Gyorko named Brooks Wallace Award winner

West Virginia's former shortstop Jedd Gyorko was named the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year at the 2010 College Baseball Awards Show in Lubbock, Texas last Friday. Gyorko was named a first-team all-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association earlier this summer after leading the Mountaineers in 2010. He had a .381 batting average, hit 19 home runs, had 57 RBI, 28 doubles, 90 base hits, 71 runs scored and 177 total bases.

"He meant everything to our team," said WVU head baseball coach Greg Van Zant. "Jedd is a terrific player and an even better person. He was highly touted this year and knew he would get a lot of attention, but even with that, he passed more hours in the fall than any player on the team. In the spring, with all that was going on around him, he finished with a 3.7 GPA in management."
 

West Virginia women's soccer players Drea Barklage, Blake Miller and Bri Rodriguez won a regional title with their club team. They helped St. Louis Scott Gallagher Elite to a U.S. Youth Soccer U-23 Region 2 championship in Dayton, Ohio.

The trio guided Scott Gallagher to a 2-0 shutout over Ohio Elite Soccer Academy in the regional finals. They will now compete in the National Championships July 21-25, in Overland Park, Kan.
 

Oregon State transfer Matt Drake will join the WVU men's soccer team this year, head coach Marlon LeBlanc announced last week.

Drake is a two-year letterwinner for the Beavers, playing in 13 matches, recording one goal and one assist. LeBlanc said he likes Drake's maturity, leadership and versatility.
 

West Virginia wrestlers Donnie Jones and Brandon Rader have been granted their sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA, allowing them to compete for the Mountaineers in the 2010-11 campaign. Jones in a two-time all-American.
 

West Virginia senior rifle team member Nicco Campriani finished 17th overall in the 50M men's prone competition at the Belgrade International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia.
 

The West Virginia swimming and diving teams have been named to the Collegiate Swim Coaches Association of America All-Academic Team for the spring 2010 term with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.

The women's team finished with an overall GPA of 3.195 and the men's team finished with a GPA of 3.0895.