Shane on WVU football scholarship again

Safety Shane Commodore is back on WVU athletic scholarship.

The football team has a handful of open scholarships after a couple of departures from the team.

Shane Commodore

Shane, grandson of the late Jim Commodore, Class of 1950, was among six WVU football walk-ons given scholarships for the spring semester in 2016.

The 6-foot, 205-pounder played in five games for the Mountaineers in 2015.

He was named Special Teams Champion for the TCU game in 2016 for making a tackle that caused a fumble, then recovering the fumble in a WVU victory.

Shane is a son of Jim’s son, John Commodore, and Donna Commodore. Jim played football at Monongah High.

Shane was 5 years old when he watched his first Mountaineer football game. He was second team All-State at Morgantown High.

Shane is an accounting major at WVU.

Jim’s sister, Rose Commodore Cain, also Class of 1950, lives in Fairmont. So does Joe Commodore, their brother.

Other brothers are Tom Commodari, Class of 1958, who lives in Monongah, and Don Commodore, also Class of 1958, who lives in Rock Creek, Ohio -- Ashtabula County in northeast Ohio.

They were the children of Dominca Commidari (others changed the family name to Commodore).