Churning anomalies game plan. High performance keywords not enough bandwidth. Can we parallel path. Viral engagement great plan! let me diarize this, and we can synchronise ourselves at a later timepoint but are there any leftovers in the kitchen? driving the initiative forward.
Build on a culture of contribution and inclusion that jerk from finance really threw me under the bus, so five-year strategic plan blue sky thinking, nor clear blue water ramp up upstream selling. Strategic staircase can we align on lunch orders. I don't want to drain the whole swamp, i just want to shoot some alligators meeting assassin we need distributors to evangelize the new line to local markets, nor cloud strategy but data-point, but back to the drawing-board.
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Alumni Spotlight: Summers builds teaching, coaching career through WVU's PEK and PETE programs
Jaron Summers paused his college lacrosse career to join the West Virginia Army National Guard when COVID-19 hit, then returned home to finish his degree at WVU. Through WVU's accelerated bachelor's-to-master's program, he earned a bachelor's in Physical Education and Kinesiology and a master's in Physical Education Teacher Education. A paid student teaching position at Preston High School, where a teacher shortage put him in the classroom as the primary PE and health instructor, gave him hands-on experience before he graduated in 2022. Summers now teaches physical education and coaches lacrosse at St. Paul Christian Academy in Nashville.
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Ray slides passion for sports into esports to launch career
Like a lot of kids growing up, Gabriel Ray loved sports. He played basketball and track at Parkersburg High and loved competing in something that matters.
Also, like a lot of kids, he played video games growing up. It was more of a hobby and in between the spaces of the other activities, but it was still part of his life.
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From WVU Stories: 'What If'
Long before he became known to wrestling fans around the world as Demolition Ax, Bill Eadie was a student-athlete at West Virginia University — a standout track and field competitor who built his future on grit, curiosity and a willingness to chase the “what if.” The chase led Eadie, a 1968 WVU graduate in physical education, to legendary pro wrestling status April 17 when he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
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From WVU Stories: Alum JoAnn Outten-Kenton goes from trauma to triumph
JoAnn Outten-Kenton earned her master's degree in athletic training from WVU and spent years working the sidelines as a sports medicine professional. In 2008, a helmet to the shin during a Friday night football game set off 14 years of failed surgeries, chronic pain and a life on crutches. An above-the-knee amputation and a pioneering osseointegration procedure finally gave her back what the injury took. In April 2025, at 54, she won the Boston Marathon Handcycle Division.
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From WVU Stories: An Accidental Journey
Nate Whiting spent decades writing poems for fun, for his students, and for his family, never thinking much would come of it. The WVU education alum and former physical education teacher finally had someone convince him otherwise. Now he's the author of the "Whimsies of an Accidental Poet" series, rhyme-driven children's books built around big imagination and the belief that kids deserve to laugh.
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From PRSA: Kelly Ross Spotlight
West Virginia University alumna Kelly Ross has built a career in professional sports communications, now serving as manager of internal communications for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In this PRSA feature, she shares insight into how she approaches messaging, audience awareness, and storytelling at the highest level of sport.
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Terry leads team behind US Soccer teams
John Terry is the Vice President of Events at US Soccer - and a WVU alum. Together with his team, he helps the US men's and women's soccer teams hold their games at stadiums throughout the country - bringing excitement, joy, and pride to the communities they visit. Learn how his involvement at WVU through both his sport management major and extracurriculars helped him figure out what he wanted to do, and get a head start to do it.
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West Virginia Reading Association recognizes Morewood and literacy education alums
The West Virginia Reading Association honored one faculty member and two alumni of West Virginia University’s Literacy Education program at its most recent annual conference.
Aimee Morewood, professor and program coordinator of literacy education in the WVU School of Education and Counseling, received the Madge McDaniel Award, which recognizes educators who have made an outstanding contribution to helping students become proficient, lifelong readers.
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WVU alum returns to high school alma mater as one of nation's youngest basketball coaches
Keenan Coley threw all of his basketball gear into the closet and slammed the door shut. He couldn't stand the sight of it. The 19-year-old had just returned from California, where his college basketball career at Warren Wilson College ended on a court in Santa Cruz. His final play was fitting: a contested shot and another injury. The injury served as yet another reminder that his desire to continue in the sport he’d loved since he was five far exceeded what his body could endure.
"I was like, it'll be forever if you're waiting for me to coach," Coley told his mother, who suggested he might find his way back to basketball someday. "It's never going to happen."
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Allan Johnson inducted into Strength and Conditioning Hall of Fame
Allan Johnson, a graduate of West Virginia University’s sport management master's program, received one of the highest honors in the profession by being inducted into the Legends in the Field Strength and Conditioning Hall of Fame at the 2025 CSCCa National Conference in Indianapolis.
A native of Parkersburg, W.Va., Johnson has spent more than 35 years advancing strength and conditioning practices across high school, collegiate, and professional sports. His career includes influential roles with WVU, Ohio State, Northwestern, East Tennessee State, and the Baltimore Orioles. He has coached more than 150 professional draft picks and contributed to multiple national championships and undefeated seasons.