SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Wil Schoonover

Ahead of Saturday's Senior Day festivities, take a look back at the career of LB Wil Schoonover.

Wil Schoonover (Moorefield, W.Va.) served in the United States Army from 2017-20 before deciding to pursue college football. After transferring in from Potomac State in fall 2021, Schoonover walked onto both the WVU football and baseball teams.

He saw time at catcher, hitting .350 during spring ball, but opted to parse his athletic endeavors down to football in 2022.

He hasn't seen game action for WVU, but works with the defense as a play-calling liaison in-game.

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2021 (Jr.)

• Did not see game action
• Walked-on at WVU in fall after transferring from Potomac State College
• Saw time at catcher, hitting .350 in the spring

U.S. Army

• Served in U.S. Army from 2017-20
• A combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2017
• Member of the 4-25th Infantry Brigade and 3-509th Airborne Infantry Battalion
• Previously attended Glenville State

High School

• Played for coach Josh See at Moorefield High
• Three-time all-state linebacker, as well as an all-state running back
• Captain of North-South All-State Game
• Also rushed for more than 5,000 yards in high school
• State champion wrestler at Moorefield with four all-state honors
• Two-time all-state in baseball

Personal

• Son of Larry and Barbara Schoonover
• One of three children (2 sisters)
• Father, Larry, was his high-school wrestling coach
• Wil has amateur MMA experience and played rugby while in the Army
• Majoring in coaching and performance science

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