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Meet WVU Basketball Player, Jonnie West!

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at WVU chapter.

Name: Jonnie West

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Major: Graduated with a degree in Sport Management and working on a Masters in Business Administration

Grade: Graduate Student

Position: Shooting Guard

Favorite memory while playing basketball: Winning a Big East Championship and playing in the Final Four

Hopes for this season: Make another NCAA Tournament and advance in the tournament. Also, continue to become a better team.

Devin is a sophomore at West Virginia University, class of 2013. She was a direct-admit into the School of Journalism as a freshman, where she is now majoring in Public Relations with two minors in Political Science and Professional Writing & Editing. Devin started her journalism career in Fairmont, WV. In high school, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Maple Leaves Yearbook, which went on to receive a Silver Medal in the Columbia Scholastic Program of Achievement. She was a columnist for her local newspaper, The Times West Virginian, for two years. During her senior year in high school, Devin was a columnist for a national magazine, Gladys, where she went on to become the Public Relations Manager. At WVU, Devin is a member of Chi Omega Sorority. In her spare time, Devin enjoys drinking skinny vanilla lattes, watching Saturday Night Live (re-runs, of course, because she is never home on a Saturday night), and buying cocktail dresses. When she grows up, Devin wants to be a lawyer.