Gray Named Student-Athlete of the Week
May 07, 2018 12:29 PM | Baseball, General, Rowing, Track & Field
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Following a highly-productive week at the plate, junior second baseman Kyle Gray of the WVU baseball team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
Gray hit four home runs and tallied nine RBIs as part of his 10 total hits in four games last week. The Blanco, Texas, native hit .588 for the week, led the Big 12 in nearly every hitting category and extended his career-long hit streak to 22 games, the longest by a Mountaineer since 2009.
Gray had at least two hits, an RBI and a run scored in every game last week and hit four home runs in WVU's three-game series at Kansas. His week was highlighted by a career-high-tying four hits and four RBIs with four runs scored on May 4 at KU, and he hit the first of four homers on the weekend. The next day, he hit a career-high-tying two home runs with three RBIs before closing the week with another two-hit day with his fourth homer in three days.
On the year, the junior is hitting .361 with 13 home runs and 35 RBIs. Gray owns 57 hits on the year, 37 runs scored, 10 doubles and nine stolen bases.
Gray and the Mountaineers host Virginia Tech on Wednesday, May 9, at Monongalia County Ballpark, before they travel to TCU for a Big 12 three-game weekend series, from May 11-13, in Fort Worth, Texas.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia returns home to host Virginia Tech on Wednesday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at Monongalia County Ballpark … it is a Gold Rush, and fans also can play Baseball Bingo … tickets are available 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 … the game will be televised regionally on AT&T SportsNet … the Mountaineers then travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to face TCU, from May 11-13 … the series begins on Friday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT … Saturday's first pitch is set for 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT, and the series wraps up on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.
Last Week in Baseball: West Virginia went 2-2 last week, with a 9-5 win over Maryland on May 1, before a 21-3 win at Kansas on May 4 … WVU's four-game win streak was snapped with a 13-3 loss at Kansas on Saturday, while KU won the series finale on Sunday, 5-2 … the Mountaineers scored four runs in the first inning and another four in the second in Tuesday's win over Maryland, as eight starters reached base and six had at least one hit in the victory … Christian Young had a strong start on the mound to earn his third win of the season, allowing no runs on two hits in 5.0 innings … in the series opener at Kansas, WVU scored 21 runs on 23 hits, as 11 batters had at least one hit, and West Virginia scored three or more runs in five innings … seven Mountaineers had multiple hits and seven drove in at least two runs … Kyle Gray led the way with a career-high-tying four hits and four RBIs with four runs scored while hitting the first of four home runs on the weekend and finishing a triple shy of the cycle … BJ Myers earned the win and had his fourth quality start of the season and 17th of his career … Gray homered twice for the third time this season and extended his hit streak the following day, on May 5, but it was not enough in a 13-3 loss … WVU took a 2-0 lead in the second, but the Jayhawks responded with runs in each of the next five innings to halt West Virginia's win streak … Kansas won Sunday's finale, 5-2, as Gray had two hits, including his fourth homer of the weekend, to extend his hit streak to 22 games … Isaiah Kearns struck out a career-best nine batters in 5.0 innings, striking out the side twice.
Notes: West Virginia (24-21, 7-11 Big 12) has won four of its last six and eight of its last 12 games … Gray extended his hit streak to 22 games, the longest by a Mountaineer since Dan DiBartolomeo's, 23-game streak in 2009, and Gray's reached-base streak is at 23 games … Gray also hit four home runs over the weekend and now has 13 this season, tied for seventh-most in a single season in program history … Gray has 15 home runs in his career … West Virginia's 21 runs and 18-run victory on May 4 at Kansas are both program-records in a Big 12 Conference game … the Mountaineers' 21 runs and 23 hits are both the most since WVU scored 22 runs on 29 hits in a 22-9 victory at No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Feb. 25, 2017 … Jimmy Galusky hit his sixth home run of the season in Tuesday's win at Maryland … Marques Inman hit his sixth home run of the season on Friday at Kansas … along with Gray, Darius Hill (21 games) and Inman (20) also extended their career-long reached-base streaks this week, while Braden Zarbnisky's reached-base streak ended at 20 games and Tyler Doanes' hit streak was snapped at eight games.
This Week in Track and Field: WVU travels to Waco, Texas, for the 2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championship, held May 11-13, at Baylor's Clyde Hart Stadium.
