Published: March 28, 2009 02:15 am      

Ruoff to take part in shooting contest

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University’s record-smashing 3-point shooter Alex Ruoff has been chosen to participate in the 3-point competition at the 21st annual State Farm College Basketball Slam Dunk and 3-Point Shooting Championships, which take place at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 2 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.

The event, which is run in conjunction with the Final Four, will be televised at 9 p.m. on ESPN on tape delay.

Ruoff broke Kevin Pittsnogle’s career record for 3-point field goals with 261 and set the single game record with nine against Radford on Dec. 23.

WVU frosh to

national team camp

Incoming freshman Moeryhan “Peabo” Doue has been selected to attend the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Soccer National Team camp.

The Germantown, Md., native was tabbed as one of only six defenders, 26 players nationally, to compete at the domestic training camp, which will take place at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., from April 18-26. Doue joins two other Mountaineers in the 2009 recruiting class, Uwem Etuk (Herndon, Va.) and Travis Pittman (Manassas, Va.), who were previously selected to U.S. Youth National Team camps.

Two Mountaineers

on pro rosters

A pair of former WVU women’s soccer players have made rosters of Women’s Professional Soccer League teams.

Greer Barnes will be playing for the Los Angeles Sol and Lisa Stoia is a member of the Saint Louis Athletica.

WVU No. 4 seed

West Virginia’s No. 21-ranked gymnastics team will be seeded fourth in the 2009 NCAA Regional at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C. on April 4.

The Mountaineers finished 15-8 overall, 10-2 in EAGL competition as they earned their 26th NCAA regional appearance since the NCAA began sponsoring gymnastics in 1983. Three times they have advanced to the nationals — 1995, 1999 and 2000.

The nation’s No. 1 team, Georgia, is seeded first in the Southeast Regional.