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Education a ‘calling’ for WVU AD Wren Baker

In his heart, WVU’s new athletic director is an educator, even as he pieces together schedules, evaluates the Power Five athletic department, meets student-athletes and navigates the waters of NIL — Name, Image and Likeness.

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Spin Class

Fifty years after women first joined “The Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band, the WVU Magazine follows a senior industrial engineering major who fits “spinning” with the band’s color guard into a packed class and work schedule.

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Flyer, Mid-Layer, Coach

For the last 20-plus years, Christy Bryan-Davis has been coaching the women and men at major West Virginia University athletic events who pump up the crowd with cheers, songs, and stunts.

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Goal Keeper

When the much-anticipated Team MVP was announced, the recipient wasn’t the leading scorer or the All-American defender. The members of the team had voted for senior midfielder Amanda Hill to receive the honor.

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