It’s truly amazing what WVU wrestling coach SAMMIE HENSON has done in the short time he’s been in Morgantown, taking a program that had not placed in the top 25 at NCAAs in 11 years and leading the Mountaineers to a 20th-place finish in 2015.
Now, Henson has put together one of the top recruiting classes in the country, according to FloWrestling.
Three of Henson’s recruits won national titles this year – AUSTIN MYERS (220), CONNOR FLYNN (152) and KEEGAN MOORE (132), while 125-pounder DEVIN BROWN won the prestigious Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic.
FloWrestling rated Henson’s first WVU haul No. 5 in the nation and second in the Big 12 Conference behind just Oklahoma State.
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The latest NCAA Division I baseball attendance report came out earlier this week and West Virginia has jumped to 37th this week with an average of 1,744 fans per game. West Virginia’s average attendance for its 14 dates at brand new Monongalia County Ballpark now puts the Mountaineers sixth in the Big 12 in average attendance behind Texas (5,517), TCU (3,841), Texas Tech (3,665), Kansas State (2,630) and Baylor (2,351).
That just goes to show you the saying “build it and they will come” rings true.
Anecdotally, I was told that WVU’s total concession sales for its first weekend series against Butler when the Mountaineers drew nearly 7,000 fans was approximately the equivalent of “three or four years” of concessions sales at old Hawley Field.
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Now, Henson has put together one of the top recruiting classes in the country, according to FloWrestling.
Three of Henson’s recruits won national titles this year – AUSTIN MYERS (220), CONNOR FLYNN (152) and KEEGAN MOORE (132), while 125-pounder DEVIN BROWN won the prestigious Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic.
FloWrestling rated Henson’s first WVU haul No. 5 in the nation and second in the Big 12 Conference behind just Oklahoma State.
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The latest NCAA Division I baseball attendance report came out earlier this week and West Virginia has jumped to 37th this week with an average of 1,744 fans per game. West Virginia’s average attendance for its 14 dates at brand new Monongalia County Ballpark now puts the Mountaineers sixth in the Big 12 in average attendance behind Texas (5,517), TCU (3,841), Texas Tech (3,665), Kansas State (2,630) and Baylor (2,351).
That just goes to show you the saying “build it and they will come” rings true.
Anecdotally, I was told that WVU’s total concession sales for its first weekend series against Butler when the Mountaineers drew nearly 7,000 fans was approximately the equivalent of “three or four years” of concessions sales at old Hawley Field.
http://mobile.wvusports.com/index.cfm?func=blogs&blog=ccBlog&story=28009