It's a busy time in Morgantown for West Virginia athletics.
A new men's basketball coach is in town rebuilding the roster, spring football has wrapped up and many players are now on their way out of the program, and the transfer portal window is about to get hot and heay in both sports.
Meanwhile, a number of former Mountaineers are excelling professionally, and West Virginia baseball is 27-4 as they enter the heart of the regular season.
Here are a number of West Virginia sports stories that HailWV hasn't covered yet, and that you may have missed in the constant action ongoing in Morgantown.
WVU Basketball adds first transfer portal acquisition this offseason
Sources reported late on Sunday evening that new West Virginia men's basketball coach Ross Hodge has found his first addition to his new roster from the transfer portal.
It appears that WVU will be the new home for Harlan Obioha, a 7-foot center from UNC-Wilmington. Obioha was a "sought-after big man in the portal" and averaged 9.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game this past season, helping lead UNC-Wilmington to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
UNC Wilmington 7-footer Harlan Obioha has committed to West Virginia, per his agents @noah_reisenfeld and @Adie_vongontard. He averaged 9.0 points and 6.2 rebounds for UNC Wilmington this year and was a sought-after big man in the portal. pic.twitter.com/B0Fv2vGzIo
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) April 7, 2025
WVU Football honors players with awards at Gold-Blue Spring Showcase
On Saturday, West Virginia football brought it's first off-season of spring practice sessions under Rich Rodriguez's second tenure to a close with the 2025 Gold-Blue Spring Showcase.
While there was some observation to be gleaned from the on-field affair, we also learned a few of the names that must have stood out to the coaching staff over the past few months.
Sophomore running back Clay Ash was named the recipient of the 2025 Tommy Nickolich Memorial Award. The honor is handed out each year to a walk-on who "has distinguished himself through his attitude and work ethic." The award honors former Mountaineer football player Tommy Nickolich, who died of cancer in 1983.
"I knew Tommy very well, we were teammates...he came here as a walk-on from Marion County, and the next year I came as a walk-on from Marion County. So he was kind of the guy that I looked at, to see how it all went, we had the same position coach. So I can remember it happened, it was really said."
"I've always had a certain affinity for walk-ons, having been a walk-on myself...those guys have a lot of pride, and Clay Ash has been one. We talked to the coaches that were here before, and he did a great job last year, went on special teams, and he has had a good spring. So he kind of embodied what Tommy Nickolich was all about, so earned that for sure."
The program also publicly honored a trio of players as "Workout Warriors" for their outstanding effort and dedication over the offseason sessions. For this accolade, returning senior linebacker Reid Carrico and returning senior defensive back Kekoura Tarnue were honored, as well as incoming offensive line transfer Kimo Makane'ole.