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The West Virginia Wesleyan Lady Bobcats hosted Caldwell University Cougars in a non-conference game for their home opener in the 2018 season. It was a beautiful August night, and the girls and fans were excited for it all to kick off. The first 15 minutes of play there was back and forth action until the…

West Virginia Wesleyan Women’s Golf has been selected third in the 2018 MEC Golf Poll. Notre Dame College has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the Mountain East Conference women’s golf championship. The Falcons, who won their second MEC women’s golf title last year, return a pair of All-MEC honorees from last season…

Head coach Del Smith and the West Virginia Wesleyan Football team announced Luke Casey, Derrick Butler, and Devin Montgomery as the team captains for the 2018 season. “Heading into our third year as a staff, this is by far the best locker room we have ever had” remarked head coach, Del Smith.” “These three young…

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Shepherd Rams have been picked to win a fourth-straight Mountain East Conference football title after a vote conducted by the league’s coaches. Shepherd received 94 points and was picked to finish first on six of the 11 ballots. The Rams went 10-1 last year and made a third-straight appearance in the…

Fairmont State volleyball standout Mackenzie Harrison has been named the Mountain East Conference Female Athlete of the Year for 2017-18. Harrison was selected as the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) National Player of the Year after leading the country with 710 kills — 105 more kills than any player in the country this season.…

The University of Charleston’s Thomas Vancaeyezeele has been selected as the Mountain East Conference Male Athlete of the Year for 2017-18. Vancaeyezeele collected a host of individual honors as he helped the Golden Eagles to the national championship. He was named the NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Player of the Year by the United Soccer…

Jesse Skiles has been named Glenville State College’s new Athletic Director. His new appointment will take effect July 1. “I am excited about this opportunity and I’m looking forward to working not only with our great coaches and student athletes, but also with our alumni and supporters. Glenville is truly a special place for me…

West Virginia Wesleyan College has once again dominated the Mountain East Conference MEC) Schools academic awards. Wesleyan placed 161 of the 750 athletes on the All-MEC Academic Team (3.7-4.0) and Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.25-3.69). That total outdistanced the University of Charleston’s 86 award-recipients. Wesleyan’s total represented 20% of those who were honored among the 12-member…

After over 45 years as an employee at Glenville State College, Debra (Reed) Nagy is retiring. Throughout her decades of service to Glenville State, she has worked with eight different college presidents, two of GSC’s Community & Technical College provosts, helped hundreds of staff, faculty, and administrators, and interacted with countless students, alumni, and friends…

The University of Charleston’s Dan Stratford has been named the Mountain East Conference Men’s Sports Coach of the Year for 2017-18. Stratford, in his first season at the helm of the program after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant, directed the Golden Eagles to the 2017 NCAA Men’s Soccer title — the first…

Glenville State’s Kim Stephens has been named the Mountain East Conference Women’s Sports Coach of the Year for 2017-18. Stephens, in her second season at her alma mater, directed the Pioneers to a 31-2 season on the hardwood. Glenville State became the first program — men’s or women’s — to navigate conference play with an…

The University of Charleston has won the 2017-18 Mountain East Conference Commissioner’s Cup recognizing overall athletic excellence among its membership on an annual basis. The standings are compiled utilizing an “all-sports rating.” This rating is determined by a formula that awards points to a school for its regular season finish equal to the number of…

West Virginia Wesleyan College Athletic Director Randy Tenney has announced the new head coaches for the Bobcat Track & Field/Cross Country programs. On the women’s side. Tenney has named current Bobcat assistant and former standout Alan Crise has the head coach. Crise had already been named as the team’s head cross country coach, and is…