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West Virginia has offered Ba’Roc Willis.

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Houston transfer Gigi Cooke has committed to West Virginia. She's a 5-foot-8 guard. She has two years of eligibility remaining.


REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2024-25)

• Saw action in 27 games, making 22 starts as the second-leading scorer with 12.4 ppg.
• Led Houston in points scored during nine games including six conference games.
• Made her Houston debut and scored 18 points in season opener vs. UTRGV (Nov. 5.
• Made first career start and posted 21 points at Rice (Nov. 14).
• One of six Cougars to post double-digit points vs. Alcorn State with 10 points and had a career-high six rebounds (Nov. 21).
• Led the Cougars in scoring with 15 vs. Pacific (Nov. 30).
• Left game in fourth quarter vs. Pacific with minor knee injury (Nov. 30) and missed two games: UT Arlington (Dec. 4) and Southeastern Louisiana (Dec. 8).
• Returned to action with 18 points against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 17).
• Led Houston in scoring with 12 points against Texas Tech (Dec. 22).
• One of three Cougars to score in double figures with 13 points against Arizona State (Jan. 4).
• Scored 16 points against BYU (Jan. 8).
• Scored 16 points including a career-high 10 free throws against #24/rv Oklahoma State (Jan. 14).
• Led the team in scoring against rv/#24 Baylor with 17 points (Jan. 17).
• Recorded a career-high three steals vs. Texas Tech (Jan. 22).
• Led the Cougars in scoring with 20 points against Cincinnati (Jan. 29).
• Played all 40 minutes vs. UCF and recorded a career-high six assists (Feb. 1).
• Scored 11 points vs. rv Baylor (Feb. 5).
• Led the team in scoring with 16 points against #18/18 West Virginia (Feb. 8).
• Posted 11 points against Colorado (Feb. 15).
• One of two scorers to post 13 points against Iowa State (Feb. 19).
• Played a career-high 42 minutes and scored 14 points vs. Arizona (Feb. 22).
• Scored a career-high 25 points with four 3-pointers made on the road against #10/8 TCU (Feb. 26).
• Scored 11 points against UCF (March 2).
• Scored 13 points with four 3-pointers in the First Round of the Big 12 Championship against Colorado (March 5).

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)

• Did not see action due to injury.

PRIOR TO HOUSTON - MARYLAND (2022-23)

• Spent freshman campaign at Maryland.
• Saw action in 25 games for Maryland.
• Scored 5 points in her collegiate debut at George Mason.
• Added 7 points off the bench and went 3-4 at the line vs. No. 1 South Carolina.
• Scored 10 points with 2 steals vs. DePaul.

HIGH SCHOOL

• Four-star recruit.
• Earned First Team All-Met honors from The Washington Post as she helped lead McNamara to its third straight WCAC title game
• Averaged 15.0 points, four rebounds and three assists as team captain in her senior season
• Averaged 12.5 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals during her junior season, which was shortened due to Covid-19
• During the 2019-20 campaign, led her team to a 27-5 record and a WCAC title
• Earned a spot on the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League Third Team in 2021
• Played AAU for Team Takeover

PERSONAL

• Mother is Dani Cooke.
• Has two siblings, Dallas and Montanna Cooke.
• Communications major.

Admittedly I don’t get to see the baseball team, live or otherwise, as often as I would like. Although, I constantly follow the game threads for game updates. As WVU is completing an amazing regular season I wanted to ask those who are closer to the program or follow it more in depth what are your thoughts on this team’s ceiling?

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Texas offensive lineman Malik Agbo has committed to West Virginia!

They seem to enjoy running successful people off.

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Dodge City (Kan.) 2025 defensive back Kaleb Gray has received an offer from West Virginia.

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It should be interesting to see how Rich handles the numbers. They want to add several players but have limited scholarship slots open.

One that caught my eye is Markell Samuel at App State. WVU is definitely in the market for some linemen. The All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention has appeared in 29 career games, with 18 starts at left tackle. He was a linebacker in high school but has put on 80 pounds.

