Senior Petal Palmer of the West Virginia University cross country and track and field teams has been honored as a recipient of the 2024 Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award by
Amber Brown, a former player on the Norfolk State women's basketball team who the NSU community rallied around in 2016, died earlier this week at the age of 28.
The award honors student-athletes who have overcome personal, academic, and/or emotional odds to achieve academic success while taking part in athletics.