Hall Named Student-Athlete of the Week
March 10, 2025 11:38 AM | Baseball, General, Golf, Men's Swimming & Diving, Rifle, Women's Basketball, Gymnastics, Women's Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Wrestling
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Following his performance at the 2025 Big 12 Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, fifth-year Peyton Hall of the West Virginia University wrestling team has been named Student-Athlete of the Week presented by University Apartments.
Hall became the program's all-time wins leader and won gold in the 165-pound weight class at the championships. He joined Dylan Cottrell as the only Mountaineers to win Big 12 titles in the 165-pound weight class.
His performance helped the Mountaineers to their second consecutive sixth place finish at the conference championships as he was one of six Mountaineers on the podium. Hall will compete in the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships from March 20-22, in Philadelphia.
This Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers do not compete this week … West Virginia will learn their post season fate with the NCAA Tournament selection show on Sunday, March 16 which will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET.
Last Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers competed at the Phillip 66 Big 12 Championship … West Virginia finished the tournament with a 1-1 record to move to 13-11 all time at the championship … WVU reached the semifinals for the sixth time in program history … the Mountaineers opened the week with a 73-69 win over No. 20 Kansas State in the quarterfinals … JJ Quinerly scored a team leading 24 points in the win … the win marked the Mountaineers third over a ranked opponent this season … WVU then fell in the semifinals to No. 8 TCU by a final score of 71-65 … Quinerly scored a 20 points to mark her fourth straight 20+ points scoring game … at the end of the championship the Norfolk, Virginia native was named to the all-tournament team.
Notes: The Mountaineers finished the regular season with a 23-6 overall record on the season and 13-5 mark in Big 12 Conference play … 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 … Quinerly has eclipsed 1,500 points in her career this season as Harrison and Zya Nugent have broken the 1,000-point mark... the Mountaineers finished the nonconference schedule a 10-1 … JJ Quinerly is third on the program's all-time steals list and 7th in the Big 12 Conference all time standings … she also ranks fifth in the programs history for all time points scored … WVU is a perfect 16-0 when playing games inside the WVU Coliseum … WVU collected its 20th 20+ win season in program history against UC … The 13 conference wins are the third most in the 13 seasons in the Big 12.
This Week in Wrestling: West Virginia is off.
Last Week in Wrestling: For the first time in program history, two Mountaineers won gold at the same Big 12 Wrestling Championships as fifth year Peyton Hall and senior Jett Strickenberger won in their respective weight classes … as a team, West Virginia placed sixth with 77.5 points … this is the second consecutive season that West Virginia has placed sixth at the conference championships … it ties the program's best finish at the championships since the conference expanded.
Notes: West Virginia finished with six Mountaineers on the podium … redshirt sophomore Ian Bush place fourth in the 197-pound weight class … redshirt junior Jordan Titus placed sixth in the 141-pound match, marking the second consecutive season that he finished sixth at the conference championships … Bush, Hall, Strickenberger and Titus each punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships … in the seventh place match in the 149-pound weight class, fifth-year Sam Hillegas pinned Wyoming's Gabe Willochell to earn a spot on the podium … fifth-year Caleb Dowling finished in eighth place at 157 pounds.
This Week in Gymnastics: West Virginia prepares for the final stretch of the regular season with a pair of meets on the road ... the weekend begins at Penn on Friday, March 14, as competition at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa., is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET ... WVU then travels to Columbus, Ohio, for a quad meet at Ohio State on Sunday, March 16 ... Kent State and Pitt are set to join the Mountaineers at OSU, as action inside the Covelli Center is tabbed for 2 p.m.
Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU recorded a pair of season-high scores last week, first recording a season-best 196.125 at Towson on March 4, before topping that with a 196.275 at Pitt on March 9 ... opening the week at Towson, WVU reached the season-high total with scores of 48.925 on vault, 48.925 on uneven bars, a season-best 49.3 on balance beam and a 48.975 on floor exercise ... in the team standings, host Towson took first place with a 196.4, while Penn finished in second with a 196.2 ... West Virginia was just behind Penn in third (196.125), and George Washington finished in fourth with a 195.8 ... in the final event standings, freshman Karleigh DiCello earned a share of the top spot on beam with a career-high 9.925, while senior Anna Leigh tied for third on floor, scoring a 9.875 ... closing the double-meet week at Pitt, WVU used scores of 48.925 on vault, 48.95 on the uneven bars, 49.1 on balance beam and a season-best 49.3 on floor exercise ... Pitt outscored the Mountaineers to finish in first place with a 196.575, while West Virginia took second place (196.275) ... in the individual event standings, West Virginia secured individual wins on three of four events, while six Mountaineers made the podium in all ... senior Brooke Alban earned the win on vault with a season-best 9.875, her first career win on the event and fifth overall ... freshman Sophia Rice (9.825) also finished in a tie for second place on vault ... fifth-year senior Trinity Macy finished in a tie for first place on bars after reaching a new season-best 9.85 ... Leigh and freshman Eden Webster tallied second-place finishes on beam with a pair of season-high matching 9.85's ... on floor, freshman Emerson Smith's new career-high 9.925 helped her secure her first career event win.
Notes: The Mountaineers' scores last week marked their highest team totals since scoring a 196.225 at the 2023 Big 12 Championship ... the 196.125 score now ranks No. 46 in the program's top 50 team scores, while the 196.275 ranks No. 33 ... WVU's score on beam at Towson was the squad's highest since it hit a 49.475 on March 5, 2023 ... additionally, the squad's score on floor at Pitt was its highest since it hit a 49.35 at NCAA Regionals on March 31, 2023 ... in this week's Road to Nationals rankings, West Virginia jumped to No. 38 nationally with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 195.47, moving up 10 spots from last week's rankings ... WVU also sits at No. 40 on vault, No. 46 on bars, No. 46 on beam and No. 36 on floor ... individually, Leigh ranks No. 32 nationally, No. 4 in the Big 12 and No. 7 in the southeast region on floor with an NQS of 9.9 ... on vault, DiCello ranks No. 18 in the conference and No. 25 in the region with an NQS of 9.8 ... on beam, sophomore Julia Brown (9.82 NQS) ranks No. 18 in the league and No. 20 regionally.
This Week in Swimming and Diving: Four Mountaineers compete at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships from March 10-12.
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia was off.
Notes: Junior Abigail Sullivan looks to make her second consecutive NCAA Championships after she qualified on platform a year ago … sophomore Owen Recker is competing at his second zones championships … freshman Levi Hellmann makes his first career appearance … senior Sarah Krusinski appears in her fourth zones championships as she'll compete in all three events.
This Week in Rifle: WVU is back in action when they head to the 2025 NCAA Rifle National Championship inside Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, from March 14-15 … the Mountaineers close out the season at the championship and are in search of the programs 20th NCAA National Championship.
Last Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers did not compete last week.
Notes: The Mountaineers have won 26 straight regular season matches … Jon Hammond collected his 200th career win against No. 5 Georgia Southern … West Virginia's 4742.6 aggregate score is the second best in the nation … the 2355.8 mark in smallbore and the 2386.7 in air rifle sits second … senior Gavin Barnick leads WVU in aggregate (1187.1), smallbore (590.3), and air rifle (596.8) … he ranks fourth, sixth and sixth in the nation in each category … West Virginia qualified as the NCAA National Championships second-ranked team with a qualifying mark of 9496 … joining WVU at this year's championships are No. 1 Alaska Fairbanks, No. 3 Kentucky. No. 4 TCU, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 6 Murray State, No. 7 Georgia Southern and No. 8 Air Force.
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia goes to Arizona to face Arizona State on Friday, March 14, and Arizona on Sunday, March 16.
Last Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers dropped two Big 12 matches in their first home conference action of the season … WVU lost to No. 33 Oklahoma State on March 7, and Kansas State on March 9.
