Texas Womans Spring 2024 Magazine

JADA CELSUR ’26
Basketball #23
“To be a part
of the team
and study
kinesiology at
TWU is a dream
come true.”
Gymnast Kaitlyn Hoiland ’25
TWU ATHLETICS keeps
racking up the accolades.
The program continues to
grow with more than 200
student-athletes and nine
teams ranging from artistic
swimming to wrestling.
Champions on and off the
field, the department posted
a GPA of 3.468 for Fall 2023,
continuing a streak of 83
consecutive semesters of
a 3.0 GPA or higher. TWU
also came in sixth out of
304 Division II schools for
MY SCHOLARSHIP MATTERED
Inspiring Generations
of Student-Athletes
Agnes C. Talley Athletes Endowed Scholarship
community service hours.
Athletics Director Sandee
Mott says it well, “Our team
of amazing coaches is
training future leaders with a
championship work ethic.”
Not only has Texas
Woman’s athletics
undergone a dramatic
transformation in the past
decade, women’s sports
at the nation’s collegiate
and professional levels
are breaking barriers and
stepping into the limelight,
shattering attendance and
viewership records as they go.
Recruiting the best and
brightest student-athletes is
a competitive sport in and
of itself and often comes
down to scholarship support.
On average, 40% of TWU’s
student-athletes are in need
of financial support.
Second-year kinesiology
student and basketball
champion Jada Celsur ’26
says, “I’m so blessed to
receive this scholarship and
promise to continue to put
100% into everything I do
at TWU.” As a freshman,
Celsur was a recipient of
Oakley’s Newcomer of the
Year and listed on the LSC
All-Freshman Team.
Early on, Agnes C. Talley,
who graduated in 1945
with a degree in physical
education from what was
then the Texas State College
for Women, recognized the
importance of women’s
athletics. After establishing
the Agnes C. Talley Athletes
Endowed Scholarship, she
ensured generations of
Pioneers would have the
funding support to compete
as well as inspire future
women athletes to pursue
their dreams.
Gymnast superstar Kaitlyn
Hoiland ’25 can attest to
this, “I’m so grateful for
this scholarship and to be
a part of TWU’s amazing
gymnastics program.”
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