Faculty Athletics Representative | FAR

Meet the MU FAR

Pam Hinton Pam Bruzina, PhD
Associate Professor
124 McKee Gym
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-4137
bruzinap@missouri.edu

Guidelines for MU FAR

Learn more about the FAR position, including qualifications, duties and responsibilities. As well as the principles that inform the guidelines.

Academics

Number of student-athletes who graduated (101)

Fall – 21
Spring – 40
Summer – 30

Overall Student-Athlete GPA

Fall – 3.181 (record Fall performance)
Spring – 3.11 (record Spring performance)

Sports above a 3.00 team GPA

Fall – Baseball (3.14), Women’s Golf (3.45), Gymnastics (3.45), Soccer (3.39), Softball (3.21), Men’s Swimming and Diving (3.40), Women’s Swimming and Diving (3.63), Tennis (3.66), Men’s Track and Field (3.08), Men’s Cross Country (3.22), Women’s Track and Field (3.50), Women’s Cross Country (3.44), Volleyball (3.54), Wrestling (3.14)
Spring – 13 (Women’s Basketball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Softball, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Women’s Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Track and Field, Women’s Cross Country, Volleyball)

Sports accomplishing record team GPAs

Fall - Baseball (3.14), Men’s Swimming and Diving (3.40), Women’s Swimming and Diving (3.63), Women’s Track and Field (3.52), Wrestling (3.14)
Spring –(Men’s Basketball, Football, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Tennis)

Student- athletes recognized on their respective Dean’s List

Fall - 206
Spring - 157

Number of student athletes earning a 3.00 or higher GPA

Fall – 354 (67%)
Spring – 304 (60%)

SEC Honor Roll recognition (286)

Fall (FB, SOC, VB, CC) - 73
Winter (MBB, WBB, GYM, MSW, WSW, WRS) - 49
Spring (BSB, MGO, WGO, MTF, WTF, SB, TN) -78
1st Year (freshmen) – 86

MU had 4 teams lead the SEC with the highest Graduation Success Rate in their respective sport teams with 100%. Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf, Women’s Swimming and Diving, Women’s Tennis.

Both the men’s and women’s Cross Country teams received the 2018 NCAA Division-I All-Academic Team honor and junior Kieran Wood and freshman Reilly Revord each received the All-Academic Individual distinction.

The women’s Track and Field team received the 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic team honor and 15 individual Track and Field athletes earned All-Academic Individual Recognition: Dustan Davidson, Patrick Kunza, Georgi Nachev, Kieran Wood, Ava Curry, Tori Findley, Arianna Fisher, Gabi Jacobs, Jordyn Kleve, Valeria Kostiuk, Karina Liz, Melissa Menghini, Suenomi Norinh, Sophia Rivera, and Allie Webb.

John Erneste with Wrestling was named the to the Academic All-MAC team.

Annie Ochitwa and Kylie Dahlgren of the Mizzou Women’s Swimming and Diving team earned a spot on the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-District 6 Women’s At-Large Team, and Daniel Hein of the Mizzou Men’s Swimming and Diving Team earned a spot on the Men’s At-Large Team, selected by CoSIDA.

Mizzou Volleyball was recognized for its collective success in the classroom with the 2018-19 AVCA Team Academic Award.

Mizzou Baseball was named a recipient of the 2018-19 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award.

During the 2018-2019 academic year, over 20,000 tutoring appointments were scheduled for our student-athletes to aid in understanding their course material.

During the 2018-2019 academic year, over 7,400 mentoring appointments were scheduled to enhance student-athletes’ study skills and assist with time management.

During the 2018-2019 academic year, over 2000 hours were spent monitoring study hall.

During the 2018-2019 academic year, over 550 classes were checked by in-person class checkers.

Welcome

The Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) serves as a liaison between the institution and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to ensure academic integrity, student-athlete welfare, and institutional control of athletics. The FAR works with the Chancellor and the Director of Athletics to maintain appropriate oversight of intercollegiate athletics; assists the Chancellor and Director of Athletics in determining institutional positions on proposed NCAA and conference legislation; serves on search committees for positions of athletic interest; oversees processes and decisions regarding eligibility of student-athletes; remains visible and available to student-athletes and to the faculty; and actively participates in all investigations and reports of possible NCAA violations. The FAR also is a representative for Mizzou in Southeastern Conference and NCAA affairs. The position reports directly to the chancellor.

Dr. Pam Bruzina was appointed FAR by Interim Chancellor Hank Foley in May, 2017 for a 5-year term. Previously, Dr. Hinton served as an executive member of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC) and was the IAC Compliance Subcommittee Chair and the Student-Athlete Welfare Subcommittee Chair. Her dedication to the welfare of our student athletes was evident during her time on the IAC. Dr. Hinton was a student athlete at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, competing in track and cross country while earning a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology, which provides her with firsthand knowledge of the demands placed on student athletes.

Student-Athlete Development

Corey Fatony (Football) and Britney Ward (Gymnastics) were both finalists for the SEC Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship earning $10,000 postgraduate scholarships.
Zach Cook (Men’s Cross Country) and Alyssa Munlyn (Volleyball) were both finalists for the SEC Brad Davis Community Service Award earning $5,000 postgraduate scholarships.
Britney Ward (Gymnastics) was awarded a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Alyssa Munlyn (Volleyball) was recognized as the Top Collegiate Female Honoree at the Peach of an Athlete Role Model Banquet.
Lake Dabney (Baseball), Riley Sents (Volleyball), and Phyllip DeLoach (Wrestling) were awarded the University of Missouri Unsung Hero Award.
Corey Fatony (Football), Marta Oliveira (Tennis), Faramola Shonekan (Women’s Cross Country), Jordan Roundtree (Women’s Basketball), Michaelee Turner (Gymnastics), Morcquess Oliphant (Soccer) were named 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars.
Lauren Aldridge (Women’s Basketball) was honored with the AD Leadership Award.
Jacob Trump (Football) and Michaelee Turner (Gymnastics) were named to the MU Letter Winners Club.
Wrestling won the 2019 Tiger Cup.
Men’s Basketball won the 2019 Community Service Award.
Karissa Schweizer (Collegiate Sports Women) was honored at the Women’s Intersport Network (WIN) for Columbia Awards.
Corey Fatony (Football), Alyssa Munlyn (Volleyball), Kelsey Dossey (Soccer), Kelsey Winfrey (Women’s Basketball), Devan Sweeney (Women’s Swimming), Grant Reed (Men’s Swimming), Jordan Geist (Men’s Basketball), Britney Ward (Gymnastics), Tommy Boone (Men’s Golf), Paul Gomez (Baseball), Mackenzy Middlebrooks (Women’s Tennis), Julia Bower (Women’s Golf), Cosette Tomita (Softball), Hannah Thomas (Women’s Track and Field), and Jayson Ashford (Men’s Track and Field) were named to their respective sport’s 2019 SEC Community Service Team.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, over 800 hours were spent aiding student-athletes in the career center with assessments, resumes, mock interviews, personal branding and career coaching sessions.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, our student athletes spent over 3,370 hours volunteering with over 70 different organizations in Columbia and the surrounding communities.

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