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Kenneth McGlothen, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American at George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia, has verbally committed to swim and study at West Virginia University beginning in the fall of 2026.

“I chose WVU for the amazing facilities, excellent coaching staff, and the opportunity to proudly represent my home state and the flying WV”

McGlothen will join his sister, Kentucky sophomore Madi McGlothen, as the third generation of D1 swimmers in the family. Their grandfather, Greg Olson, was an All-American at Bucknell. He went on to run the HYCAT swim program in Charleston for over 40 years. Their mother, Melissa Olson, was an All-American at Kentucky. She was the silver medalist in the 400 IM at SECs as a freshman in 1997 and held the Kentucky program record for almost 16 years. Melissa Olson is McGlothen’s club at YMCA Kanawha Valley Kraken.

In his three years of high school swimming, the polyvalent McGlothen has won the 500 free twice (4:42.62 in 2023, 4:39.78 in 2024), the 200 IM (1:51.92 in 2024), the 200 free (1:40.48 in 2025), and the 100 back (50.34 in 2025). He was runner-up in the 200 IM as a freshman (1:57.91 in 2023).

In December 2024, McGlothen competed in the 200 back at the U.S. Open. He swam the 100 breast in time trials and went a best time of 58.44. A week later, he competed at Winter Juniors East and picked up new lifetime bests in the 100 back (50.50), 200 back (1:48.15), and 100 breast (58.09).

More recently, he won the 500 free, 200 back, and 200 breast; was runner-up in the 100 breast and 200 IM; and came in 5th in the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly at the 2025 West Virginia Short Course Championships. He came away with new PBs in the 200 back (1:47.85), 200 breast (2:08.44), and 100 fly (52.24).

Two weeks later at the 2025 YMCA Short Course National Championships, McGlothen came in 4th place in the 200 back, dropping another 1.3 seconds to improve his own WV state record to 1:46.56. He also finaled in the 100 back (21st) and the 200 IM (18th), the latter with a PB of 1:51.50.

In long course, McGlothen was a top 8 finisher in the 200 back at Futures in each of the last two summer. He placed 7th in Richmond last summer (2:06.92) and was 15th (2:07.62) in 2025. He owns the West Virginia 15-18 state record in the event (2.06.41)

Best SCY times:

• 200 back – 1:46.56
• 100 back – 50.34
• 200 IM – 1:51.50
• 500 free – 4:39.78
• 200 free – 1:40.48
• 100 breast – 58.09
• 200 breast – 2:08.44

Outside the pool McGlothen enjoys playing guitar, gaming with friends, and traveling with the family.

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If anybody had any doubts that Ross Hodge wouldn’t be ready to hit the ground running in constructing his first roster at West Virginia the last week should have calmed those concerns.

Hodge and his coaching staff have already added five players to the roster over the last week with some key pieces already being put in place for what the Mountaineers are going to look like in year one.

West Virginia has already added transfer commitments from UNC Wilmington center Harlan Obioha, North Texas forward Brenen Lorient, Chattanooga guard Honor Huff and Troy forward Jackson Fields.

Obioha, 7-foot-0, 280-pounds, attracted plenty of interest once he entered the transfer market from schools such as Texas, Cincinnati, Mississippi State, Wichita State, Wake Forest and Rutgers, among others.

Obioha spent only one season with the Seahawks, where he averaged 9.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and shot 63-percent from the field while starting 23 games this past year. Quality bigs are hard to come by in the transfer market and adding Obioha was an excellent start to the base the roster build.

Lorient, 6-foot-9, 215-pounds, is coming off a standout season with the Mean Green where he averaged 11.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and over 1.1 blocks per game across 24.8 minutes per game.

He shot 57-percent from the field and his efforts were rewarded by being named a first-team all-American Athletic Conference selection and the league’s Sixth Man of the Year. The talented forward would have had a major transfer portal market but when he entered the database had a no-contact tag and then elected to follow Hodge to Morgantown for the final year of his career.

