Morgantown High girls basketball standout Kayli Kellogg announces commitment to WVU
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MORGANTOWN – For Kayli Kellogg, the decision was about as close to home as a college basketball commitment can get.
The Morgantown High senior announced Thursday night that she will continue her basketball career at West Virginia University, where she will eventually play for her father, Mountaineers head coach Mark Kellogg.
The announcement was accompanied by two simple words on social media: "Family ties."
And in this case, those words tell much of the story.
"When it came down to it, I want to play for a winning program that has the level of support that women's basketball has at WVU," Kayli said. "I've obviously been around the program and have learned so much from everyone involved the last few years. It's definitely a unique situation with my dad being head coach, but even beyond that, WVU is exactly where I want to be."
Kellogg has spent the past several years establishing herself as one of the top young players in West Virginia. Now, after missing her junior season with a torn ACL, she will return to the court for her senior season at MHS before joining the Mountaineers for the 2027-28 season.
The 5-foot-7 guard earned Class AAAA first-team all-state honors as both a freshman and sophomore and helped lead the Mohigans to consecutive state championship-game appearances.
As a sophomore, Kellogg averaged 21.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 3.8 steals per game while helping Morgantown finish 20-4 and reach the Class AAAA state championship game.
She also showed just how dangerous she could be from beyond the arc, making 50 3-pointers that season.
Her freshman campaign was impressive in its own right. Kellogg averaged 16.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game and was the only freshman selected to the Class AAAA first team.
The time away from the game, however, did little to diminish her standing among college coaches.
Kellogg received multiple Division I offers, including from Akron, Florida Gulf Coast, Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, Stephen F. Austin and others. Ultimately, she chose to stay in Morgantown.
That means another chapter in the Kellogg family basketball story is about to begin.
Mark Kellogg has already built one of the more successful starts in recent WVU women’s basketball history.
Through three seasons in Morgantown, Kellogg owns a 78-23 record and has taken the Mountaineers to the NCAA Tournament in each of his three seasons. WVU has also won at least one NCAA Tournament game in each of those appearances.
His first season produced a 25-8 record, the most wins by a first-year head coach in program history. The Mountaineers followed that with another 25-plus-win season before finishing 28-9 in 2025-26.
Now the coach who has spent much of his career building programs will eventually have the opportunity to coach his daughter at the highest level of college basketball.
"It's exciting for my family and me, and I'm just grateful for the opportunity," Kayli said. "I had a great summer after getting healthy and started getting some more offers, but I knew this was the right decision. Playing in front of the fans and representing the state that means so much to me is a dream come true. We haven't lived here long, but this is home for me, and sometimes I feel like I've been here all along."
When Kayli was a freshman at Morgantown, the two reflected on their first seasons in Morgantown together. Mark was guiding WVU to an NCAA Tournament appearance while Kayli was helping the Mohigans reach the state championship game.
Back then, the idea of the two eventually sharing the same sideline remained just that, an idea.
Now it’s becoming a reality.
Kellogg still has one more season in the blue and white of Morgantown High before trading it for the old gold and blue of West Virginia.
For a player who has already experienced the highs of state championship runs, the disappointment of an injury, and the attention that comes with being one of the state’s best players, there is one more goal ahead.
"I just want to help the team win and continue to reach new heights," Kayli said. "There's so much support for the program, and hopefully we can continue to build on what has been done the last couple of years. I've learned to never take a moment for granted on the court and to cherish every second I have to play the game."