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She said YES at the YES USVI Classic! Congrats to Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Marcus Reed and his fiancée Maria Martinez on their engagement 💍
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MBB: Glen Abram drops a career-high 34 points to lead WVSU to a 90-88 victory over Elizabeth City State. Anthony Pittman posted a double-double in his college debut with 15 points & 14 rebounds.
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For the first time in program history, the WVSU Softball team is ranked #1 in the Atlantic Region. Go State!.
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A state of the art athletic complex, two turf fields, a beautiful mountain backdrop, and a magnificent indoor arena. what more could you want?.#ThisIsSTATE
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MBB: Former Marshall walk-on, Marcus Reed, appointed as assistant men's basketball coach.
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🏐 WE ARE GOING DANCING! 6 Seed in the Atlantic Region and first match is against a former MEC foe!
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West Virginia State mourns the loss of legendary baseball coach Cal Bailey
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Today, our colors are maroon and silver. Thoughts and prayers with the family and friends of Alex Miller and the entire Roane County community. #80
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Congratulations to Ernest Jenkins who broke a WVSU men's basketball record for 3-pointers made in a game with 10 Saturday against Urbana.
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Picked to finish 4️⃣th in the preseason poll, the Yellow Jackets proved the doubters wrong today.
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Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week, freshmen Treohn Watkins and Destiny Fields (@WVSULadyJackets)! Watkins made four 3PT FG on his way to a team-high 20 PTS, while Fields posted 29 PTS & 14 REB to register a double-double in games versus Concord. #JacketsAthletics
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Thanks to @MuscoLighting, WVSU is the first HBCU to have the Show-Light Entertainment Package. Lakin-Ray Field joins Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with this system.
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Hey @SportsCenter, how about this game-winner by West Virginia State's Fran Soares-Cupertino in overtime of the @NCAADII Women's Soccer Championship?. #SCTop10
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WVSU was well represented in the "Big Apple" today. Yellow Jacket men's and women's tennis players Noah Fulks and Laura Isbey presented Robin Roberts with a team t-shirt on the set of Good Morning America in New York.
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👏👏👏 . Congratulations to sophomore Anthony Pittman, who just eclipsed 1,000 career points during today’s game with Frostburg State. 🔥
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It's official folks! Charity Shears now holds the WVSU record for most career 3PT FGM at 174 & counting. She's still a junior 👀
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Congratulations to Charity Shears for breaking the school and @TheMountainEast records for most 3PT FGM in a single game with 12!.#JacketsAthletics
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Halftime Motivation 🔥 One Team, One Mission, One Purpose. 👊🙌
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Congratulations to the twelve West Virginia State football players that received All-MEC honors this season!
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Yellow Jackets Open Season With 51-28 Win Over Charleston.
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WVSU Athletics begins work on project to turf and light football field.
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M-🏀| Dedicated volunteer assistant, Marcus Reed, earns full-time position on coaching staff. 📰 #GoSTATE
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⚾ | Say hello to the 2021 MEC Tournament Champions, West Virginia State University!
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FB: Austin Hensley connected with Zach Pate for a 13-yard TD with 15 seconds left to carry WVSU past FSU! STATE remains undefeated in MEC play. @WVStateFB #EarnYourGold
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🐝 | West Virginia State mourns passing of student-athlete .
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Putting in a lot of hard work at practice. This season is going to a be good one for WVSU Football 🏈
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FB: WVSU 20, FSU 17, Final. The Yellow Jackets are undefeated to start the season!.
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70 days until @WVStateFB takes on the University of Charleston in the Kanawha Classic. #GoState
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🥎 | You're looking at the 2021 MEC South Division Champions, West Virginia State!
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🚨RECORD ALERT🚨. WVSU student-athletes turn in a cumulative 3.1 GPA this fall, their highest grade point average for a semester ever. Full Story:
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🚨 UPSET ALERT 🚨.THE YELLOW JACKETS TAKE DOWN #9 WEST LIBERTY!. Anthony Pittman (28 pts. and 12 reb.) and Jeremiah Moore (26 pts. and 14 reb.) both had double-doubles in the road win.
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WVSU holds off Concord, 98-94. Treohn Watkins led the way with 20 points. Glen Abram (19), Jeremiah Moore (14), and Anthony Pittman (12) also had double figures in the home win.
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FB: WVSU 24, Wheeling 0, Final. With State's win over Wheeling, and NDC's loss to GSC, WVSU will play for a share of the MEC Championship next weekend in Institute!!!
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M-🏀 | Congratulations to Glen Abram who eclipsed 1,000 career points in today's game!
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😤😤😤. With their win tonight, the Yellow Jackets clinch the division and earn a spot in the @TheMountainEast Conference Tournament! . Go STATE!
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FB: SR QB Austin Hensley did not put a foot wrong throughout the game against GSC. He went 38-59 passing for 439 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 0️⃣ interceptions.
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The Yellow Jackets are the 2019 MEC Softball South Division Regular Season Champions! With a split at Shepherd today, they set the program record for most regular season conference wins with 24. Go State!
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If you’re on I-64 West, make sure you look for “Championship Saturday” above Dunbar!
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He's done it folks! Jeremiah Moore is officially a part of the 1,000-point club at WVSU.
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YELLOW JACKETS ADVANCE TO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME !!!.A two out single in the first by Brittany Allison drove in Brookelyn Hale as WVSU defeated Wheeling Jesuit 1-0 with Emily Moore pitching the shutout. WVSU will play at 1 p.m. Sunday for the title needing to win one out of two games.
