Doanes Named Student-Athlete of the Week
May 14, 2018 01:13 PM | Baseball, General, Rowing, Track & Field
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After continuing his hot hitting at the plate, freshman third baseman Tyler Doanes of the West Virginia University baseball team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
Doanes led the Mountaineers with a .600 batting average in the team's three-game series at TCU last weekend. He hit his first career home run – an inside-the-parker – and had two hits in every game, along with three RBIs in Sunday's series finale. The Fayetteville, Georgia, native had a team-leading 1.000 slugging percentage at TCU and a .786 slugging percentage for the week.
Doanes led the Big 12 among freshmen with a .500 batting average last week and ranked No. 7 overall with a .563 on-base percentage, both team-leading totals.
Doanes and the Mountaineers return home to close out the 2018 regular season this week. On Tuesday night, WVU hosts Marshall at Monongalia County Ballpark before it welcomes Baylor for a three-game Big 12 series from Thursday-Saturday.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia closes out the regular season with four games this week at Monongalia County Ballpark … the week begins vs. in-state foe Marshall on Tuesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. ET … WVU then welcomes Baylor to Morgantown, from May 17-19 … first pitch on Thursday, May 17, and Friday, May 18 is set for 6:30 p.m., while Saturday's Senior Day contest will commence at 1 p.m. … tickets are available for all four games at WVUGAME.com, by calling 1-800-WVU GAME, at the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum or on gameday at Monongalia County Ballpark … Tuesday is the final Dollar Day of the year, with, tickets and select concession items available for just $1 … Friday night vs. Baylor is the final Friday Night Happy Hour of the year, with half-off beverages available from 5:30-6:30 p.m. … Saturday is Family Day and the final trading card giveaway and postgame autograph session of the year … fans can purchase four tickets and receive a $10 concession voucher for just $25 … the home finale also is National Armed Forces Day, with $3 tickets for members of the military with a military ID … additionally, fans at Tuesday, Thursday and Friday's games can play Baseball Bingo.
Last Week in Baseball: West Virginia went 2-2 last week, with a 10-5 win at home over Virginia Tech and a series loss at TCU, winning the opener in Fort Worth, Texas, 4-3 … the Mountaineers opened the week with their eighth consecutive midweek win in the victory over Virginia Tech … WVU jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as every Mountaineer had at least one hit, seven drove in one or more runs and eight had at least one run scored while seven starters had multiple hits or RBIs … Tristen Hudson earned the win, the first of his career, pitching 1.2 innings of relief … West Virginia scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to beat TCU in the series opener on Friday, 4-3 … WVU took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and led 3-0 in the middle of the sixth, but TCU tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth … Darius Hill drove in the game's first run and the game-winner and had a career-high-tying four hits and two RBIs … Hudson earned his second career win in as many games, allowing just one hit in 2.1 innings … TCU evened the series the next day with a 10-4 win … West Virginia trailed 5-0 after three innings but rallied with a three-run top of the fourth to cut the deficit to two … however, TCU responded with two runs in the bottom half of the fourth … Kyle Gray hit his 14th home run of the season and Ivan Gonzalez hit his first of the year … in Sunday's finale, TCU won the series with an 8-5 victory … WVU and TCU traded runs in the second and WVU scored again in the third and fourth, but TCU scored three in the bottom of the third and added single runs in the seventh and eighth after West Virginia cut the deficit to one, at 6-5, in the sixth … Jimmy Galusky hit his seventh home run of the year and Tyler Doanes his first … Doanes' homer was an inside-the-park home run.
Notes: West Virginia (26-23, 8-12 Big 12) plays its final four regular-season games of the season this week … WVU's win at TCU was its first-ever win at TCU and was the Mountaineers' third in the last four games in the series … West Virginia's win against Virginia Tech was its third in a row and ninth in the last 13 games in the all-time series … Gray's hit streak was snapped at 23 games on Friday, the longest hit streak by a Mountaineer since 2009 … Gray hit his 14th home run of the season and 17th of his career on Saturday … Gray's 14 homers are tied for sixth-most in a single season in program history, while it is the most by a Mountaineer since Jedd Gyorko's team-record-tying 19 in 2010 … Gonzalez hit his sixth career home run and first of the season on Friday night … Galusky homered on Sunday, his seventh of the season and 12th of his career, both of which are second-most on the team … Doanes hit his first career home run in the fourth inning, an inside-the-parker … it was WVU's first inside-the-park home run since March 5, 2017 … Hill extended his reached-base streak to 25 games, while Marques Inman's reached-base streak was snapped at 22 games … Hudson picked up both wins last week, the first two of his career, while Alek Manoah earned his second save of the season.
This Week in Track and Field: West Virginia is off this week … the team returns to competition when qualified Mountaineers travel to the NCAA East Preliminary Regionals, from May 24-27, in Tampa, Florida.