Notes: Senior Mille Haagensen was the only Mountaineer to pick up a win in singles play between West Virginia's two matches … she beat Kansas State's Zhanel Rustemova.
This week in Track and Field: Graduate student Ceili McCabe was selected to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the women's 3,000 meters … this year's indoor championship will be held at the Virginia Beach Sports Complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia … McCabe is scheduled to compete in her fourth indoor championship on March 15 at 4 p.m. ET.
Last week in Track and Field: WVU did not compete.
This week in Golf: The Mountaineers return to competition on March 17-18 for the Johnnie-O at Sea Island which will be held at the Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Last Week in Golf: West Virginia did not compete.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia is home for a midweek game against Towson on Tuesday with first pitch set for 2 p.m. ... the Mountaineers will hit the road this weekend to open Big 12 play with three games at Oklahoma State ... first pitch on Friday and Saturday against Cowboys is set for 7 p.m. ET while Sunday is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
Last Week in Baseball: The Mountaineers went 3-1 on the week to improve to 14-1 this season ... the week started with a big 17-3 win over Queens (N.C.) to finish off a four-game sweep ... senior Jace Rinehart and sophomore Spencer Barnett each homered in the game ... in the series opener against Kennesaw State, the Mountaineers defeated the Owls, 16-2, with Rinehart adding another home run ... juniors Sam White and Skylar
King each had four hits in the victory ... WVU dropped their first game of the season, 13-9, on Saturday ... junior Logan Sauve hit his first home run of the season in the game ... on Sunday, the Mountaineers bounced back with a 14-7 win ... White and Kresser each hit a home run in the victory.
Notes: The 13 straight wins to begin the season was the fourth-best start in program history ... redshirt senior Griffin Kirn was named Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week after throwing 8.0 innings with 10 strikeouts against Queens ... White hit .714 this week with 10 RBI, eight runs, four doubles, a home run, and two stolen bases ... he had three RBI in all three games against Kennesaw State ... Kresser broke his nose in Saturday's contest after getting hit by a pitch and came back on Sunday with three hits, four RBI, three runs, a home run, and two stolen bases ... with Sauve's home run on Saturday, 12 different Mountaineers have hit a home run this season.
Hall became the program's all-time wins leader and won gold in the 165-pound weight class at the championships. He joined Dylan Cottrell as the only Mountaineers to win Big 12 titles in the 165-pound weight class.
His performance helped the Mountaineers to their second consecutive sixth place finish at the conference championships as he was one of six Mountaineers on the podium. Hall will compete in the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships from March 20-22, in Philadelphia.
This Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers do not compete this week … West Virginia will learn their post season fate with the NCAA Tournament selection show on Sunday, March 16 which will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET.
Last Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers competed at the Phillip 66 Big 12 Championship … West Virginia finished the tournament with a 1-1 record to move to 13-11 all time at the championship … WVU reached the semifinals for the sixth time in program history … the Mountaineers opened the week with a 73-69 win over No. 20 Kansas State in the quarterfinals … JJ Quinerly scored a team leading 24 points in the win … the win marked the Mountaineers third over a ranked opponent this season … WVU then fell in the semifinals to No. 8 TCU by a final score of 71-65 … Quinerly scored a 20 points to mark her fourth straight 20+ points scoring game … at the end of the championship the Norfolk, Virginia native was named to the all-tournament team.
Notes: The Mountaineers finished the regular season with a 23-6 overall record on the season and 13-5 mark in Big 12 Conference play … 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 … Quinerly has eclipsed 1,500 points in her career this season as Harrison and Zya Nugent have broken the 1,000-point mark... the Mountaineers finished the nonconference schedule a 10-1 … JJ Quinerly is third on the program's all-time steals list and 7th in the Big 12 Conference all time standings … she also ranks fifth in the programs history for all time points scored … WVU is a perfect 16-0 when playing games inside the WVU Coliseum … WVU collected its 20th 20+ win season in program history against UC … The 13 conference wins are the third most in the 13 seasons in the Big 12.