Huff, 5-foot-10, 168-pounds, had previously narrowed down his options to West Virginia, St. John’s, Iowa, Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt and was considered one of the best shooting guards available in the portal.

The high-scoring guard became a priority for West Virginia in the transfer portal and is coming off a season where he averaged 15.2 points, 2.3 assists and 1.8 rebounds while hitting 42.4-percent of his shots and an impressive 41.6-percent of his three-point attempts.

Overall, Huff made a total of 131 on the season from deep and that total ranked him atop all of college basketball in terms of made three-pointers. He was an all-Southern Conference first-team selection.

Fields, 6-foot-8, 210-pounds, averaged 7.9 points and 4.8 rebounds this past season while shooting 48.7-percent from the field and 33.3–percent from three on 63 attempts. He spent three seasons at Troy and is a versatile option that can finish around the rim as well as being used to stretch the floor from his forward spot.

Fields also can protect the rim and defend multiple positions on the defensive end which makes him an intriguing option in the roster build as an athletic option to add quality depth.

The final piece to date is Allen (Tx.) 2025 forward Deandre Thomas who was previously committed to North Texas but elected to follow Hodge to Morgantown. Thomas, 6-foot-7, 210-pounds, signed with North Texas in November but requested his release and now will spend his college career in Morgantown.

Thomas averaged 10.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists as a senior and is another versatile forward that will have a chance to make a dent in the rotation as a freshman depending on the rest of the build. It’s a testament to how Hodge felt about his potential and the trust that Thomas had in him as a coach.

West Virginia has five pieces on the roster in place on top of any of the remaining pieces from the previous coaching staff that remain in Morgantown. And as evidenced by what’s unfolding with the Mountaineers still highly active in the transfer market for other key pieces with Lincoln Memorial guard Wes Enis visiting over the weekend.

Enis, 6-foot-2, 200-pounds, spent two years with the Railsplitters where he made his impact felt on the floor. As a freshman, Enis was named South Atlantic Freshman of the Year and a third-team all-league selection after averaging 17.9 points and 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

He shot 44-percent from the floor and 36-percent from three.

The Ohio native followed that up by being named South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore as well as being on the league’s all-defensive team. Enis averaged 20.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.

That included shooting 45-percent from the floor and increasing his three-point output to 41.1–percent from deep. It would potentially be another impact addition, while others are continuing to be contacted by the Mountaineers coaching staff.

This thing is only just beginning.

Virginia Tech dropped both games against Florida State on Saturday, but are hoping to salvage something in the series today by avoiding getting swept by the Seminoles.

Here is how the Hokies are lining up for game:

Here is how the Hokies are lining up for Game One Today:

1. CF Jared Davis

2. LF Ben Watson

3. RF Sam Tackett

4. C Henry Cooke

5. DH David McCann

6. 3B Hudson Lutterman

7. 1B Anderson French

8. 2B Ethan Gibson

9. SS Clay Grady

Logan Eisenreich is on the mound for the Hokies for Game three.

Eisenreich walks the leadoff batter, but gets a double play and a strikeout to end the inning. Game is tied 0-0 going to the bottom of the inning.

A pair of singles put runners on the corners and then a sac fly from Tackett scored the first run and put VT up 1-0. Cooke then singled to the right to put two runners on with no outs and a balk moved them to second and third. Instead of scoring more, two of the next three batters struck out. VT leads 1-0 going to the 2nd.

A 1-2-3 inning for Eisenreich. VT leads 1-0 going to the bottom of the inning.

The Hokies get a single, but no runs. VT leads 1-0 going to the 3rd

Eisenreich strikes out two more and keeps FSU off the scoreboard. VT leads 1-0 going to the bottom of the inning.

Cooke doubled and Lutterman walked for the Hokies in the 3rd, but they could not bring them hom. VT leads 1-0 going to the 4th.

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