Last Week in Track and Field: WVU earned four conference accolades at the 2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championship, from May 11-13, in Waco, Texas … redshirt senior Amy Cashin earned the silver medal in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:00.04) … redshirt junior Madelin Gardner took fourth in the women's pole vault, jumping 4.24 meters (13 feet, 11 inches) … in the heptathlon, redshirt senior Meghan Jean-Baptiste earned a personal-best 4,751 points, good for seventh place in the overall competition … redshirt sophomore Olivia Hill finished seventh in the women's 10,000 meters, crossing the finish line in 36:56.18 … the Mountaineers finished ninth in the team standings, as No. 16 Kansas State won for the second consecutive outdoor season.
Notes: Cashin's second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase marked the third consecutive year she earned the silver medal in the event … Cashin collected her seventh overall Big 12 accolade (indoor and outdoor) with her performance in the steeple … Gardner's fourth-place finish was the best of her collegiate career in a conference meet … Jean-Baptiste's performance in the heptathlon was good for the fifth-most points in WVU history; it also was her first all-conference honor … Hill also earned the first Big 12 podium finish of her outdoor career … six Mountaineers ranked in the top 48 of their respective events in last week's NCAA East qualifying list … the official list of regional qualifiers will be announced on Thursday.
This Week in Rowing: West Virginia has concluded the 2018 season.
Last Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers competed at the 2018 Big 12 Championship in Melton Lake, Tennessee, from May 12-13 … WVU finished the two-day regatta in eighth-place with eight team points … the Mountaineers placed fifth among Big 12 foes, with Big 12 affiliates Alabama, Tennessee and Old Dominion not eligible to place in the overall conference standings … junior Carly
Ledbetter was named to the All-Big 12 Rowing Team, marking the sixth Mountaineer to earn First Team honors, and the second junior to do so … WVU's second varsity eight crew gave WVU its lone win of the competition, by besting ODU in Sunday's Petite Final by 13 seconds.
Coach Jimmy King following the Big 12 Championship: "The quality of racing among our crews across heats and finals was quite good and more complete than in recent years. We can't and shouldn't be dismissive of our standing among our conference foes, and the reality is that we simply need to keep working to get fitter and stronger. While the results aren't good in that regard, the process has been quite good, and for that, I commend our team. A final thank you to our four seniors – Abby, Aria, Lily and Jackie. They are all four-year rowers who made contributions to our team's progress on and off the water during their time at WVU. We wish each of them much success and look forward to welcoming them back as alumnae next season."
Doanes led the Mountaineers with a .600 batting average in the team's three-game series at TCU last weekend. He hit his first career home run – an inside-the-parker – and had two hits in every game, along with three RBIs in Sunday's series finale. The Fayetteville, Georgia, native had a team-leading 1.000 slugging percentage at TCU and a .786 slugging percentage for the week.
Doanes led the Big 12 among freshmen with a .500 batting average last week and ranked No. 7 overall with a .563 on-base percentage, both team-leading totals.
Doanes and the Mountaineers return home to close out the 2018 regular season this week. On Tuesday night, WVU hosts Marshall at Monongalia County Ballpark before it welcomes Baylor for a three-game Big 12 series from Thursday-Saturday.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia closes out the regular season with four games this week at Monongalia County Ballpark … the week begins vs. in-state foe Marshall on Tuesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. ET … WVU then welcomes Baylor to Morgantown, from May 17-19 … first pitch on Thursday, May 17, and Friday, May 18 is set for 6:30 p.m., while Saturday's Senior Day contest will commence at 1 p.m. … tickets are available for all four games at WVUGAME.com, by calling 1-800-WVU GAME, at the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum or on gameday at Monongalia County Ballpark … Tuesday is the final Dollar Day of the year, with, tickets and select concession items available for just $1 … Friday night vs. Baylor is the final Friday Night Happy Hour of the year, with half-off beverages available from 5:30-6:30 p.m. … Saturday is Family Day and the final trading card giveaway and postgame autograph session of the year … fans can purchase four tickets and receive a $10 concession voucher for just $25 … the home finale also is National Armed Forces Day, with $3 tickets for members of the military with a military ID … additionally, fans at Tuesday, Thursday and Friday's games can play Baseball Bingo.
