2013

 
By Nick Arthur for WVUsports.com

November 16, 2013 11:32 PM

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  – It took penalty kicks to propel the No. 7-ranked West Virginia University women's soccer team past Rutgers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

West Virginia advances to the round of 32 for the first time since 2010. A crowd of 1,610 packed the stands, marking the fifth-largest crowd ever at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

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2013 Fall Signing Day: DFW-area students sign with West Virginia

11/17/2013

 
McMann family
We had a number of Dallas/Ft. Worth-area students sign with West Virginia University this fall.

Women's Basketball
  • Tyara Warren (Plano West)

Baseball
  • Cole Carter (Allen)
  • Connor McMann (Argyle Liberty) -- you may recognize the McMann's, as they have been to several of our football game watches; see photo to the right
  • Seth Jordan (Flower Mound)
  • B.J. Myers (Flower Mound)
  • Conner Dotson (FM Marcus)

We look forward to cheering on our local Mountaineers with their families and friends at TCU, Baylor, Texas, as well as neutral locations in the upcoming years.

Let's Go Mountaineers!

Rx

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