2019 Hall of Fame Inductees

Marino C. Alvarez was inducted into the College of Applied Human Sciences Hall of Fame in the fall of 2025. He was previously inducted into the College of Education and Human Services Hall of Fame in 2019 and was recognized as the College’s Distinguished Alumnus that same year.

Alvarez earned an associate degree from the Junior College of Albany, a bachelor’s degree in history and teacher education from Fort Lewis College, and both a master’s degree in reading and a doctorate in reading and special education from West Virginia University. He served in the United States Air Force and the Air National Guard from 1961 to 1967, receiving an honorable discharge as a staff sergeant.

JoAnna Ford White was inducted into the inaugural College of Applied Human Sciences Hall of Fame in the fall of 2025. She was previously inducted into the College of Education and Human Services Hall of Fame in 2019.

A native of West Virginia, White earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Fairmont State University before completing both a master’s degree and a doctorate in counselor education at West Virginia University. She began her career as a school counselor at Barrackville and North Marion High Schools before joining the faculty at the University of North Texas. At North Texas, she served as program director of the School Counseling Program and director of the Pupil Appraisal Center, and she was recognized as a Meadows Honor Professor.

Linda Burdette-Good was inducted into the inaugural College of Applied Human Sciences Hall of Fame in the fall of 2025. She was previously inducted into the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Hall of Fame in 2019.

A native of Parkersburg, W.Va., Burdette-Good earned both her bachelor’s (1971) and master’s (1973) degrees from West Virginia University. After a one-year coaching stint at Fairmont State, she became WVU’s second gymnastics coach in 1975, a position she held for 37 seasons until 2011. She also served as a faculty member in the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, teaching a wide range of courses and serving on key committees.

Jerry Koloskie was inducted into the inaugural College of Applied Human Sciences Hall of Fame in the fall of 2025. He was previously inducted into the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Hall of Fame in 2019.

A native of Monongah, W.Va., Koloskie earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from West Virginia University in 1980 and his master’s degree from Iowa State University, where he served as a graduate assistant football athletic trainer and became the Cyclones’ first full-time assistant athletic trainer.

Jack Marucci was inducted into the inaugural College of Applied Human Sciences Hall of Fame in the fall of 2025. He was previously inducted into the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Hall of Fame in 2019.

A native of Uniontown, Pa., Marucci earned his bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Virginia University in 1986 and his master’s degree from the University of Alabama in 1988. He gained early professional experience with the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers before serving as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Alabama and later as an assistant athletic trainer at Florida State University from 1988 to 1996. While at Florida State, he was part of eight bowl trips and a national championship season.

Barbara (Douglas) Zimmer was inducted into the inaugural College of Applied Human Sciences Hall of Fame in the fall of 2025. She was previously inducted into the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Hall of Fame in 2019.

Zimmer earned her master’s degree in physical education from West Virginia University in 1978. While a student, she became the first female residence hall intramural manager at Boreman Hall, the first female chair of the recreational–intramural committee, and the first full-time coordinator of women’s intramural and co-recreational sports.