Courtesy of Prairie View A&M Athletics
Prairie View, Texas – Prairie View A&M University student-athlete Miles McHaney IV ’24 recently earned his master’s degree in juvenile justice. As the first Agletics ambassador, this HBCU graduate is serious about his faith, fitness and football. His attitude, accomplishments and future goals made him the natural choice to represent PVAMU’s new Agletics initiative, a partnership between the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the PVAMU athletics program.
A Michigan native, McHaney came to Texas with one goal: to play football at a Division I HBCU. He earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice while playing football at Upper Iowa University. McHaney aims to give back to the PVAMU community, and serving as an Agletics ambassador is the first step. “Athletic Director Anton Goff, coaches Bubba McDowell, Alvin Fosselman III and Marlon Watson are all incredible. Without their support I wouldn’t have been able to come here and play the sport I love,” said Miles McHaney IV.
As a leader in nutrition programs such as Nutrition and Health of Houston (WIH), CAFNR is committed to serving local communities such as Waller County (home to PVAMU) and other areas across Texas. Through various levels of outreach and education, Agletics is where agriculture and sports meet, providing CAFNR research and nutrition support directly to student-athletes to demonstrate the correlation between intake and performance. As a gateway for student-athletes to pursue studies in agriculture and nutrition, Agletics combines practical knowledge with scientific research to improve student-athletes’ overall athletic performance in college and contribute to their success after graduation.
Agletics will soon incorporate precision nutrition into its multifaceted collaboration, a cutting-edge field of research that raises awareness and improves athletic performance, inspiring HBCU students from other majors to participate in interdisciplinary research in a high-paying field. McHaney is excited to be part of the effort, and has been sharing his daily lemon water habit with his teammates in his “Motivational Monday with Myles” reel on social media. In the future, McHaney may return to PVAMU and use his degree to support the College of Juvenile Justice through CAFNR’s WIH program. WIH provides evidence-based research programs in six counties, including Waller.
The launch of Agletics highlights a new master’s degree in nutrition science and is the second new CAFNR graduate program launched in the past two years. The new master’s degree in nutrition will allow undergraduate dietetics students to seamlessly transition into graduate studies and participate in research with student-athletes.
CAFNR presented the Agletics as part of the Prairie View A&M University Football Mega Camp on May 31, providing hydration and nutritional support and education to participants. In addition to their social media features at @pvamucafnr, the Agletics will be active on and off the PVAMU campus this summer.
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