Brooke Demo, a student at Wichita State University, has been selected as the female recipients of the Missouri Valley Conference’s Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award. The Missouri Valley Conference Faculty Athletics Representatives Committee selected Demo from a field of league student-athletes who met the award criteria, including academic achievement, athletics excellence and service and leadership.
Demo is an El Dorado native and achieved a cumulative 3.80 grade point average while majoring in mathematics education. A three-time MVC Scholar-Athlete selection, she earned honorable mention in 2005, and first team honors in both 2006 and 2007. Named in 2006 as a CoSIDA Academic All-District VII honorable mention award recipient, she went on to be recognized with first team honors in 2007.
Demo was appointed to the Wichita State AD’s Honor Roll for nine semesters, Dean’s Honor Roll from 2004-2007, and the Dean's Dozen List in 2007. She was also named three times to the Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll and twice to the Commissioner's Academic Excellence list.
A pole vaulter for the Shocker women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams, she served as team captain for two years. Demo was a member of two league indoor championship teams and three conference outdoor championship teams.
She placed in the top three spots at seven MVC championships and garnered All-Missouri Valley Conference indoor recognition in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, with outdoor honors in 2005, 2008, and 2009. Demo was an indoor NCAA Provisional Qualifier in 2007 and 2009, and a four-time outdoor NCAA Regional Qualifier advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Nationals twice.
Demo served as a Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) member from 2007-2009 and as vice president in 2008. She has been active in community service at Wichita State participating in the State Farm/Missouri Valley Conference “Just Read,” Adopt-A-Family Christmas, Rock with The Shocks Character Education, and Pen-Pal programs. Demo also volunteered her time leading Shocker Pole Vault Camps.
Currently working on her postgraduate degree in sports management, she plans on coaching track and field at the collegiate level.
