Mountaineers of Distinction

Matthew Bolling is a political science major with an area of emphasis in pre-law and legal studies from Morgantown, West Virginia. He is the chair of the Eberly Student Advisory Board in the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences, an executive of the Student Government Association, and a WVU Honors College Foundation Scholar. Bolling also currently interns with the US District & Bankruptcy Courts, Southern District of West Virginia where he observes and analyzes federal criminal proceedings. He is also a member of the Morgantown Citizens Academy where he experienced a behind-the-scenes look at Morgantown municipal government and operations. 

Daniel Campa, from Morgantown, West Virginia, is majoring in computer science and data science. He recently presented his research on "Path Generation and Evaluation in Video Games: A Nonparametric Statistical Approach" at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference on Games 2025 (CoG) in Lisbon, Portugal. Campa also visited the Dominican Republic as part of a mission trip with Suncrest United Methodist Church, where he helped to distribute food and pour concrete floors in homes. He is a Distinction Level 1 Scholar, Engineering Excellence Scholar, Statler Research Scholar and a Diversity Scholar. Campa has earned a spot on the WVU President's List from Fall 2022 semester through the Spring 2025 semester.

Brogan Dozier  is a journalism major from Charles Town, West Virginia. She was the 110th WVU Student Body Vice President. Dozier interned with West Virginia Volunteer Organizations Against Disaster (WVVOAD) and co-founded ROOTS (Realizing Our Opportunities Through Service), the student advisory board for the Center for Community Engagement. She is a member of Mountain Honorary and the League of Women Voters JC and served as the student representative to the WVU Alumni Board in 2023.

Isabella Hart is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Hurricane, West Virginia. She is a Neil S. Bucklew Scholar. Hart also received the WVU iServe Presidential Bronze Service Award for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years for her work with Amedisys Hospice Care. She was selected as 2024 Small Satellite Conference NASA “Student Talks” panelist by NASA engineers during the University Nanosatellite Program. Hart represented WVU at three Society of Women Engineers national conferences during her time on campus and has served as a Statler College Ambassador.

Kaelynn Pavlick  is an advertising major from Charles Town, West Virginia. She serves as the president of WVU's American Advertising Federation (AAF) chapter and as creative and visual director for WVU's Launch Lab where she helps student and community innovators bring their ideas to market. Pavlick served as a photographer and staff writer at The Daily Athenaeum, and was awarded the S. Katherine Boxwell & Edwin P. Churchill Scholarship, the Allianz Legacy Scholarship and the Reed School of Media Student Enhancement & Dean's Scholarships. She was also named WVU Best Presenter at the 2024 National Student Advertising Competition.

Abby Ruth is a biochemistry major from Fallston, Maryland. She serves as vice president of the student organization Helping Hands WVU and has served as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Jennifer Gallagher's lab in the WVU Department of Biology and as an undergraduate teaching assistant. She is an Eberly Scholar and a member of Phi Kappa Phi and the Order of Omega and has earned a spot on the WVU President's list during multiple semesters during her time at WVU.

Greta Schmidt is nursing major from Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. She is the president of the Student Nursing Association and interned at UPMC Children's Hospital where she provided bedside care in a high-acuity pediatric intensive care unit. An Honors College Foundation Scholar, Schmidt is a volunteer with Project Mushroom and the Rosenbaum Family House and is also a member of the WVU Choir. She has been a lifeguard at both the Cranberry Township Waterpark and the WVU Student Recreation Center and is a recipient of the American Red Cross Lifesavers Award.

Erin Skaff, from Charleston, West Virginia, is majoring in political science with minors in history and philosophy. She is one of only three undergraduate interns for the West Virginia Innocence Project at the WVU Clinical Law Program. Skaff is also the intern program coordinator and the student organizations liaison for the WVU Student Government Association, a WVU Presidential Student Ambassador, and an intern in WVU Student Engagement and Leadership where she has worked on a number of projects including the university-wide Toy Mountain drive. Her honors include the WVU President's List, Greater Kanawha Valley Scholar and Children's Home Society of West Virginia Scholar.

Alexandria Spiker  is a finance major from Morgantown, West Virginia. She co-founded Mountaineers on Wall Street, a student-led organization that connects WVU students with high-finance professionals and alumni all over the country. Spiker was awarded the Emma G. Noe Leadership Scholarship in recognition of her leadership and community engagement and was selected as a Hutson Fellow to represent the Chambers College through career development and student engagement initiatives. Spiker is also a member of the WVU Stock Pitch Team where she has been selected through the Student Managed Investment Fund program to represent WVU in several national pitch competitions.

Sierra Worden, from Charleston, West Virginia, is pursuing a masters degree in journalism. She is a graduate assistant in Student Engagement and Leadership where she manages digital campaigns and social media strategy to promote events, highlight involvement opportunities and encourage leadership development. She was named an Outstanding Senior, is a member of the Order of Omega and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and received the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship. Worden also received the Black Excellence Award from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

The 2025 Mountaineers of Distinction will be named during halftime ceremonies of the Nov. 8th WVU football game vs. Colorado.