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Pair of Illinois Transfers to Visit West Virginia

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2 weeks ago

April 19, 2024

Pair of Illinois Transfers to Visit West Virginia

Things are setting up to be a big weekend of recruiting for Darian DeVries and the WVU men’s basketball coaching staff.

According to Dante J Furco of FOX Illinois, West Virginia will be hosting Illinois transfers Amani Hansberry and Sencire Harris on an official visit over the next couple of days. Obviously, the connection here is the relationship with associate head coach Chester Frazier, who recruited the two out of high school and coached them at Illinois.

Hansberry, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound forward from Baltimore, Maryland, appeared in 19 games as a true freshman this past season and averaged 2.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 7.4 minutes per game. Coming out of Mount Saint Joseph High School, Hansberry was considered a consensus four-star recruit and held offers from Boston College, LSU, Mississippi State, Miami, NC State, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and the past staff at West Virginia. He will have three years of eligibility remaining.

Harris was a part of the 2022 recruiting class and appeared in 33 games (7 starts) as a true freshman. He averaged 3.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game while shooting 43% from the field and 31% from three. This past season, head coach Brad Underwood decided to redshirt the 6-foot-4 guard. Coming out of St. Vincent-St.Mary High School in Akron – yes, LeBron James’ high school – Harris held offers from Illinois, Maryland, Xavier, and several others. He, too, was rated a four-star prospect. Harris will also have three years of eligibility left.

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West Virginia baseball looks to close in on Big 12 lead, NCAA Regional 1-seed during road series at Cincinnati

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4 hours ago

May 2, 2024

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West Virginia baseball looks to close in on Big 12 lead, NCAA Regional 1-seed during road series at Cincinnati

West Virginia University baseball hopes to further their aspirations to secure a conference championship and an opportunity to host an NCAA Regional as they prepare for another Big 12 road series.

The Mountaineers (27-16, 14-7) are set for a weekend clash with a historical conference rival in Cincinnati (25-20, 11-10). It will be the first meeting between the two programs in 13 years — the opponents last met on the diamond as members of the Big East Conference in May 2011. WVU narrowly leads the all-time series 18-17, but the Bearcats own a 10-6 advantage in their home stadium.

The Mountaineers are entering behind the momentum of completing a season sweep of Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl with an 11-1 at PNC Park on Tuesday. During that rivalry affair, West Virginia native and WVU first baseman Grant Hussey blasted a pair of homers out of the park en route to securing the program’s all-time home run record with 36 total.

WVU can drastically improve their shot at a conference title and a top seed in the Big 12 Tournament this weekend with a strong performance. They enter one game behind current conference leader Oklahoma, tied with Oklahoma State for second-place in the league standings. Oklahoma is set for a weekend series against fourth-place Texas — meanwhile Oklahoma State will face Texas Tech, who has the second-most overall wins and third-best overall winning percentage this season amongst conference teams.

The Mountaineers are also certainly hoping to impress enough during the final month of the season to earn the opportunity to bring the NCAA Regional back to Morgantown — to host they will need to be one of the Top 16 seeds in the 64-team field. In the last D1 Baseball forecast for the postseason field, WVU is projected as a No. 2 seed in a potential Knoxville region hosted by Tennessee. That puts them between the 17th and 32nd overall seed currently.

WVU will face Cincinnati at UC Baseball Stadium — first pitch on Friday is set for 5 p.m., Saturday for 3 p.m., and Sunday for 1 p.m. Fans looking to watch the action live will be able to find a television stream of all three games on Big 12 Now on ESPN, and an audio stream will be available via the Mountaineers Sports Network radio affiliates, the Varsity Network, the WVU Gameday App, and WVUSports.com.

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Mon and Preston Counties achieve certified Build WV District Designation

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11 hours ago

May 2, 2024

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Mon and Preston Counties achieve certified Build WV District Designation

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – Monongalia and Preston Counties now qualify as certified Build WV districts.

Passed in the 2022 legislative session, the Build WV Act aims to assist West Virginia’s growing communities in attracting much-needed housing development projects.

The most recent designation covers qualifying projects within a 20 mile radius of Browns Mill West Virginia.

These developments can now receive state sales and use tax exemptions for building materials.

Projects will also receive a 10 year property value adjustment refundable tax to offset building costs.

The 20 mile radius covers most of Monongalia and Preston Counties in addition to parts of Marion County.

Projects eligible for the BUILD WV Act will meet the following criteria:

Be in a certified BUILD WV Act District.
Generate approved costs more than $3-million OR include at least six units or houses.
Create a significant positive economic impact on the state.
Will directly or indirectly improve opportunity in the area where the project will be located for the successful establishment or expansion of other commercial businesses.
Provide additional employment opportunities in the state.

Visit http: wvlegislature.gov/wvcode/ for the entire list of approval considerations.

Go to BuildWV District for an unofficial map of the district area. All interested housing developers or contractors should contact Meghan Smith, 304-993-3564, meghan.e.smith@wv.gov.

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