Student Athlete

In his extra year of athletic eligibility, Mason baseball player Scott Morgan is pursuing a master's degree in software engineering.

Granted an extra year of athletic eligibility by the NCAA (something all student-athletes received because of the pandemic), Mason graduate student Jaylen Simmons set his sights on a goal that has been elusive despite his record-setting Patriot career: earning a spot in the NCAA championships.

George Mason University men’s basketball players D’Shawn Schwartz and Blake Buchanan, both School of Business graduate students, say their friendship helps keep them focused on their studies.

In order for athletes to balance their routines with wellness, they need to apply the same principles as they did with sports, says Emmett Gill, term assistant professor in the Department of Social Work within the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University.

Freshman point guard Mike Gray is ready to achieve his goals on the basketball court and in the classroom.

On Wednesday, Mason alumna Ariana Freeman spent the day inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda covering her first presidential inauguration as a broadcast associate for CBS Evening News.