All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

WVWC’s Donaldson to to be inducted into West Virginia Soccer Association Hall of Fame

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Wesleyan head men’s soccer coach Gavin Donaldson will be inducted into the West Virginia Soccer Association Hall of Fame.

Over the course of 36 seasons as a head coach, Donaldson has accumulated 402 wins including 260 victories in his 31-year career at WVWC.

In 1994, Donaldson led the Bobcats to an NAIA national tile en route to NAIA and NSCAA National of the Year. 

The West Virginia Wesleyan men’s soccer coaching staff was named Division II National Staff of the Year by United Soccer Coaches for the 2020 season (played in the spring of 2021).

Donaldson is joined in the 2022 Hall of Fame class by Kathryn “Kittie” Chandler, Joe Pepe and Tom Plymale.

The group will be honored at the WVSA Hall of Fame awards dinner on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Huntington

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