WVSN Notebook 5/8: WVU Football Recruiting News Interrupted by Bob Huggins Scandal

The West Virginia Sports Now Daily Notebook is a daily recap of news concerning WVU Athletics.

Update (1:48 PM) – 

A couple more offers roll in for WVU football. Both to class of 2026 athletes.

After a Great Conversation with @CoachBlaineStew Blessed to receive an offer from West Virginia University @WVUfootball @johnvarlas @CSmithScout @CoachCopeland @FairleyFB pic.twitter.com/xJ8JKJ2LyO

— Quinnterion Hollins (@hollins38116) May 8, 2023

After a conversation with @Backendcoach12 I am blessed to say I received an offer from @WVUfootball .. @Dj_Mcfadden11 @CoachWebb_704 @coach_rank87 @adamgorney @RivalsFriedman @pepman704 @NPCoachJeff @247recruiting @NCHSBlueSheet @On3Recruits @blitz_nc #IndyWay#C/o 2026 pic.twitter.com/vGdwxkqly3

— IamDallasBrannon (@dallasbrannon) May 8, 2023

Update (1:20 PM) –

WVU baseball’s JJ Wetherholt now owns the highest batting average in the country at .463.

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The nation's top hitter now resides in Morgantown!#HailWV | @jj_wetherholt pic.twitter.com/wNXMKGgoIm

— WVU Baseball (@WVUBaseball) May 8, 2023

Update (1:04 PM) – 

WVU sends an offer to Zachary Brown (6-foot-1, 195 pounds), a class of 2026 athlete out of Pennsylvania.

Blessed to received an offer from West Virginia University. @NealBrown_WVU @CoachChadScott @LanceDeane @AhkeeCowan @gove27 @SportsByBLinder pic.twitter.com/ICORtx45cv

— Zachary Brown (@717ZachB1) May 8, 2023

Update (11:30 AM) – 

WVU sends an offer to a class of 2026 WR/FS from Alabama.

Blessed to receive an offer from the University of West Virginia @CoachLAoneal12 @GasCrew7v7 @ALLGASTRNG @SWiltfong247 @Coach__Lal @WestVirginiaU @On3Recruits pic.twitter.com/O3UjphegBr

— MarquezDaniel⭐️ (@Quez_26) May 8, 2023

Update (9:58 AM) – 

WVU baseball stays ranked number 12 in the latest NCAA poll.

11. Miami
12. West Virginia
13. Campbell
14. East Carolina
15. Oregon State
16. Clemson
17. Kentucky
18. Dallas Baptist
19. Maryland
20. Boston College
21. Virginia
22. UTSA
23. Tennessee
24. Oregon
25. Southern Miss#NCAABaseball

— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 8, 2023

Update (9:30 AM) – 

Amil Way (6-foot-1, 185), a class of 2025 WR/DB recruit from Pennsylvania gets a WVU offer.

#AGTG Blessed to receive an offer from West Virginia ⛰️ @WVUfootball @NealBrown_WVU @CoachChadScott @WVUFBRecruiting @EerSportsDotCom @Coach_JHiII @SWiltfong247 @RyanSnyderOn3 @EdOBrienCFB @RivalsFriedman pic.twitter.com/wocpOO9hst

— Amil Way (@AmilWay) May 8, 2023

Update (9:00 AM) –

A Virginia based high school coach met with WVU wide receivers coach Bilal Marshall.

Had a great time catching uo with @Coach__Lal from @WVUfootball on campus this week talking about @theCRUathletics student athletes. pic.twitter.com/pcAY0gqvrl

— Coach John Harlow (@HarlowjohnH) May 8, 2023

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