This Week in Wrestling: West Virginia is off.
Last Week in Wrestling: For the first time in program history, two Mountaineers won gold at the same Big 12 Wrestling Championships as fifth year Peyton Hall and senior Jett Strickenberger won in their respective weight classes … as a team, West Virginia placed sixth with 77.5 points … this is the second consecutive season that West Virginia has placed sixth at the conference championships … it ties the program's best finish at the championships since the conference expanded.
Notes: West Virginia finished with six Mountaineers on the podium … redshirt sophomore Ian Bush place fourth in the 197-pound weight class … redshirt junior Jordan Titus placed sixth in the 141-pound match, marking the second consecutive season that he finished sixth at the conference championships … Bush, Hall, Strickenberger and Titus each punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships … in the seventh place match in the 149-pound weight class, fifth-year Sam Hillegas pinned Wyoming's Gabe Willochell to earn a spot on the podium … fifth-year Caleb Dowling finished in eighth place at 157 pounds.
This Week in Gymnastics: West Virginia prepares for the final stretch of the regular season with a pair of meets on the road ... the weekend begins at Penn on Friday, March 14, as competition at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa., is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET ... WVU then travels to Columbus, Ohio, for a quad meet at Ohio State on Sunday, March 16 ... Kent State and Pitt are set to join the Mountaineers at OSU, as action inside the Covelli Center is tabbed for 2 p.m.
Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU recorded a pair of season-high scores last week, first recording a season-best 196.125 at Towson on March 4, before topping that with a 196.275 at Pitt on March 9 ... opening the week at Towson, WVU reached the season-high total with scores of 48.925 on vault, 48.925 on uneven bars, a season-best 49.3 on balance beam and a 48.975 on floor exercise ... in the team standings, host Towson took first place with a 196.4, while Penn finished in second with a 196.2 ... West Virginia was just behind Penn in third (196.125), and George Washington finished in fourth with a 195.8 ... in the final event standings, freshman Karleigh DiCello earned a share of the top spot on beam with a career-high 9.925, while senior Anna Leigh tied for third on floor, scoring a 9.875 ... closing the double-meet week at Pitt, WVU used scores of 48.925 on vault, 48.95 on the uneven bars, 49.1 on balance beam and a season-best 49.3 on floor exercise ... Pitt outscored the Mountaineers to finish in first place with a 196.575, while West Virginia took second place (196.275) ... in the individual event standings, West Virginia secured individual wins on three of four events, while six Mountaineers made the podium in all ... senior Brooke Alban earned the win on vault with a season-best 9.875, her first career win on the event and fifth overall ... freshman Sophia Rice (9.825) also finished in a tie for second place on vault ... fifth-year senior Trinity Macy finished in a tie for first place on bars after reaching a new season-best 9.85 ... Leigh and freshman Eden Webster tallied second-place finishes on beam with a pair of season-high matching 9.85's ... on floor, freshman Emerson Smith's new career-high 9.925 helped her secure her first career event win.
Notes: The Mountaineers' scores last week marked their highest team totals since scoring a 196.225 at the 2023 Big 12 Championship ... the 196.125 score now ranks No. 46 in the program's top 50 team scores, while the 196.275 ranks No. 33 ... WVU's score on beam at Towson was the squad's highest since it hit a 49.475 on March 5, 2023 ... additionally, the squad's score on floor at Pitt was its highest since it hit a 49.35 at NCAA Regionals on March 31, 2023 ... in this week's Road to Nationals rankings, West Virginia jumped to No. 38 nationally with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 195.47, moving up 10 spots from last week's rankings ... WVU also sits at No. 40 on vault, No. 46 on bars, No. 46 on beam and No. 36 on floor ... individually, Leigh ranks No. 32 nationally, No. 4 in the Big 12 and No. 7 in the southeast region on floor with an NQS of 9.9 ... on vault, DiCello ranks No. 18 in the conference and No. 25 in the region with an NQS of 9.8 ... on beam, sophomore Julia Brown (9.82 NQS) ranks No. 18 in the league and No. 20 regionally.
