Angela Wyss - Academic Advisor - Baseball Support Staff

Angela Wyss

Title:
Academic Advisor
Email:
wyssa@xavier.edu
Phone:
513.745.3708

SPORT ASSIGNMENTS: Baseball and Swimming

Angela Wyss joined Xavier University as the Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services in October of 2014. She was promoted to Senior Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services in January of 2020 and promoted again to Assistant Athletics Director for Student Athlete Academic Support Services in July of 2022.

Wyss supervises a staff of three full-time advisors in addition to working with the baseball and swimming programs.

Prior to coming to Xavier, Angela worked on Florida Atlantic University's staff as an Associate Director for the Student-Athlete Center for Academic Excellence from 2009-2015. Her primary duties included working with several athletic teams, including men’s basketball, supervising two full-time advisors, coordinating the Guest Coach Program, overseeing the faculty feedback system through Grades First, running the summer bridge program, and coordinating the class check program.

Wyss served as an Academic Coordinator at Colorado State University from 2007-2009. At CSU, Wyss was the SAAC Coordinator, the Community Outreach Coordinator, the G.O.L.D. Team Coordinator, and the NCAA/CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinator. She also taught a freshman student-athlete transition course. Angela coordinated the academic progress of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, and men's and women's track and field.

Wyss first began working fulltime in collegiate athletics at Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA where she served as the Director of Student-Athlete Development from 2003-2007. Wyss also served as the the SAMS Coordinator, the Community Outreach Coordinator, and monitored the academic progress of all 400 student-athletes in the 21 sports teams. She also developed and coordinated the Red Flash Leadership program. In addition, she developed a Catastrophic Incident Plan for the Department of Athletics. Wyss started and chaired the American Cancer Society's campus relay for life where she helped raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. She sat on several campus committees as well.

Wyss graduated from the University of Florida in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. While at Florida, she worked for two years as a Gator Guide recruiting football players under Head Coach Steve Spurrier. After graduating, she took a year off and worked as an insurance claims adjuster in Gainesville, FL. Then, later went back to school to pursue a master's degree. She obtained a Master of Education degree in Athletic Counseling in 2003 from Springfield College in Springfield, MA. She put in over 400 hours working with student-athletes while in graduate school.

Wyss is currently serving as the N4A Region III LGBTA committee liaison. She has presented at the NACADA Region V conference as well as the N4A National Conference. Wyss has been a facilitator at the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Continuing Education Conference. She was also a presenter at the 2007 NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Continuing Education Conference, and was a facilitator at both the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Division I Regional Leadership Conferences. Wyss has also been a CHAMPS/Life Skills mentor since 2006. She is a member of NACADA, N4A APA, AAASP, and the NCAA Student-Athlete Affairs program.

In her free time Angela likes to go to movies, read, exercise, travel, and watch a lot of sports! She enjoys spending time with family and friends. She has nine nieces and nephews whom she loves to visit and spend time with.