Wake Forest Athletics
Where Are They Now: Jamie Grayzer Athas
10/14/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
Oct. 14, 2010
This article was originally published in Gold Rush.
In each issue, Where Are They Now features former Wake Forest student-athletes. This issue highlights former women's track athlete Jamie Grayzer Athas, an accomplished student-athlete who was the ACC Champion in the heptathlon in the 2001-02 season with a personal record score of 4882, the second-best in school history.
When did you graduate from Wake Forest?
2004
What was your major and/or minor?
Psychology Major, Communication Minor
What does being a Demon Deacon mean to you?
Being a Demon Deacon means having the chance to compete against and with the best athletes in the country, have access to the best facilities and coaches, and receive an incredible education. Once a Demon Deacon, always a Demon Deacon! Every time I tell someone I am Demon Deacon I am just as proud as the first time I put my uniform on freshman year.
Why are you still involved in Wake Forest Athletics?
The four years I spent as a student-athlete at Wake Forest created friendships, memories and experiences that will last a lifetime. I will forever be involved in Wake Forest Athletics because it gave me something that I can never repay. I am truly grateful for the opportunity that I was given at Wake Forest.
Why do you feel it is important to give back to the University?
I am certain I would not be where I am today without the opportunity I was given to attend a world-class university in Wake Forest and compete at the highest level of competition in athletics. Therefore I strongly feel it is important to help create the same opportunity for future Wake Forest student-athletes by giving back.
What is your current occupation?
I am the coordinator of employer and physician services for Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington. I am also a mom to Callie (21 months) and expecting a boy any day.
What is your favorite memory of your time at Wake Forest?
Oh my, there are too many to count! Bus trips, hotels, late night IHOP after getting back from a meet. Rounding the last corner of the 800 the year I won ACC's was an incredible feeling I will never forget. And of course meeting my now husband freshman year at what was Brew Ha Ha's is something we still laugh about.
What makes you most proud of Wake Forest?
Wake Forest cares about and invests in the whole student-athlete experience. While at Wake Forest you become a better athlete, better student and most definitely a better person. Wake Forest expects and instills excellence in its current and former student-athletes, and I am proud to be one of them.
When you come back to Wake Forest, you always...
Well, I am a little bit spoiled since we moved back to North Carolina, and I get to come to Wake Forest more often, but I always go straight to the track. It was my home away from home for four years. I also go to the quad and I love to go through Reynolda Village.
I was there when...
Women's cross country won ACC's, men's baseball won ACC's (I had to give a shout out to my husband , and women's field hockey won the national championship. We also beat Duke in double or triple overtime, it was an incredible game.
Who is your favorite coach at Wake Forest, current or past?
Although I only got to work with him for a year, I really respect Scott Hall. He is an excellent coach and mentor and brings the best out in his athletes. Skip Prosser, of course, has to be mentioned. He was not only a great coach but a teacher of the game.
