WVU rising junior rifle team member Michael Kulbacki requalified for the United States National Junior Team at the USA Shooting National Championships in Fort Benning, Ga.
Kulbacki is an automatic qualifier for the U.S. National Team after a third-place in the men's junior 10M air rifle competition.
He will represent the United States in the 10M air rifle competition at the World Junior Championships from July 29 to Aug. 11 in Munich, Germany.
He will join fellow Mountaineer Nicco Campriani and WVU head coach Jon Hammond who will represent Italy and Great Britain, respectively.
"It will be fantastic to have both Mike and Nicco at the World Championships," Hammond said in a release. "I think it is a great honor to have three Mountaineers shooting on the world stage together."
Rowing penalized, APR scores released
The WVU rowing team will lose scholarships after it did not meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate scores.
The team will be granted 18.83 out of a maximum of 20 athletic scholarships for more meeting the 925 score. It scored a 915. Men's soccer also scored below the mark (917) but did not have circumstances that warranted an immediate penalty.
All other teams scored above the mark including four teams who scored a perfect 1,000 in 2008-09: men's basketball, cross country, gymnastics and rifle.
WVU's average APR score of 968 is four points higher than last year's average. It is also higher than the NCAA's overall four-year APR average of 967.
Williams, Asselin named Scholar-Athletes
Former West Virginia football linebacker Reed Williams and track and field star Marie-Louise Asselin were named one of 24 recipients of a Big East Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award earlier this week.
The awards are given to one student-athlete in each Big East sport based on academic credentials, athletic accolades or performances and volunteer service to the community.
Williams was the fourth-leading tackler for the Mountaineers last year and was the team's vocal leader. Asselin is coming off a second-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Men's soccer adds Iwunze
Paris native Amaugo "Yannick" Iwunze will join the WVU men's soccer team, head coach Marlon LeBlanc announced last week.
Iwunze spent five years in Houston where he was a three-year varsity starter at Hightower High School. He scored 18 goals in his senior season.
He was also a member of the Houston Dynamo Academy Team.
Baseball players sign MLB contracts
Three former West Virginia baseball players signed professional contracts last week.
Former Mountaineer shortstop Jedd Gyorko, who was a second-round pick to the San Diego Padres, agreed to a $614,700 signing bonus.
Former WVU pitcher Andy Altemus signed a free-agent deal with the San Francisco Giants. Fellow pitcher Chris Enourato also signed a free agent deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Gyorko honored
Gyorko received a slew of awards this month. He was named a first-team All-American and the District II Player of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, second-team All-America honors by Baseball America and is a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award.
That award will be presented July 2.
Lamson named academic all-American
Rifle team member Andy Lamson was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
He is the third Mountaineer to be honored by CoSIDA this season. The others were women's basketball star Liz Repella and Williams.
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