MORGANTOWN —
The West Virginia University baseball team will play nine Big 12 Conference games at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston during the 2013 season, WVU director of athletics Oliver Luck and West Virginia Power executive vice president Andy Milovich announced Tuesday.
“We are pleased to be working with the West Virginia Power in this arrangement to bring Big 12 baseball to Charleston for the 2012 season,” Luck said. “WVU baseball has enjoyed playing in Charleston, and this will give us a chance to showcase Appalachian Power Park to some great programs in the Big 12. I think the fans of Charleston will really enjoy the quality of collegiate baseball coming to the city.”
WVU will play the following Big 12 Conference games at Appalachian Power Park during the 2013 college baseball season: Texas Tech (March 22-24), Oklahoma (May 3-5) and TCU (May 10-12). A location for a fourth Big 12 Conference home series against Kansas from April 26-28 will be announced at a later date.
“On behalf of the West Virginia Power front office and staff, we could not be more excited to have West Virginia play nine conference games at Appalachian Power Park,” Milovich said. “We’ve always had great experiences with West Virginia baseball and have had great fan turnouts. To be able to host these nine games is great for college baseball, the fans and the City of Charleston.”
“We are really excited to be bringing Mountaineer baseball to Charleston for nine Big 12 Conference home games this season,” WVU baseball coach Randy Mazey said. “We have a great fan base in Charleston and look forward to the tremendous community and fan support that Charleston can provide for our baseball program.”
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The Mountaineers landed a big-time recruit in four-star defensive lineman De’Asian Richardson out of Orange Park High near Jacksonville, Fla., beating out Big 12 rival Oklahoma for his services.
Richardson had previously committed to Florida State.
At 6-3, 285, he figures to play defensive end.
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WVU’s football recruiting never seems to end. The Mountaineers have added a new recruit in cornerback Vernon Davis, a freshman who started the year at Miami, was unhappy with his placement on the depth chart and has decided to transfer to WVU.
Davis will sit out this year due to transfer rules but was supposed to redshirt in Miami anyway. Davis was a three-star recruit.
Also, freshman running back T.Q. Grant, out of the same school, North Babylon, N.Y., that sent WVU top defensive lineman Scooter Berry and the highly touted Jason Gwaltney, Berry’s half-brother, has been added to the team as a walk-on after a Monday tryout.
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The West Virginia 2012-13 rifle schedule features six home matches and a trip to 10-time NCAA champion Alaska-Fairbanks.
“The rifle team does not shy away from tough competition, and this year’s slate is no different,” Luck said. “I am excited to watch coach Jon Hammond and the Mountaineers navigate a schedule, which features past NCAA champions, as they pursue the program’s nation-best 15th national title.”
“This schedule isn’t overloaded, but it certainly isn’t quiet either,” said Hammond, about to begin his seventh year as head coach. “There’s barely a weekend off. Our spring season has a few less matches, and this will help our focus for the NCAA Championships.”
This year’s slate features three teams from the 2012 NCAA Championships field — runner-up Kentucky, third-place Alaska-Fairbanks and fourth-place Army. TCU won the 2012 national title while WVU finished sixth.
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