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Hurricane’s Joel Gardner accepts WVU offer after impressive sophomore season

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Hurricane baseball program has produced another Division 1 prospect. Rising junior third baseman and pitcher Joel Gardner has given a verbal commitment to West Virginia University.

“It is awesome because I have always wanted to play for my home state,” Gardner said. “I have always wanted to be a Mountaineer.”

Gardner received the scholarship offer from the Mountaineers in April.

“It has always been a goal of mine to be a Division 1 player, especially at West Virginia. I knew this year once I started getting better and started hitting the ball harder that it could be possible.