Last Week in Baseball: West Virginia went 2-2 last week, with a 10-5 win at home over Virginia Tech and a series loss at TCU, winning the opener in Fort Worth, Texas, 4-3 … the Mountaineers opened the week with their eighth consecutive midweek win in the victory over Virginia Tech … WVU jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as every Mountaineer had at least one hit, seven drove in one or more runs and eight had at least one run scored while seven starters had multiple hits or RBIs … Tristen Hudson earned the win, the first of his career, pitching 1.2 innings of relief … West Virginia scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to beat TCU in the series opener on Friday, 4-3 … WVU took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and led 3-0 in the middle of the sixth, but TCU tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth … Darius Hill drove in the game's first run and the game-winner and had a career-high-tying four hits and two RBIs … Hudson earned his second career win in as many games, allowing just one hit in 2.1 innings … TCU evened the series the next day with a 10-4 win … West Virginia trailed 5-0 after three innings but rallied with a three-run top of the fourth to cut the deficit to two … however, TCU responded with two runs in the bottom half of the fourth … Kyle Gray hit his 14th home run of the season and Ivan Gonzalez hit his first of the year … in Sunday's finale, TCU won the series with an 8-5 victory … WVU and TCU traded runs in the second and WVU scored again in the third and fourth, but TCU scored three in the bottom of the third and added single runs in the seventh and eighth after West Virginia cut the deficit to one, at 6-5, in the sixth … Jimmy Galusky hit his seventh home run of the year and Tyler Doanes his first … Doanes' homer was an inside-the-park home run.
Notes: West Virginia (26-23, 8-12 Big 12) plays its final four regular-season games of the season this week … WVU's win at TCU was its first-ever win at TCU and was the Mountaineers' third in the last four games in the series … West Virginia's win against Virginia Tech was its third in a row and ninth in the last 13 games in the all-time series … Gray's hit streak was snapped at 23 games on Friday, the longest hit streak by a Mountaineer since 2009 … Gray hit his 14th home run of the season and 17th of his career on Saturday … Gray's 14 homers are tied for sixth-most in a single season in program history, while it is the most by a Mountaineer since Jedd Gyorko's team-record-tying 19 in 2010 … Gonzalez hit his sixth career home run and first of the season on Friday night … Galusky homered on Sunday, his seventh of the season and 12th of his career, both of which are second-most on the team … Doanes hit his first career home run in the fourth inning, an inside-the-parker … it was WVU's first inside-the-park home run since March 5, 2017 … Hill extended his reached-base streak to 25 games, while Marques Inman's reached-base streak was snapped at 22 games … Hudson picked up both wins last week, the first two of his career, while Alek Manoah earned his second save of the season.
This Week in Track and Field: West Virginia is off this week … the team returns to competition when qualified Mountaineers travel to the NCAA East Preliminary Regionals, from May 24-27, in Tampa, Florida.
Last Week in Track and Field: WVU earned four conference accolades at the 2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championship, from May 11-13, in Waco, Texas … redshirt senior Amy Cashin earned the silver medal in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:00.04) … redshirt junior Madelin Gardner took fourth in the women's pole vault, jumping 4.24 meters (13 feet, 11 inches) … in the heptathlon, redshirt senior Meghan Jean-Baptiste earned a personal-best 4,751 points, good for seventh place in the overall competition … redshirt sophomore Olivia Hill finished seventh in the women's 10,000 meters, crossing the finish line in 36:56.18 … the Mountaineers finished ninth in the team standings, as No. 16 Kansas State won for the second consecutive outdoor season.
Notes: Cashin's second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase marked the third consecutive year she earned the silver medal in the event … Cashin collected her seventh overall Big 12 accolade (indoor and outdoor) with her performance in the steeple … Gardner's fourth-place finish was the best of her collegiate career in a conference meet … Jean-Baptiste's performance in the heptathlon was good for the fifth-most points in WVU history; it also was her first all-conference honor … Hill also earned the first Big 12 podium finish of her outdoor career … six Mountaineers ranked in the top 48 of their respective events in last week's NCAA East qualifying list … the official list of regional qualifiers will be announced on Thursday.
This Week in Rowing: West Virginia has concluded the 2018 season.
Last Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers competed at the 2018 Big 12 Championship in Melton Lake, Tennessee, from May 12-13 … WVU finished the two-day regatta in eighth-place with eight team points … the Mountaineers placed fifth among Big 12 foes, with Big 12 affiliates Alabama, Tennessee and Old Dominion not eligible to place in the overall conference standings … junior Carly
Ledbetter was named to the All-Big 12 Rowing Team, marking the sixth Mountaineer to earn First Team honors, and the second junior to do so … WVU's second varsity eight crew gave WVU its lone win of the competition, by besting ODU in Sunday's Petite Final by 13 seconds.
Coach Jimmy King following the Big 12 Championship: "The quality of racing among our crews across heats and finals was quite good and more complete than in recent years. We can't and shouldn't be dismissive of our standing among our conference foes, and the reality is that we simply need to keep working to get fitter and stronger. While the results aren't good in that regard, the process has been quite good, and for that, I commend our team. A final thank you to our four seniors – Abby, Aria, Lily and Jackie. They are all four-year rowers who made contributions to our team's progress on and off the water during their time at WVU. We wish each of them much success and look forward to welcoming them back as alumnae next season."
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