WVSU RB Joel Felder 5-11, 205, Sr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Racked up 182 multi-purpose yards and three touchdowns in the Yellow Jackets’ win over West Virginia Wesleyan. Carried the ball 13 times for 64 yards, averaging 4.5 yards per carry and caught four passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns. He is averaging 163.5 all-purpose
HBCU POW: Pittman, again West Virginia State Guard/Forward Anthony Pittman 6-5, Redshirt-Senior, Charleston, W. Va. West Virginia State guard/forward Anthony Pittman has once again been named HBCU National Player of the Week. He averaged 25.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals, and shot 50 percent from the field and 95 percent from the free throw line
HBCU POW:Anthony Pittman West Virginia State Forward Anthony Pittman 6-5, Redshirt Senior, Charleston, W.Va. Averaged 27.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals while making 20-of-32 field goals (.625), going 5-of-9 from three point range (.556), and 9-of-10 from the free throw line (.900) as the Yellow Jackets went 2-0 last week. In the Yellow
Donal Ware talks with West Virginia State head football coach John Pennington after the Yellow Jackets opened the season with a 38-13 victory over West Virginia Weslyan last Saturday. The Yellow Jackets, receiving votes in the HBCU Football Poll, face Concord on Saturday. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
West Virginia State, Guard Destiny Fields 5-10, Sophomore, Reynoldsburg, Ohio Averaged 18.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, shot 56 percent from the field and averaged just 18.5 minutes per game in two victories for the Yellow Jackets last week. In the win at West Virginia Wesleyan, Fields recorded a double double, scoring 18 points, grabbing 10 rebounds,
The Yellow Jackets finished 7-4 last year and was possibly one win away from making the Division II playoffs. Fourth year head coach John Pennington talks candidly with Donal Ware about race, the 2019 season, the potential for 2020, and how the program has been turned around. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
We go to Institute, WV to take a look at the West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football program that went 3-8 last season. There’s a new sheriff in town however as John Pennington takes over the program having served the last two seasons as the offensive coordinator.