Marshall University Athletics
Incoming Soccer Player Rachel Huff Named Yeager Scholar
5/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
May 24, 2006
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.- Marshall women's soccer is pleased to announce that incoming freshman goalkeeper Rachel Huff (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York) has been named a member of the Society of Yeager Scholars. Huff is one of 11 students to receive the award for the class of 2010.
Huff plans to major in journalism in college and, after college, hopes to participate in the Africa Teaching Intern program sponsored by Grassroots Soccer.
"We are very proud of Rachel for this accomplishment. It shows how much her hard work and dedication in high school has paid off," said Head Coach Chris Kane. "We know that her hard work and success will continue here at Marshall."
The Society is named for West Virginia native Ret. Brigadier General Charles "Chuck" Yeager, who piloted the first plane to break the sound barrier.
As Yeager Scholars, they are required to maintain a rigorous course load with a 3.5 GPA and to participate in campus activities, as well as in activities associated with the Yeager program, such as an annual symposium. They also will have the opportunity to study literature, political science, or history at Oxford University in the summer after their sophomore year, and they will have another opportunity for study abroad in a program related to their major and/or their foreign language minor.
Competition for these scholarships was keen, with students applying from as far away as Michigan and Florida. The 11 students chosen were selected through three levels of review: examination of their applications and two interviews - one by local interviewers near their homes, and one by a panel of interviewers on the Marshall University campus.
The decision on selection of the 11 scholars was the result of hundreds of hours of work by many different people - university faculty and staff, university alumni, Society of Yeager Board members and community members.
