The award is
presented each year to a graduating member of the football team who has
maintained the highest grade point average.
“Jay Henry was not only a tremendous football player, he was an
absolutely excellent student,” said Steve Douglas, president and chief
executive officer of the WVU Alumni Association. “We are pleased to be
able to present him with this award in recognition of his
accomplishments.”
Graduating with a 4.0 grade point average, the Tulsa, Okla., native
received a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting during WVU’s
138th Commencement Ceremonies.
Henry has received numerous academic and athletic honors, including
being chosen as one of WVU’s 30 outstanding seniors. He was a
semi-finalist for the National Football Foundation & College Hall of
Fame’s 2006 Draddy Trophy, received the Anson Mount National Scholar
Athlete award, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship and
made the Dean’s List every semester.
In addition to his time spent on the WVU football team and his
excellent academics, Henry volunteers for the WVU Children’s Hospital,
the Boys and Girls Club and the Special Olympics. He is also a member of
the National Honor Society, the Business Honorary Society, and an active
member of Betta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi.
Henry was presented with a $500 award as well as a plaque during the
2007 Alumni Luncheon and Vandalia ceremony on May 12th. He will begin
his professional career in Charlotte, N.C., in June.
The award is named for Louis D. Meisel, a former player on the 1928
football team, and is awarded through the WVU Alumni Association’s
Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund. Recipients of the award are recognized
during the Association’s annual alumni commencement luncheon.
The WVU Alumni Association, chartered in 1873, represents more than
165,000 University graduates residing in every county in West Virginia,
every state in the union and approximately 60 foreign nations. With more
than 70 registered chapters and constituent groups, the Association’s
26,000 dues-paying members support Homecoming Weekend, the WVU Academy
of Distinguished Alumni, Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund and dozens of
other social and philanthropic programs. For more information about the
WVU Alumni Association, visit us online.