Kimya Massey Joins OSU Team
August 07, 2015 | Football
Kimya Massey has been appointed senior associate athletic director for student-athlete development at Oregon State University, Vice President and Director of Athletics Todd Stansbury announced Thursday.
Massey will provide executive leadership for the department's student-athlete development team. He will oversee the Beavers' popular Everyday Champions leadership program, serve as the director of the Leadership Institute, act as a liaison for student-athlete welfare initiatives and have sport supervisor responsibilities.
“As a former student-athlete, Kimya understands the demands and opportunities that intercollegiate athletics presents young men and women,” Stansbury said. “With that experience he will be a vital member of our team as we prepare Oregon State student-athletes to be market ready graduates and become leaders for tomorrow.”
Massey arrives at Oregon State after serving as the University of Central Florida's senior associate athletic director for academic services for student-athletes since 2011. During his tenure, the Knights set numerous school records for academic achievement, including a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for student-athletes that reached 95 percent, the highest in the country for Division I public institutions.
From 2009-11, Massey was the assistant director at the Center for Athletic Academic Services at the University of Memphis. He also spent three years at Indiana University as the assistant athletic director for academic services after beginning his professional career as an academic advisor and assistant Lifeskills director at Michigan State University.
He earned degrees in anthropology and sociology in 2000 from Michigan State and a master's in kinesiology with an emphasis on sports administration from MSU in 2004. He was a four-year letterman pitcher for the Spartans.
