MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After incomes a 9.95 on flooring train, senior Anna Leigh of the West Virginia College gymnastics group has been named the WVU Scholar-Athlete of the Week, introduced by College Flats.
A local of St. Michael, Minnesota, Leigh earned an ideal 10.0 from one choose and a 9.9 from the opposite to earn a career-best 9.95. The whole topped her earlier profession excessive of 9.925, which she earned as a freshman on Feb. 21, 2022. The rating marked the best for WVU on flooring since sophomore Jurnee Lane scored a 9.925 on Jan. 28, 2024, in addition to the primary 9.95 since Emily Holmes-Hackerd earned it towards CMU and Pitt on March 5, 2023.
With the full, Leigh tallied an occasion win on flooring, her first profession win on the occasion. She now owns three occasion wins and 11 podium finishes in her profession. Leigh ranks No. 3 within the Massive 12 Convention and No. 27 nationally on flooring train.
West Virginia now seems forward to its first residence meet of the 2025 marketing campaign when it welcomes Kent State to Morgantown on Thursday, Jan. 16. Competitors contained in the WVU Coliseum is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. It is 90’s Night time, with a 90’s model band tee giveaway to the primary 250 followers and 90’s throwback music performed all through the meet.
This Week in Ladies’s Basketball: The Mountaineers are set for 2 residence contests this week… WVU opens play on Wednesday, Jan. 15, towards Colorado … Tipoff is about for 7 p.m. ET and shall be broadcast on ESPN+ … the Mountaineers then host Iowa State on Sunday, Jan. 19 … Tipoff is about for two p.m. ET and shall be WVU’s first nationally televised residence sport of the season airing on Fox.
Final Week in Ladies’s Basketball: The Mountaineers moved to 13-3 on the season and 3-2 in Massive 12 Convention play after gathering splitting two street video games … WVU opened the week with an 89-53 win over Texas Tech … 5 Mountaineers completed in double figures as JJ Quinerly (21) and Jordan Harrison (20) led the best way … West Virginia then misplaced to Oklahoma State 64-57 … Kylee Blacksten led the Mountaineers scoring effort with 16 factors.
Notes: WVU returns eight student-athletes to the ground this season, together with 4 of 5 starters from an NCAA Match group a season in the past … All-Massive 12 First Workforce and Defensive Workforce choice JJ Quinerly highlights the returners …she was additionally named to the Preseason All-Massive 12 group and was named to the Naismith Faculty Ladies’s Basketball Participant of the Yr, the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Capturing Guard of the Yr Watchlist and the Wood Award Preseason Prime 50 Watchlist … Jordan Harrison was named to the Nancy Lieberman Level Guard of the Yr watchlist … Quinerly has eclipsed 1,500 factors in her profession this season as Harrison and Zya Nugent have damaged the 1,000-point mark … the Mountaineers completed the nonconference schedule a 10-1 … JJ Quinerly is fourth on the packages all-time steals record.
This Week in Wrestling: No. 22 West Virginia hits the street to face Oklahoma on Friday, Jan. 17, and Oklahoma State on Sunday, Jan. 19.
Final Week in Wrestling: West Virginia misplaced to No. 13 Iowa State and No. 18 Pitt … towards Pitt, fifth-year No. 3 Peyton Corridor pinned Jared Keslar to get his twentieth win of the season … the win additionally ties Corridor for second all-time in WVU historical past with 120 profession wins.
Notes: It was introduced final week that sophomore Ty Watters would miss the rest of the season attributable to damage … Watters is presently ranked No. 3 within the 149-pound weight class, in keeping with FloWrestling … he has not competed for West Virginia since Nov. 14, towards Rider … as a freshman, Watters received a Massive 12 title in 2024 and was named an All-American after inserting fourth on the NCAA Division I Championships.