Last Week in Track and Field: Four pole vaulters closed the Mountaineers' 2018 outdoor regular season at the Jim Thorpe Open on May 4, in University Park, Pennsylvania … freshman Ellie Gardner and senior Sara Finfrock tied for second place in the women's pole vault event, earning jumps of 3.67 meters (12 feet, 0.5 inches) … senior Rebekah Lafata and freshman Mikayla Shute also competed for West Virginia.
Notes: This weekend marks the Mountaineers' sixth season in competition at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship … at last season's meet in Lawrence, Kansas, WVU earned seven All-Big 12 honors ... junior Danique Bryan broke the school record in the triple jump, earning a mark of 13.68 meters (44 feet, 10.75 inches) and a bronze medal … redshirt senior Amy Cashin won the silver in the women's 3,000-steeple steeplechase, while redshirt senior Maggie Drazba took fourth in the women's 10,000 meters … the Mountaineers last earned an outdoor Big 12 individual title in 2015, when Kaitlyn Gillespie won the women's 10,000 meters … WVU earned six All-Big 12 honors at the 2018 Big 12 Indoor Championship in late February … last week, eight Mountaineers in seven different events appeared in the USTFCCCA's regional index, including four who rank No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region … Cashin (3,000-meter steeplechase), Drazba (10,000 meters), redshirt junior Madelin Gardner (pole vault) and Bryan (triple jump) all topped the regional rankings in their respective events … WVU was slotted sixth in the regional team standings last week.
This Week in Rowing: West Virginia will head to the Big 12 Championship on May 12-13, in Melton Lake, Tennessee … the Big 12 Championship is hosted by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association … the Mountaineers will join Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas and Big 12 affiliate members Alabama, Old Dominion and Tennessee in the event.
Last Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers were off from competition … West Virginia celebrated the season at the team's annual end of the year banquet on Sunday, May 7 … head coach Jimmy King honored four seniors and the awards for novice and varsity rowers were handed out … the award winners will be announced later today on WVUSports.com.
Notes: Texas and Oklahoma have claimed all nine Big 12 Championships since the conference's first championships in 2009 … the Longhorns have won seven conference titles, while the Sooners won back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014 … West Virginia recorded its highest finish, fourth, in 2013 … the Mountaineers finished fifth in 2017.
Gray hit four home runs and tallied nine RBIs as part of his 10 total hits in four games last week. The Blanco, Texas, native hit .588 for the week, led the Big 12 in nearly every hitting category and extended his career-long hit streak to 22 games, the longest by a Mountaineer since 2009.
Gray had at least two hits, an RBI and a run scored in every game last week and hit four home runs in WVU's three-game series at Kansas. His week was highlighted by a career-high-tying four hits and four RBIs with four runs scored on May 4 at KU, and he hit the first of four homers on the weekend. The next day, he hit a career-high-tying two home runs with three RBIs before closing the week with another two-hit day with his fourth homer in three days.
On the year, the junior is hitting .361 with 13 home runs and 35 RBIs. Gray owns 57 hits on the year, 37 runs scored, 10 doubles and nine stolen bases.
Gray and the Mountaineers host Virginia Tech on Wednesday, May 9, at Monongalia County Ballpark, before they travel to TCU for a Big 12 three-game weekend series, from May 11-13, in Fort Worth, Texas.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia returns home to host Virginia Tech on Wednesday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at Monongalia County Ballpark … it is a Gold Rush, and fans also can play Baseball Bingo … tickets are available 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 … the game will be televised regionally on AT&T SportsNet … the Mountaineers then travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to face TCU, from May 11-13 … the series begins on Friday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT … Saturday's first pitch is set for 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT, and the series wraps up on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.
