Quinerly Named Pupil-Athlete of the Week – West Virginia College Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senior guard JJ Quinerly of the West Virginia girls’s basketball workforce has been named the WVU Pupil-Athlete of the Week, offered by College Flats.
 
The Norfolk, Virginia native averaged 25 factors, 4 assists and 4 steals throughout two contests. Her play led the Mountaineers to an 80-58 win over UCF and a 66-53 win over BYU.
 
Quinerly scored a season-high 31 factors in opposition to UCF, setting a program file with 17 factors within the opening quarter of the competition. She closed out the week with 19 factors in opposition to BYU.
 
Quinerly has now scored in double figures 80 instances in her profession. She is eleventh in all-time factors scored and sixth in steals in program historical past.
 
This Week in Ladies’s Basketball: The Mountaineers take to the street for 2 contests… WVU opens the week in opposition to Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas on Wednesday… tipoff is ready for 7 p.m. ET… the Mountaineers then head to Stillwater, Oklahoma to tackle Oklahoma State on Saturday… Tipoff is ready for 3 p.m. ET.
 
Final Week in Ladies’s Basketball: The Mountaineers moved to 12-2 on the season and 2-1 in Massive 12 Convention play after amassing two house wins to open the brand new 12 months … West Virginia first defeated UCF on Wednesday by a closing rating of 80-58 … it marked the 11^th time this season WVU has gained by 20 or extra factors in a recreation … senior guard JJ Quinerly completed with 30 factors in a recreation for the fourth time in her profession, scoring a season-high 31… She added three steals, three assists and three rebounds … the Mountaineers closed out the week with a 66-53 win over BYU on Saturday … Quinerly scored in double figures (19) for the 14^th time in as many video games this season. She added 5 assists and 5 steals … Senior guard Kyah Watson narrowly missed a double-double with 10 factors, 9 rebounds and three steals … junior ahead Celia Riviere completed with a career-high seven rebounds and added six factors.
 
Notes: WVU returns eight student-athletes to the ground this season, together with 4 of 5 starters from an NCAA Match workforce a season in the past … All-Massive 12 First Crew and Defensive Crew choice JJ Quinerly highlights the returners … She was additionally named to the Preseason All-Massive 12 workforce and was named to the Naismith School Ladies’s Basketball Participant of the Yr, the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Capturing Guard of the Yr Watchlist and the Picket Award Preseason High 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… Mark Kellogg is now 21-1 in common season nonconference recreation as head coach of the Mountaineers.
 
This Week in Wrestling: No. 22 West Virginia hosts No. 13 Iowa State in a Massive 12 conflict on the WVU Coliseum on Wednesday at 7 p.m. … the Mountaineers will then host Pitt for the Yard Brawl at 1 p.m. on Sunday … the Iowa State match is True Blue, and followers are inspired to put on blue … the Pitt match is Coal Rush as followers are inspired to put on black.
 
Final Week in Wrestling: West Virginia defeated Princeton on Jan. 4, 27-12, in its first motion since Dec. 21.
 
Notes: Fifth-year Peyton Corridor leads the workforce at 18-0 on the 12 months … Corridor is one among 5 wrestlers ranked this week, sitting at No. 3 … redshirt junior Jordan Titus (141) is ranked No. 32, redshirt sophomore Brody Conley (174) is No. 29 and redshirt senior Dennis Robin (184) is No. 23.
 
This Week in Gymnastics: West Virginia stays on the street when it travels to Mount Nice, Michigan, for a twin meet at Central Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 12 … the meet is slated for 1 p.m. ET inside McGuirk Area.
 
Final Week in Gymnastics: WVU earned a first-place end in its season-opening twin meet at Temple inside McGonigle Corridor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 4 … the Mountaineers posted a workforce rating of 193.6, whereas the Owls positioned second with a closing rating of 191.2 … West Virginia tallied scores of 48.6 on vault, 48.675 on uneven bars, 47.35 on steadiness beam and 48.975 on ground train … on the rostrum, freshman Sophia Rice earned a win on vault in her Mountaineer debut with a 9.85, whereas junior Miranda Smith secured a third-place end with a rating of 9.75 … on bars, fifth-year senior Trinity Macy and seniors Brooke Alban and Anna Leigh tied for first place with matching scores of 9.775 … sophomores Julia Brown and Kaylei Adams tied for first on beam with a pair of 9.8 scores … sophomore Amber Lowe scored a 9.875 to safe first place on ground, whereas classmate Jurnee Lane tied for second place with a 9.825.
 
Notes: Lowe’s complete on ground matched her profession excessive, which she earned thrice final season … Adams, Macy, Rice and freshmen Karleigh DiCello, Emerson Smith and Taylor Tuohy recorded their first profession motion for West Virginia within the season opener … within the first week of the Street to Nationals rankings, WVU ranks No. 28 general and No. 11 on ground train … the Mountaineers are also No. 3 within the Massive 12 on ground.
 
This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia hits the street to resume the Yard Brawl in opposition to Pitt on Saturday, Jan. 11.
 
Final Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia has not competed because it hosted the WVU Invitational in November.