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FB Highlight: Senior wide receiver Zach Pate flips into the end zone for two-point conversion and sticks the landing!.@SportsCenter .#SCTop10
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FB | Congrats to senior QB Austin Hensley for making the shortlist of 2019 Harlon Hill Trophy candidates! The Harlon Hill Trophy is awarded to the best football player in @NCAADII. 36 players across the country earned nominations this year. 📰 @WVStateFB
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Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week, Taylor Carter (@WVStateFB) and Kierstin Hensley (@WVSU_Tennis)! Carter rushed for over 100-yards Saturday, while Hensley finished in the top 12 at the 2019 ITA Cup. #JacketsAthletics
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Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week, Tyrone Lyte (@WVStateFB) and J'Lana Stone (@wvsuvolleyball)! Lyte hauled in a career-high 112 receiving yards Saturday, while Stone lead the way with a .889 hitting percentage in Saturday's win over Glenville St. #JacketsAthletics
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The WVSU Women’s Tennis team is MEC Tournament Champions!
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WE'RE GOING DANCING! WVSU Softball is hosting an NCAA Regional for the first time in program history. First game is set for Thursday at Noon vs. Winston-Salem State. See you at Lady Jacket Field!
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M-🏀 | The Basketball Hall of Fame will host the newly-launched Chris Paul HBCU Tip-Off at the Mohegan Sun on Nov. 22 & 23. The 2-day event will feature 4 HBCUs including West Virginia State, Morehouse, Virginia Union, & Winston-Salem State. 📰: #GoSTATE
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🏐 | CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND‼️. The Yellow Jackets will head to the finals of the MEC tournament for the first time ever! . FIRST SERVE, 5 pm SATURDAY. BE HERE✊😤
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The Yellow Jackets broke open a close game by converting three second half interceptions into touchdowns on the way to winning their home opener.
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WVSU Softball‘s historic season ends after 11-5 loss to West Chester. Season recap:.- Most regular season conference wins in program history.- Mountain East Conference South Division Regular Season Champions.- Host site for NCAA Regional for the first time in program history
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State wins 4-2 over WVWC! Emily Moore goes the distance and Brookelyn Hale picks up 4 hits. The Yellow Jackets will face Gannon tomorrow morning at 11 AM. #GoState.
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Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week, Cody Stanley (@WVStateFB) and Emily Davis (@wvsuvolleyball)! Both freshman had breakout performances this past week and recorded season highs. #JacketsAthletics
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🏈: Let the countdown begin! Just 1️⃣5️⃣ days until the Yellow Jackets🐝 take the field for the first time in 2019 with the season opener @ Frostburg State on Sep. 5th at 7 p.m. #JacketsAthletics #YellowJacketsSwarm
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Calil Wilkins ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns and the WVSU defense held Kentucky State to 27 yards passing as the Yellow Jackets won their Homecoming game. The Jackets scored the second most points in program history on the way to the victory.
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MBB: WVSU 96. WLU 93, Final. The Yellow Jackets topple nationally-ranked No. 20 West Liberty! Glen Abram led the Jackets with a career-high 38 points while Isaiah Noel backed him up with 22 points and the game-winning steal.
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FB: 2️⃣ days remaining until the Yellow Jackets🐝 swarm into Frostburg, MD to welcome the Bobcats to the MEC! Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on Thurs., Sep. 5th. #JacketsAthletics #YellowJacketsSwarm #YellowJacketNation
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Sophomore Calil Wilkins ran for 192 yards, freshman Carl Garmon for 166, wide receiver A.J. Barrette went for a 76 yard touchdown on an end around, and Tyrell Henderson caught a 41 yard scoring strike from Faustino Saucedo to lead the Yellow Jackets to their third win in a row.
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Congratulations to senior guard Michal Seals for being named @TheMountainEast Player of the Week! He was the leading scorer for the Yellow Jackets in both of last week's wins against Kentucky Christian and Bluefield State. 📰: #JacketsAthletics #WVSUHoops
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. IT'S GAMEDAY. 🆚 WVWC.⏰ 1 pm.💻 🗺️ Institute, WV
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WVSU student-athletes combined for a 3.15 GPA during the Spring 2019 semester, and a 3.125 GPA for the entire 18/19 academic year. This is the first time in WVSU Athletics history that the Yellow Jackets have turned in consecutive semesters of a collective GPA of 3.0 or higher.
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The Yellow Jackets' Dylan Lucas ran the ball in from the 2-yard line for the game winning score with 7:54 to play in a hard fought contest. Carl Garmon ran for 142 yards on the day and senior Rhys Jelich ran for 8 yards on fourth and one late in the game to insure the victory.
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⚾️ | Quite a group of “seniors” that led the Yellow Jackets to a conference championship this year 👏👏👏
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VB | Final: WVSU 3, Concord 0. That's a sweep for the Yellow Jackets!
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⚾ | Congrats to freshman Quincy Thornton for being named the MEC Pitcher of the Week‼ 👏👏👏. 📰 #GoSTATE 🐝
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🏐 | Congrats to Head Coach Kris Kern for being named MEC Coach of the Year!. 📰 @wvsuvolleyball
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It is with great sadness that we share the passing of one of our student-athletes, Justin Graham. Justin was diagnosed with leukemia in Jan. 2017. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family and friends. #JG6.
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🚨CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY🚨.@WVStateFB is playing for a share of the MEC Championship. First 250 fans receive a WVSU Football shirt. Be there.
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Congrats to Dant'e Jones, Dustin Crouser, Austin Hensley, and Isiah Scott for being named to the 2019 Don Hansen Football Gazette Super Region One Team!
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BIGGGG congratulations to senior Gabrielle Bullock, who just totaled her 1,000th career kill at WVSU 🔥🚀💁♀️. She joins an elite group of Yellow Jackets with this accomplishment. Way to go, Gabby!
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