This Week in Swimming and Diving: Four Mountaineers compete at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships from March 10-12.
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia was off.
Notes: Junior Abigail Sullivan looks to make her second consecutive NCAA Championships after she qualified on platform a year ago … sophomore Owen Recker is competing at his second zones championships … freshman Levi Hellmann makes his first career appearance … senior Sarah Krusinski appears in her fourth zones championships as she'll compete in all three events.
This Week in Rifle: WVU is back in action when they head to the 2025 NCAA Rifle National Championship inside Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, from March 14-15 … the Mountaineers close out the season at the championship and are in search of the programs 20th NCAA National Championship.
Last Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers did not compete last week.
Notes: The Mountaineers have won 26 straight regular season matches … Jon Hammond collected his 200th career win against No. 5 Georgia Southern … West Virginia's 4742.6 aggregate score is the second best in the nation … the 2355.8 mark in smallbore and the 2386.7 in air rifle sits second … senior Gavin Barnick leads WVU in aggregate (1187.1), smallbore (590.3), and air rifle (596.8) … he ranks fourth, sixth and sixth in the nation in each category … West Virginia qualified as the NCAA National Championships second-ranked team with a qualifying mark of 9496 … joining WVU at this year's championships are No. 1 Alaska Fairbanks, No. 3 Kentucky. No. 4 TCU, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 6 Murray State, No. 7 Georgia Southern and No. 8 Air Force.
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia goes to Arizona to face Arizona State on Friday, March 14, and Arizona on Sunday, March 16.
Last Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers dropped two Big 12 matches in their first home conference action of the season … WVU lost to No. 33 Oklahoma State on March 7, and Kansas State on March 9.
Notes: Senior Mille Haagensen was the only Mountaineer to pick up a win in singles play between West Virginia's two matches … she beat Kansas State's Zhanel Rustemova.
This week in Track and Field: Graduate student Ceili McCabe was selected to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the women's 3,000 meters … this year's indoor championship will be held at the Virginia Beach Sports Complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia … McCabe is scheduled to compete in her fourth indoor championship on March 15 at 4 p.m. ET.
Last week in Track and Field: WVU did not compete.
This week in Golf: The Mountaineers return to competition on March 17-18 for the Johnnie-O at Sea Island which will be held at the Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Last Week in Golf: West Virginia did not compete.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia is home for a midweek game against Towson on Tuesday with first pitch set for 2 p.m. ... the Mountaineers will hit the road this weekend to open Big 12 play with three games at Oklahoma State ... first pitch on Friday and Saturday against Cowboys is set for 7 p.m. ET while Sunday is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
Last Week in Baseball: The Mountaineers went 3-1 on the week to improve to 14-1 this season ... the week started with a big 17-3 win over Queens (N.C.) to finish off a four-game sweep ... senior Jace Rinehart and sophomore Spencer Barnett each homered in the game ... in the series opener against Kennesaw State, the Mountaineers defeated the Owls, 16-2, with Rinehart adding another home run ... juniors Sam White and Skylar
King each had four hits in the victory ... WVU dropped their first game of the season, 13-9, on Saturday ... junior Logan Sauve hit his first home run of the season in the game ... on Sunday, the Mountaineers bounced back with a 14-7 win ... White and Kresser each hit a home run in the victory.
Notes: The 13 straight wins to begin the season was the fourth-best start in program history ... redshirt senior Griffin Kirn was named Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week after throwing 8.0 innings with 10 strikeouts against Queens ... White hit .714 this week with 10 RBI, eight runs, four doubles, a home run, and two stolen bases ... he had three RBI in all three games against Kennesaw State ... Kresser broke his nose in Saturday's contest after getting hit by a pitch and came back on Sunday with three hits, four RBI, three runs, a home run, and two stolen bases ... with Sauve's home run on Saturday, 12 different Mountaineers have hit a home run this season.
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