MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After finishing as runner ups at the NCAA Championships, the West Virginia University cross country team has been named the WVU Student-Athletes of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
 
The finish marks the highest in program history, as West Virginia totaled 164 team points.

Senior Ceili McCabe led the West Virginia pack, finishing in sixth place with a time of 19:41.2 in the women's 6k. With the finish, McCabe garnished First Team All-America honors and earned the ninth All-America accolade of her career. She becomes the fourth Mountaineer in program history with three cross county All-America honors, joining Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and Katie Gillespie.
 
Freshman Joy Naukot finished next for West Virginia, garnishing First Team All-America accolades with her 17^th place and time of 19:50.3. Redshirt senior Sarah Tait rounded out West Virginia's First Team All-America honors, after placing 34^th with a time of 20:00.9.
 
Redshirt junior Emily Bryce crossed the finish line in 69^th place, while graduate student Madison Trippett landed in 89^th.
 
Saturday's race marked the final collegiate cross country meet for McCabe, Tait and Trippett, as West Virginia concluded the 2024 season.
 
This Week in Men's Soccer: The 2024 West Virginia University men's soccer season has concluded.
 
Last Week in Men's Soccer: The Mountaineers saw their season come to an end with a 2-1 loss at No. 11-seed Virginia on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... junior Marcus Caldeira scored for WVU with graduate student Simon Carlson tallying an assist ... in the first round, the Mountaineers defeated North Florida, 2-1, with Caldeira and graduate student Sergio Ors Navarro each scoring ... junior Felix Ewald and freshman Isaac Scheer both had assists.
 
Notes: West Virginia reached the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four seasons ... Ors Navarro finished the season with 15 goals, the most by a Mountaineer since Andy Leardini in 1995 ... Caldeira scored double-digit goals in two consecutive seasons, the first WVU player since Leardini in 1994 & 1995 ... Caldeira, Ewald, graduate student Max Broughton, senior Max Trethewey, and graduate student Ryan Baer were each named Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators.
 
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia returns home to conclude the 2024 season against No. 18 TCU and No. 17 Baylor on Nov. 27 and 29, respectively ... Wednesday's match is set for 7 p.m. ET, inside of the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown ... Friday's match kicks off at 2 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum, as the Mountaineers celebrate Senior Day.
 
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers fell to No. 19 Utah on Nov. 21, 3-0 inside of the Jon M. Hutsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah ... WVU was then defeated by No. 24 BYU, 3-0 on Nov. 23 at the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah.
 
Notes: WVU ranks No. 5 in the Big 12 with 157 service aces in 105 sets, averaging 1.50 aces per set ... redshirt junior outside hitter Cassidy Tanton ranks No. 9 in the league with her 34 aces in 93 sets, averaging 0.37 aces per set ... sophomore setter Alexis Finnvold is tabbed at No. 10 in the conference with her 586 assists in 68 sets, averaging 8.62 assists per set.
 
This Week in Cross Country: West Virginia finished in second place at the NCAA Championships on Nov. 23 at the Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wisconsin ... the finish marked the highest in program history, as West Virginia claimed 164 team points ... senior Ceili McCabe claimed sixth place, with a time of 19:41.2, earning her ninth All-America honor ... freshman Joy Naukot finished next, claiming 17th place and All-America honors with a time of 19:50.3 ... redshirt senior Sarah Tait was the third Mountaineer to garnish All-America accolades, as she claimed 34th place with a time of 20:00.9 ... redshirt junior Emily Bryce finished in 69th place, while graduate student Madison Trippett finished in 89th.
 
Last Week in Cross Country: West Virginia concluded their 2024 campaign.
 
Notes: McCabe became the fourth Mountaineer to earn three cross country All-America honors, joining Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and Katie Gillespie ... Saturday's runner-up title marks the first for West Virginia in any sport since the rifle team finished in second place at its NCAA Championships on March 9.
 
This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia is off until a select few compete at the U.S. Open from Dec. 4-7, in Greensboro, North Carolina ... WVU's next dual meet is against Pittsburgh on Jan. 11, in Pittsburgh.
 
