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What separates the program is its focus on practical experience and adaptability. It’s not just about learning concepts, it’s about applying them. The ability to customize my education allowed me to tailor my education to fit a rapidly growing industry.

Ethan Waugh

Class: 2026 Hometown: Morgantown, WV

B.A., Sport Leadership

The faculty within the program actively make time for you and want to get to know you as a person. They don’t see you as just another body going through their program, but as an equal. They make the program what it is, and you feel every day like you matter.

Noah Miller

Class: 2026 Hometown: Winchester, VA

M.S., Physical Education Teacher Education B.S., Physical Education and Kinesiology

Health and Well-Being has prepared me for my next chapter by opening so many new doors and opportunities. What separates this program from others is the professors and staff, and the variety of classes offered.

Kylie Dempsey

Class: 2026 Hometown: Harpers Ferry, WV

B.A., Health and Well-Being; B.A. Dance

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News and notes from around the School of Sport Sciences.

Jaron Summers holds up a whiteboard with a lacrosse play diagram while coaching outdoors in front of a brick campus building.

Alumni Spotlight: Summers builds teaching, coaching career through WVU's PEK and PETE programs

Wednesday, July 08, 2026

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.

Gabriel Ray, wearing a white Mountaineer Esports shirt and a black Vans cap, speaks into a studio microphone during a recording session. He is wearing glasses and an over-ear headset. A green screen is visible in the background.

Ray slides passion for sports into esports to launch career

Thursday, June 04, 2026

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.

Professional wrestlers compete in a WWF ring during a match in front of a packed arena crowd, with one masked wrestler being slammed to the mat.

From WVU Stories: 'What If'

Monday, June 01, 2026

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.

Three male students compete at gaming stations inside a WVU esports facility. All three wear headsets with boom microphones. The student in the foreground wears a WVU hoodie and a dark baseball cap and smiles while focused on his Alienware monitor. Two te

WVU launches online bachelor's degree in Esports Business and Entertainment

Thursday, May 28, 2026

West Virginia University has launched an online Bachelor of Arts in Esports Business and Entertainment through the College of Applied Human Sciences, expanding access to a career-focused program in one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global entertainment industry.

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