NFF National Scholar-Athletes
C – West Virginia University
3.88 GPA – Sport Management
Head Coach: Neal Brown | Athletics Director: Wren Baker
Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Robert Gerbo
Recipient of the Robert A. Simms Scholar-Athlete Award
Known for his integrity and a relentless desire to improve, Zach Frazier has excelled at the highest levels in everything he does, earning All-Big 12 honors in the classroom and All-America laurels on the field. The Fairmont, West Virginia, native becomes the Mountaineers’ eighth NFF National Scholar-Athlete.
On pace to graduate summa cum laude this fall in three and half years, Frazier has amassed an impressive 3.88 GPA in sport management. A two-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree, Frazier has been named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the WVU’s Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll multiple times. He has also made the President’s List, for carrying a perfect 4.0 GPA, and the Dean’s List.
A three-year captain, Frazier was recognized as a Second Team All-American by both the Walter Camp Foundation and the American Football Coaches Association in 2021. A three-time All-Big 12 pick, Frazier is a two-time Iron Mountaineer Award recipient and was West Virginia’s 2021-22 nominee for the Big 12 Athlete of the Year. He was also named a 2020 Freshman All-American by ESPN and 247 Sports.
The first true freshman to start at WVU on the offensive line since 1980, Frazier has started 41 of the 42 games in which he has appeared, and he only allowed four sacks over the last two years, including 12-straight games without a sack. Leading the team in knockdowns the past three seasons, Frazier’s efforts helped the team record 412.6 ypg of total offense in 2020, 371.3 ypg in 2021 and 399.0 ypg last season. The 2023 team is averaging 394 ypg of total offense, including a rushing average of 191.4 ypg, which ranks fifth in the Big 12. He has been named WVU offensive lineman of the week three times in 2023.
Frazier has been a strong presence in the Morgantown community. His volunteer work includes the Special Olympics, WVU Big Brother, WVU Education Day, Fairmont Senior High School Kids Camp, Polar Plunge, Black History Month Community Fun Day. He has visited the WVU Children’s Hospital more than a dozen times, and he has participated in local school visits and high school football camps. Frazier married Stephanie Vincent on May 6, 2023.
(All Stats of Oct. 25, 2023)