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia hosted the WVU Invitational ... the men's team placed second and the women's team placed fourth … sophomore Maddie Smutny had a tremendous meet, winning two individual events while posting two top 10 program times in the 500 freestyle (4:51.02) and the 200 butterfly (1:59.23) … three divers posted NCAA Zone qualifying scores on the platform … freshman Levi Hellmann, sophomore Owen Recker and junior Abigail Sullivan each qualified for zones on the platform … this marks the third qualification for Recker and the second qualification for Hellmann … redshirt senior Danny Berlitz led the way for the men's swimming team, winning two individual events and placing second in another … he was also part of two relay teams that placed first.
 
This Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers hit the road for the first time this season for the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Florida … The Mountaineers open play on Friday, Nov. 29, with a matchup against High Point at 1:30 p.m. ET … WVU will play two more games as part of the showcase on Saturday and Sunday … those matchups will be determined following the first day of competition.
 
Last Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers moved to 6-0 on the season with two wins last week … WVU opened the week with a 78-47 win over Bowling Green … Junior guard Jordan Harrison led the way with 20 points as Kyah Watson corralled eight rebounds for the fifth time this season … WVU then took down Lafayette on Friday by a final score of 98-28 … the 70 point win margin is the largest of the Kellogg era and three points shy of a program record … senior guard JJ Quinerly led the Mountaineers with 19 points as Harrison dished out five assists.
 
Notes: WVU returns eight student-athletes to the floor this season, including four of five starters from an NCAA Tournament team a season ago …  All-Big 12 First Team and Defensive Team selection JJ Quinerly highlights the returners … She was also named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team and was named to the Naismith College Women's Basketball Player of the Year, the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Watchlist and the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watchlist  … Jordan Harrison was named to the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year watchlist … the Mountaineers lead all power four programs in turnovers forced (30.5) and turnover margin (14.8) … WVU is second in steals per game (16.8), third in scoring margin (43.8) and points allowed (45.5).
 
This Week in Wrestling: Wrestling is off this week … opens the month of December next at the Cliff Keen Invitational next weekend on Dec. 6-7. The two-day event will be streamed on FloWrestling from the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
 
Last Week in Wrestling: No. 19 West Virginia improved to 3-0 on the year after claiming a decisive 37-8 road win over Appalachian State (0-2) last Friday … senior Jett Strickenberger secured an 11-8 sudden victory after erasing a 7-1 deficit in the third period at 133 pounds and redshirt junior Jordan Titus delivered the first bonus-point victory of the dual at 141 pounds with a 17-2 technical fall to give West Virginia an early 8-0 lead … despite Appalachian State earning a technical fall of its own at 149 pounds, WVU answered with back-to-back pins by redshirt freshman Sasha Gavronsky (157) and fifth-year senior Peyton Hall (165) to take a 15-point advantage into the intermission … the Mountaineers from Morgantown came out of the break by winning four of the final five bouts, including two major decisions from redshirt senior Dennis Robin (184) and fifth-year senior Michael Wolfgram (HWT) and a pin from redshirt junior Jace Schafer (125) to close out their time in Boone … Gavronsky  redshirt junior Blake Boyers and true freshman Rune Lawrence all made their dual debuts for the Gold and Blue.
 
Notes: With the win, West Virginia has jumped out to a 3-0 start in three consecutive seasons post-World War II for just the second time program history and since 1962-1964 … for the fourth straight week, the West Virginia University wrestling team appeared in the top 25 of the NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll, checking in at No. 19 … WVU reached as high as No. 18 two weeks ago after opening the campaign at No. 19 in the preseason poll … it marked West Virginia's first appearance in the preseason poll since 2016 and fifth time overall – 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2016 … It was also the second highest preseason ranking in program history, behind only a No. 10 ranking in 2005 … individually, seven Mountaineers land in the fourth edition of FloWrestling's rankings, including No. 25 Jett Strickenberger (133), No. 14 Jordan Titus (141), No. 3 Ty Watters (149), No. 4 Peyton Hall (165), No. 30 Brody Conley (174) and No. 33 Austin Cooley (197) … head coach Tim Flynn announced the signings of Leo Contino, Brock Kehler, Gunner Andrick, Cole Evans, Casen Roark, Luke Satriano and Ramil Islamov to grant-in-aid agreements for the 2025-26 academic year as well.