Student-Athlete Development

STUDENT-ATHLETE

DEVELOPMENT

West Virginia University offers a variety of services and programs to help student-athletes maximize their academic potential. Department staff members work with coaches, on-campus student service providers and faculty to help student-athletes meet the unique demands of the classroom, the supporting arena and the personal-social challenges they face as developing adults. While many of the headlines center around the Mountaineers’ accomplishments on the playing field, WVU athletes also have made some noteworthy strides in the classroom. The West Virginia University athletics department has featured at least one first team Academic All-American for 16 consecutive years. To help its student-athletes achieve academic success, one of the nation’s finest facilities resides in the WVU Coliseum – The Athletic Academic Performance Center. The 8,000-square foot facility provides individual and group study areas, a plethora of computer stations and the latest in fingerprint technology used when signing in. A total of 321 student-athletes were represented on the Spring 2022 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, of which 82 of them registered a 4.0 GPA. Additionally, two cross country studentathletes were named recipients of the annual Dr. Gerald Large Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor. Over 500 student-athletes were honored on WVU’s Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll. Implemented in 1989, the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll was created to recognize students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better. Since the program began in 1989, nearly 4,000 student-athletes have earned a place on the honor roll. Ford retired in 2011 after 44 years of service with the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Eight Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country First Team (Katherine Dowie (exercise physiology), Maria Kaylor (human nutrition & foods), Malina Mitchell (sport and exercise physiology Bree Warren (speech pathology-language), Megan Weaver (biomedical engineer), Samantha Hatcher (nursing), Ceili McCabe (sport and adventure media) and r Charlotte Wood (physical education & kinesiology) | Five 4.0 GPAs