Student Awards

ERICA VAN DYKE, CPASS Sport and Exercise Psychology doctoral student, received the APA Division 47 Thesis Award at the American Psychological Association Convention. She presented her research project, Exploring Relationships among Self-talk and Balance Beam Performance in Gymnastics, at the APA Convention in Denver, Colorado.

A fierce drive for leadership, service and competition has earned AMY CASHIN the 2017 WVU Order of Augusta. Cashin, from Werribee, Australia, is one of only eight students who have been honored with the prestigious student award from among 44 students who were named WVU Foundation Outstanding Seniors. Cashin, Sport and Exercise Psychology major with minors in Psychology and Athletic Coaching, received the award at a special ceremony on May 11 at the Erickson Alumni Center. She graduated on May 12.

Grants

A fourth-year Sport and Exercise Psychology doctoral student, STEFANNEE VAN HORN, has received an NCAA graduate student grant to support her research: “An Examination of Coach Provided Social Support to Injured Athletes.” Van Horn is the second CPASS student in two years to achieve the NCAA award. Megan Byrd was the first.

JANAINA FOGACA, CPASS doctoral student, has received a grant from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Fogaca’s research focus is supervision in applied sport psychology.

The Association for Applied Sport Psychology awarded a $4,783.00 research grant to ASHLEY CRANNEY to continue her dissertation work. The committee was impressed with the quality of writing within her grant, the theoretical basis and thought the topic was timely.