The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams of West Virginia University. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference. The school's mascot is known as the Mountaineer. The two major sports at the university are football (played at the Mountaineer Field) and basketball (played at the WVU Coliseum), although many of the other sports have large followings as well. The West Virginia University athletic program also has the honor of being the only school in the nation in 2007 to win a BCS game, a NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game, and a NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament game.

Baseball

Playing Facility: Hawley Field (1,500)

Head Coach: Greg Van Zant

Most Victories: 40 in 1994

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 22

Last NCAA Appearance: 1996

All-Americans: 20

Drafted Players: 63

Players In The Majors: 30

Notable Players

Babe Barna who played 3-sports

Marvin Bolyard who also played basketball

Zac Cline 2004 15th round draft pick of the Phillies

John Doyle

Jack Gocke

Steve Harrick

Charley Hockenberry

Justin Jenkins

Steve Kline

Bill Marovic

Dustin Nippert

Dale Ramsburg

Scott Seabol

Charley Seabright

Men's Basketball

Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)

Head Coach: Bob Huggins

Most Victories: 29 in 1959

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 21

Last NCAA Appearance: 2008

NIT Appearances: 15

Last NIT Appearance: 2007

NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007)

All-Americans: 13

Drafted Players: 28

Players In The NBA: 11

Women's Basketball

Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)

Head Coach: Mike Carey

Most Victories: 26 in 1992

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5

WNIT Appearances: 2

Last NCAA Appearance: 2008

All-Americans: 3

Drafted Players: 2

Players In The WNBA: 1

Notable Players

Kittie Blakemore was the first women's basketball coach at WVU

Rosemary Kosiorek member of the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

Yelena Leuchanka

Cathy Parson who was the first woman to be inducted in the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

Olayinka Sanni

Georgeann Wells who was the first woman to dunk in an NCAA Women's Basketball Game

Cross Country

Head Coach: Sean Cleary

BIG EAST Conference Champions: 2007

NCAA Appearances: 3

Last NCAA Appearance: 2007

All-Americans: 4

Notable Players

Carl Hatfield

Mike Mosser

Stan Romanoski who was one of the most successful coaches

Football

Gymnastics

Competition Facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)

Head Coach: Linda Burdette

Most Victories: 26 in 1992

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3

AIAW Appearances: 1

Last NCAA Appearance: 2000

All-Americans: 4

Notable Gymnasts

Bill Bonsall first WVU gymnastic coach

Shari Retton

Rifle

Playing Facility: WVU Shell Building

Head Coach: Jon Hammond

Most Victories: 19 in 1964

NCAA Appearances: 24

NCAA Team Championships: 13

National Individual Champions: 20

NCAA All-Americans: 65

Olympians: 12

Notable Riflemen

Michael Anti - 2004 Olympic silver medalist

Marsha Beasley - Previous head coach

Edward Etzel - Previous head coach, 1984 Olympic gold medalist.

Christian Helle - Swedish Olympian (1984)

David Johnson - 1992 Olympian

Bruce Meredith - 4 time Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)

Ann-Marie Pfiffner - 1992 Olympian

John Rost - 1984 Olympian

Stefan Thynell - Swedish Olympian (1976, 1980)

Webster Wright - 1988 Olympian

John Writer - 1972 Olympic gold medalist, 1968 Olympic silver medalist

Men's Soccer

Playing Facility: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,600)

Head Coach: Marlon LeBlanc

Most Victories: 15 in 2006

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10

Last NCAA Appearance: 2007

All-Americans: 5

Mountaineer Professionals: 12

Notable Men's Soccer Players

Pat Carroll

Devon McTavish

Nick Noble

Joe Okhakhu

Aaron Pitchkolan

Jarrod Smith

Dan Stratford

Andrew Wright

Women's Soccer

Playing Facility: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,600)

Head Coach: Nikki Izzo-Brown

Most Victories: 18 in 2002, 2007

BIG EAST Conference Champions: 2007

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8

Last NCAA Appearance: 2007

All-Americans: 3

Academic All-American: 4

Mountaineer Professionals: 2

Men's Swimming

Playing Facility: WVU Natatorium (500)

Head Coach: Vic Riggs

Most Victories: 13 in 2007

Big East Conference Champions: 2007

NCAA Qualifiers: 19

NCAA All-Americans: 2

Olympians: 1

Women's Swimming

Playing Facility: WVU Natatorium (500)

Head Coach: Vic Riggs

Most Victories: 9 in 1990

NCAA Qualifiers: 14

NCAA All-Americans: 4

Olympians: 1

Notable Women's Swimmers

Kim Kaufman

Women's Tennis

Playing Facility: Mountaineer Tennis Courts

Head Coach: Marc Walters

Most Victories: 21 in 1990

Women's Track

Playing Facility: Mountaineer Track, Shell Indoor Track

Head Coach: Sean Cleary

Assistants: Shellyann Galimore

Olympians: 2

NCAA National Champions: 2

NCAA All-Americans: 13

Notable players

Connie Ellerbe -

Patience Itanyi - 1995 NCAA outdoor long jump champion

Megan Metcalfe - 2005 NCAA outdoor 5,000 meter champion

Kate Vermeulen - 1999 NCAA indoor mile champion

Women's Volleyball

Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)

Head Coach: Veronica Hammersmith

Most Victories: 35 in 1979

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0

Last NCAA Appearance: NA

NIT Appearances: 1

All-Americans: 0

All-East: 2

Wrestling

Playing Facility: WVU Coliseum (14,000)

Head Coach: Craig Turnbull

Most Victories: 14 in 1976 and 1990

NCAA Individual Appearances: 67

Best NCAA Finish: 6th in 1991

All-Americans: 16

National Champions: 3

EWL Champions: 18

Notable wrestlers

Dominic Black

Scott Collins

Steve Harrick

Nate Lingle

Floyd Schwartzwalder

Greg Jones

Vertus Jones

Brandon Rader

Mike Mason

Pageantry

Team Colors: Old Gold and Blue

Fight Song: Hail West Virginia! (Take Me Home, Country Roads is played at Mountaineer Field following WVU victories and is famous around the world)

Nickname: Mountaineers

Mascot: The Mountaineer

Marching Band: Mountaineer Marching Band, known as "The Pride of West Virginia." Well-known for their formation of the West Virginia state outline.

References

• WVUStats.com
• The Pride of West Virginia

External links

• WV Mountaineer Sports Your Source For WVU Mountaineer Football and Basketball
• WVUTalk A West Virginia University Sports Forum