This Week in Gymnastics: West Virginia seems forward to its first residence meet of the 2025 marketing campaign when it welcomes Kent State to Morgantown on Thursday, Jan. 16 … competitors contained in the WVU Coliseum is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
Final Week in Gymnastics: WVU posted a group rating of 193.75 to complete second in a twin meet at Central Michigan inside McGuirk Area in Mount Nice, Michigan, on Jan. 12 … the host Chippewas took first place with a 193.95 to high the Mountaineers (1-1) … West Virginia tallied scores of 48.1 on vault, 48.375 on the uneven bars, 48.425 on stability beam and 48.85 on flooring train … the spotlight of the meet was on flooring, the place senior Anna Leigh earned a career-high 9.95 to tempo the lineup … within the last occasion outcomes, freshman Karleigh DiCello earned her first profession podium end with a win on vault (9.75) … sophomore Julia Brown completed second on beam (9.825), whereas classmate Amer Lowe (9.8) and DiCello (9.8) completed in a tie for third place … Leigh earned the ground title, the primary of her profession on the occasion, adopted by freshman Emerson Smith in second (9.85).
Notes: Leigh’s rating on flooring train marked the best for WVU on flooring since sophomore Jurnee Lane scored a 9.925 on Jan. 28, 2024, in addition to the primary 9.95 since Emily Holmes-Hackerd earned it towards CMU and Pitt on March 5, 2023 … Leigh ranks No. 3 within the Massive 12 Convention and No. 27 nationally on flooring train with a 9.875 common on the occasion … on this week’s Street to Nationals rankings, West Virginia is ranked No. 26 nationally on flooring train and No. 50 total.
This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia doesn’t compete till it hosts Villanova and Duquesne (ladies solely) for senior day on Saturday, Jan. 25.
Final Week in Swimming and Diving: The Mountaineers misplaced to Pitt and George Washington on Jan. 11.
This Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers are set to open its spring season this weekend … WVU welcomes Navy to the WVU Shell Constructing on Saturday with the match slated to start at 9 a.m. ET … the match will function WVU’s third within the Nice America Rifle Convention.
Final Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers didn’t compete.
Notes: The Mountaineers have received 21 straight common season matches … Jon Hammond collected his two hundredth profession win towards No. 5 Georgia Southern … the Mountaineers’ 4738.2 mixture rating is second finest within the nation … The 2354 mark in smallbore is the perfect whereas the 2384.2 sits second … Griffin Lake is averaging a team-leading 1185.8 mixture common which is the sixth finest within the nation … Lake’s 590.1 smallbore common additionally leads WVU and is the sixth finest within the nation … Camryn Camp’s air rifle mark of 596.5 is the tenth finest within the nation.
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia opens the 2025 season at residence with a doubleheader towards Duquesne and Morgan State … the Mountaineers will face Duquesne at 10 a.m. and Morgan State at 3 p.m. … each matches will happen at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown.
Final Season in Tennis: West Virginia had considered one of its finest seasons in program historical past, ending 15-13 total … the Mountaineers additionally received their most convention matches since becoming a member of the Massive 12 … WVU superior to a postseason event for the primary time in historical past, enjoying within the UTR Sports activities NIT Championship.
Notes: Head coach Miha Lisac enters his twelfth season main the Mountaineers … seniors Michaela Kucharova and Tatiana Lipatova return after stellar seasons in 2024 … Kucharova was considered one of three gamers to complete with 30 or extra wins … redshirt junior Maja Dodik was one other participant who completed the 2024 marketing campaign with 30 or extra wins … Dodik has steadily improved every season since becoming a member of West Virginia, and he or she shall be a foundational piece to the group within the upcoming season … Lisac additionally made key additions within the offseason with senior Mille Haagensen, graduate switch Julie Bousseau and freshmen Lyla Byers, Susannah Su and Laura Villanueva Morillo … Byers is a Morgantown native … in three years at Drake, Haagensen completed 90-39 total, going 50-18 in singles and 43-21 in doubles play … Haagensen was the Missouri Valley Convention (MVC) Freshman of the Yr in 2022 and was additionally named First Workforce All-Convention in 2022 … in fall play, Haagensen completed 12-9 total and was the 2024 Bedford Cup singles champion.
This week in Monitor and Area: West Virginia returns to the monitor after being off since Dec. 7 … the Mountaineers will ship cut up squads to the YSU Collegiate Invitational and the Nittany Lion Problem on Jan. 17 and 18, respectively … the YSU Collegiate Invitational shall be held on the Watson and Tressel Coaching Website in Youngstown, Ohio whereas the Nittany Lion Problem will happen on the Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Monitor in College Park, Pennsylvania.
Final week in Monitor and Area: The Mountaineers didn’t compete.
