Shane Commodore, grandson of the late Jim Commodore, Class of 1950, was named Special Teams Champion for his performance in the TCU game on Saturday.

Shane was among six WVU football walk-ons given scholarships for the spring semester.

Against TCU, a 34-10 victim of the unbeaten Mountaineers (6-0), Shane had two tackles and recovered a fumble.

That doubled his tackles total for the season. It was his first forced fumble.

Shane is a redshirt junior and was second team All-State at Morgantown High. The 6-foot, 205-pounder played in five games for the Mountaineers in 2015.

Jim Commodore, Class of 1950, passed away in 2014. Jim’s son, John Commodore, and wife, Donna Commodore, are Shane’s parents. They live in Morgantown.

Shane is an accounting major.

 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).