Last Week in Baseball: West Virginia went 2-2 last week, with a 9-5 win over Maryland on May 1, before a 21-3 win at Kansas on May 4 … WVU's four-game win streak was snapped with a 13-3 loss at Kansas on Saturday, while KU won the series finale on Sunday, 5-2 … the Mountaineers scored four runs in the first inning and another four in the second in Tuesday's win over Maryland, as eight starters reached base and six had at least one hit in the victory … Christian Young had a strong start on the mound to earn his third win of the season, allowing no runs on two hits in 5.0 innings … in the series opener at Kansas, WVU scored 21 runs on 23 hits, as 11 batters had at least one hit, and West Virginia scored three or more runs in five innings … seven Mountaineers had multiple hits and seven drove in at least two runs … Kyle Gray led the way with a career-high-tying four hits and four RBIs with four runs scored while hitting the first of four home runs on the weekend and finishing a triple shy of the cycle … BJ Myers earned the win and had his fourth quality start of the season and 17th of his career … Gray homered twice for the third time this season and extended his hit streak the following day, on May 5, but it was not enough in a 13-3 loss … WVU took a 2-0 lead in the second, but the Jayhawks responded with runs in each of the next five innings to halt West Virginia's win streak … Kansas won Sunday's finale, 5-2, as Gray had two hits, including his fourth homer of the weekend, to extend his hit streak to 22 games … Isaiah Kearns struck out a career-best nine batters in 5.0 innings, striking out the side twice.
Notes: West Virginia (24-21, 7-11 Big 12) has won four of its last six and eight of its last 12 games … Gray extended his hit streak to 22 games, the longest by a Mountaineer since Dan DiBartolomeo's, 23-game streak in 2009, and Gray's reached-base streak is at 23 games … Gray also hit four home runs over the weekend and now has 13 this season, tied for seventh-most in a single season in program history … Gray has 15 home runs in his career … West Virginia's 21 runs and 18-run victory on May 4 at Kansas are both program-records in a Big 12 Conference game … the Mountaineers' 21 runs and 23 hits are both the most since WVU scored 22 runs on 29 hits in a 22-9 victory at No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Feb. 25, 2017 … Jimmy Galusky hit his sixth home run of the season in Tuesday's win at Maryland … Marques Inman hit his sixth home run of the season on Friday at Kansas … along with Gray, Darius Hill (21 games) and Inman (20) also extended their career-long reached-base streaks this week, while Braden Zarbnisky's reached-base streak ended at 20 games and Tyler Doanes' hit streak was snapped at eight games.
This Week in Track and Field: WVU travels to Waco, Texas, for the 2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championship, held May 11-13, at Baylor's Clyde Hart Stadium.
Last Week in Track and Field: Four pole vaulters closed the Mountaineers' 2018 outdoor regular season at the Jim Thorpe Open on May 4, in University Park, Pennsylvania … freshman Ellie Gardner and senior Sara Finfrock tied for second place in the women's pole vault event, earning jumps of 3.67 meters (12 feet, 0.5 inches) … senior Rebekah Lafata and freshman Mikayla Shute also competed for West Virginia.
Notes: This weekend marks the Mountaineers' sixth season in competition at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship … at last season's meet in Lawrence, Kansas, WVU earned seven All-Big 12 honors ... junior Danique Bryan broke the school record in the triple jump, earning a mark of 13.68 meters (44 feet, 10.75 inches) and a bronze medal … redshirt senior Amy Cashin won the silver in the women's 3,000-steeple steeplechase, while redshirt senior Maggie Drazba took fourth in the women's 10,000 meters … the Mountaineers last earned an outdoor Big 12 individual title in 2015, when Kaitlyn Gillespie won the women's 10,000 meters … WVU earned six All-Big 12 honors at the 2018 Big 12 Indoor Championship in late February … last week, eight Mountaineers in seven different events appeared in the USTFCCCA's regional index, including four who rank No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region … Cashin (3,000-meter steeplechase), Drazba (10,000 meters), redshirt junior Madelin Gardner (pole vault) and Bryan (triple jump) all topped the regional rankings in their respective events … WVU was slotted sixth in the regional team standings last week.
This Week in Rowing: West Virginia will head to the Big 12 Championship on May 12-13, in Melton Lake, Tennessee … the Big 12 Championship is hosted by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association … the Mountaineers will join Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas and Big 12 affiliate members Alabama, Old Dominion and Tennessee in the event.
Last Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers were off from competition … West Virginia celebrated the season at the team's annual end of the year banquet on Sunday, May 7 … head coach Jimmy King honored four seniors and the awards for novice and varsity rowers were handed out … the award winners will be announced later today on WVUSports.com.
Notes: Texas and Oklahoma have claimed all nine Big 12 Championships since the conference's first championships in 2009 … the Longhorns have won seven conference titles, while the Sooners won back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014 … West Virginia recorded its highest finish, fourth, in 2013 … the Mountaineers finished fifth in 2017.
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