Dr. Jameica Hill, Associate Provost for Administration and Professor of Chemistry, was named the Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) in 2006. Dr. Hill represents Wofford to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southern Conference. She is responsible for certifying the eligibility of student-athletes and assuring integrity in the eligibility process.Â
  In addition to supervising athletics policies, the FAR also serves as a liaison between the faculty and the student athletes, looking out for their individual well-being with regard to academics and athletics. She served as the President of the Southern Conference from 2017 to 2019 and served chair of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee. She was named the 2024 NCAA Division I Faculty Athletics Representative of the Year by FARA, the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association.
  Hill, a native of Due West, S.C. and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, earned her Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry at Clemson University, where she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year. She received Wofford’s 1995 Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award and was also an associate director for a summer science program that was funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Center.
  Hill’s interest in athletics has been a lifelong one. Her father was a high school coach, and she participated in many different sports (including being named a SC All-State point guard and playing in the North/South game).Â
  A 1988 graduate of Wofford, Hill was a cheerleader for the football and basketball teams as a student. Her husband, Jason Hill ’89, is a former Wofford quarterback and assistant coach. Their daughter Shelby graduated from Clemson University and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry at Southern California, while their son Jason ‘19 played football at Wofford.
