Watson Named Scholar-Athlete of the Week – West Virginia College Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senior guard Kyah Watson of the West Virginia girls’s basketball staff has been named the WVU Scholar-Athlete of the Week, offered by College Flats.
 
The Speedy Metropolis, South Dakota native recorded her first double-double of the season notching a season-high 15 factors and added 10 rebounds. She additionally completed with two steals, one help, and a block within the Mountaineers 68-46 win over Temple on Sunday.
 
West Virginia stays the highway this week for his or her first Large 12 Convention matchup of the season. The Mountaineers open convention play in opposition to Colorado in Boulder on the CU Occasions Heart with tipoff set for 8 p.m. ET. The competition might be broadcast on ESPN+ and on the radio on the Mountaineer Sports activities Community.
 
This Week in Ladies’s Basketball: The Mountaineers open Large 12 Convention play this weekend on the highway in opposition to Colorado … Tipoff contained in the CU Occasions Heart in Boulder, Colorado is about for 8 p.m. ET.
 
Final Week in Ladies’s Basketball: The Mountaineers moved to 10-1 on the season after knocking off Temple within the staff’s last nonconference sport of the season … the Mountaineers collected a 68-46 win over the Owls contained in the Liacouras Heart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania … Senior guard Kyah Watson recorded her fifth profession double-double for the Mountaineers after ending with a game-high 15 factors and 10 rebounds … Junior Celia Riviere had a profession day, posting 12 factors and eight rebounds to narrowly miss a double-double of her personal … Senior guard JJ Quinerly completed with 11 factors, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals … Junior guard Jordan Harrison completed with 11 factors and added seven assists and 7 rebounds … Together with her assists the Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma native has surpassed 400 in her profession … Junior guard Sydney Shaw was the ultimate Mountaineer in double figures with 10 factors and added a game-high 4 steals.
 
Notes: WVU returns eight student-athletes to the ground this season, together with 4 of 5 starters from an NCAA Event staff a season in the past …  All-Large 12 First Workforce and Defensive Workforce choice JJ Quinerly highlights the returners … She was additionally named to the Preseason All-Large 12 staff and was named to the Naismith School Ladies’s Basketball Participant of the Yr, the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Taking pictures 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 sport as head coach of the Mountaineers.
 
This Week in Wrestling: No. 18 West Virginia will head to Kissimmee, Florida, to compete within the Knockout Christmas Traditional … WVU is considered one of 4 groups competing within the traditional as North Dakota State, Wisconsin and Campbell will even compete.
 
Final Week in Wrestling: West Virginia misplaced its Large 12 opener in opposition to Cal Baptist, 15-18 … the Mountaineers hosted the Lancers at Oak Glen Excessive Faculty in New Cumberland, West Virginia, to honor fifth-year Peyton Corridor … West Virginia jumped out to a 12-3 lead halfway by means of the twin however couldn’t cling on as Cal Baptist scored 15 factors within the subsequent 4 matches earlier than fifth-year senior Corridor closed out the occasion with a 5-1 choice in entrance of a sold-out crowd … moreover, fifth-year senior Michael Wolfgram, redshirt senior Austin Cooley, redshirt junior Jace Schafer and redshirt sophomore Brody Conley all collected wins as nicely.
 
Notes: Oak Glen Excessive Faculty is the place Corridor began his wrestling profession, the place he grew to become the college’s first four-time state champion in 4 totally different weight courses (120, 132, 138 and 152).