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West Virginia (27-4, 7-3) travels to Houston (19-13, 5-7) for a three game weekend series.

Date/time (EST): Friday 11Apr 7:30, Saturday 12Apr 7:30, Sunday 13Apr 12:30
Where: Darryl and Lori Schroeder Ballpark
TV: ESPN+ https://wvusports.com/watch/?Live=5725&type=Live
https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=565192&vislive=wvir

Pitching Probables
LHP Griffin Kirn (3-0, 3.86 ERA, 50 K, 18 BB, 39.2 IP) vs. RHP Paul Schmitz (3-2, 4.28 ERA, 27 K, 15 BB, 40.0 IP)
RHP Gavin Van Kempen (2-0, 4.91 ERA, 28 K, 18 BB, 29.1 IP) vs. RHP Richie Roman (0-4, 4.97 ERA, 38 K, 14 BB, 29.0 IP)
RHP Jack Kartsonas (2-1, 3.12 ERA, 27 K, 4 BB, 17.1 IP) vs. TBA

Talking non-conf here obviously, since it's so cold in February/March in WV and we're traveling so much early here are some teams/road trips I'd like to see us play moving forward:

Coastal Carolina - big alumni base there obviously in Myrtle and consistent top 25 type opponent would make for a great weekend, there's also a ton of small NC/VA schools to stop at on the way back to get a game in

Charleston, SC trip - you can play any combination of CofC, Citadel and Charleston Southern, all 3 of them are quality opponents (CofC being the best) located within 15 miles of each other and there's a pretty decent alumni base with the Lowcountry Chapter that would certainly be at the games

North Florida trip - we've just faced Jacksonville obviously, but hell you can make a week out of that trip if you wanted and bus to games at Stetson, UF, FSU, USF, etc... so many good opponents in that region of Florida that it seems like we should make that a yearly thing and hit more than just 1 opponent down there... these games wouldn't be as well attended as road games in the Carolinas but we do have more alums than just @Vernon roaming the FL streets

West Coast - there are too many programs to list in Cali, but basically you can either go to LA, San Francisco or San Diego and have your pick of schools to face for a weekend at each city and almost all of them are quality opponents

Georgia - between GT, UGA, GaSouthern, Kennesaw, Mercer... great baseball in this state

Thoughts??? And for the love of God if we do Charlotte again, make it UNC Charlotte and not Queens

Of players removed from the roster.

QB: Abe Fenwick (r-Fr.)*

RB: L.J. Turner (Sr.)*, Trae'Von Dunbar (r-Fr.)*, Judah Price (r-So.)*

WR: TJ Johnson (r-So.)*, Dom Collins (r-Fr.)*, Brandon Rehmann (r-Fr.)*, Mykel Davis (Fr.)*, Andrew Phares (r-Fr.)*

TE: Jack Sammarco (So.)*, Jackson Accuardi (Fr.)*, Johnny Pascuzzi (r-Sr.)*, Noah Braham (r-Fr.)*

OL: Justin Terry (r-Fr.)*, Gavin Crawford (Fr.)*, Wesley Hancock (r-Fr.)*

DL: Elijah Kinsler (r-Fr.)*, Makai Byerson (r-Fr.)*, Amir Leonard-Jean Charles (Fr.)*, Jonah Ulloa (r-Fr.)*, Oryend Fisher (r-So.)*, Obinna Onwuka (r-Fr.)*, Romando Johnson (Fr.)*, Zachariah Keith (r-So.)*

LB: Rickey Williams (r-Fr)*, Aydin Fleming (r-Fr.)*

DB: Jacolby Spells (Sr.)*, Jordan Jackson (r-So.)*, Chris Henry (Fr.)*, Sammy Etienne (Fr.)*, Zah Jackson (Fr.)*, Aden Tagaloa-Nelson (r-So.)*, Key'on Washington (r-Fr.)*, Nasai Bell (r-Fr.)*, Mikey Preston (r-Fr.)*

ST: Casey Stanley (r-Fr.), Luke Savino (r-So.)*

*=Officially in the portal