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Student Awards

2017-18 Student Awards

Lindsay Berg received Honorable Mention for the 2018 AKA National Undergraduate Scholar Award. Berg was selected as a finalist for this award from all local AKA Undergraduate Scholars nationwide. This honorable mention speaks volumes about her distinguished academic and leadership record.

Brooke Towner received Honorable Mention for the 2018 AKA National Doctoral Scholar Award. Towner was selected as a finalist for this award from all local AKA Doctoral Scholars nationwide. Towner was recognized for her distinguished academic and leadership record.

Grants

Leigh Skvarla (formerly Bryant), has blended her passion for research and performance wellness, leading her to receive an NCAA grant. Skvarla, a 2017 PhD graduate, is an adjunct professor at Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pa.

2017 WVAHPERD Conference

Natasha Ademakinwa received the Ethnic Minority Graduate Fellowship Award for outstanding achievement and service to the profession as a graduate student.

Brooke Towner  earned the Bea N. Orr Student Award, upon recommendation by CPASS. Towner exhibited outstanding achievement and service in the areas of health and physical education as a student.

Lorri Lipscomb, PETE program graduate and the adapted physical education teacher in Monongalia County, won the Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year award.

Eloise Elliott, Ware Distinguished Professor, received the first Dana Brooks Mentor Award. Elliott demonstrated excellence while serving as a mentor to health and physical activity professionals, students and others in fields who promote healthy lifestyles.

Andrea Taliaferro earned the Recreation/Leisure Leadership Award for exhibiting outstanding and creative leadership in the recreation profession and for her innovation