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Submitted photo Madison Bowers of Coalton smiles with Colson Glover, West Virginia University’s 2021-22 mountaineering mascot, at the WVU vs. Oklahoma State soccer game on November 6.



MORGANTOWN – A Coalton resident was honored for her academic and extracurricular engagement in front of cheering fans at halftime in a recent West Virginia University football game.

WVU has named Madison Bowers – von Coalton and a graduate of Elkins High School – and Ashley Eby, Grant DuVall and Sarah Snider its Mountaineers of Distinction in 2021. The prize awarded annually as part of the mountaineering week recognizes exemplary academic performance and extracurricular commitment.

Representing a wide range of disciplines but sharing impressive academic achievements and experience, the award winners were selected by a selection panel from a pool of 40 students nominated across campus.

The four West Virginia natives were honored as this year’s Mountaineers of Distinction (formerly Mr./Ms.Mountaineer) during halftime of the WVU vs. Oklahoma State soccer game on November 6th at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Bowers, a member of the Honors College of Coalton who achieved a cumulative grade point average of 4.0, is a marketing major. She serves as the Presidential Student Ambassador, Certified Student Leader, and Student Experience Coordinator in the Student Government Association. Bowers is sponsored by the WVU Visitor Centers, where she serves as a tour guide.

Bowers attended Coalton Elementary School and Elkins Middle School, and graduated from Elkins High School in 2018. She has been attending WVU for three and a half years and will graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. She plans to attend graduate school in autumn 2022.

She is the daughter of Todd and Nicki Bowers from Norton.

Eby, a member of Wellsburg’s Honors College, is a chemistry and biology student. She is the chief medical officer of the WVU Global Medical and Dental Brigades, a research assistant at Hazlehurst Lab at the WVU Cancer Institute, and volunteers for Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Mon Health Medical Center. Eby is sponsored by Chi Omega, where she served as president.

DuVall, a member of Bridgeport’s Honors College, is a biology minor with an addiction research minor. He is a member of the WVU men’s rowing team, presidential student ambassador, community outreach coordinator for Camp Kesem, and senior tutor for TestWELL. Duvall is sponsored by WVU Honors College, where he serves as a student ambassador.

Snider, a PhD in Pharmacy from Parkersburg, has been a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists for four years. She chairs the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation and is a member of the Rho Chi Academic Honors Society and a backpacker at Camp Tesahe. Snider is sponsored by the WVU School of Pharmacy, where she serves as a student ambassador.

Other Mountaineers of Distinction finalists included: Morgan Glass from Wheeling, Savannah Hays from Mineral Wells, Myya Helm from West Union, Kayla Liptrap from Ravenswood, Elizabeth Satterfield from Independence, and Sarah Smith from Morgantown.

In addition to the presentation of the Mountaineers of Distinction, the WVU Most Loyals were honored during the halftime ceremonies. The 2021 award winners are Robert “Bob” and Nancy Douglas, most loyal West Virginians; Michael Manley, most loyal alumni mountaineer; Samuel Ameri, Most Loyal Faculty / Staff; and Meghan Reeves, most loyal mountaineer.

The most loyal award winners are selected by a joint committee that represents the WVU Foundation, the WVU Alumni Association, the WVU Staff Council, the WVU Faculty Senate and the Organizing Committee of the Mountaineering Week.

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