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The Student News Site of Appalachian State University

The Appalachian

The Student News Site of Appalachian State University

The Appalachian

The Student News Site of Appalachian State University

The Appalachian

2026-2027 Staff

Haley DiFruscio
Editor-in-Chief

Haley DiFruscio

Haley DiFruscio (she/her) is an English and political science double major from Raleigh, North Carolina. This is her third year with The Appalachian.

Allison Lehan
Managing Editor

Allison Lehan

Allison Lehan (she/her) is a sustainable development major, political science and studio art double minor from Waxhaw, North Carolina. This is her fourth year with The Appalachian.

Liz Townsend
Visual Managing Editor

Liz Townsend

Liz Townsend (she/her) is an electronic media and broadcasting and digital journalism double major, media studies minor from Greenville, South Carolina. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Emma Claire Broome
Chief Copy Editor

Emma Claire Broome

Emma Claire Broome (she/her) is a junior English major.

Chief Copy Editor

Dabney Holmes

Dabney Holmes (she/her) is a political science major.

Associate Chief Copy Editor

Cassius Frey

Cassius Frey (they/them) is an English major.

Ashton Ahart
News Editor

Ashton Ahart

Ashton Ahart (they/them) is a sociology and digital journalism double major from Wake Forest, North Carolina. This is their second year with the Appalachian.

Associate News Editor

Jen Wallace

Jen Wallace (she/her) is an English Major. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Associate Arts & Culture Editor

Alayna Day

Alayna Day (she/her) is an English major with a concentration in literary studies from Rockwell, North Carolina. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Alex Wallin
Arts & Culture Editor

Alex Wallin

Alex Wallin (he/him) is a sophomore public relations and digital journalism double major with a political science minor. This is his second year with The Appalachian.

Colin Wishneski
Associate News Editor

Colin Wishneski

Colin Wishneski (he/him) is a digital journalism and anthropology double major from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is his third year with The Appalachian.

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Associate Opinion Editor

Christa Price

Christa Price (she/her) is a digital journalism major, political science minor from Columbus, North Carolina. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Parker Egeland
Associate Sports Editor

Parker Egeland

Parker Egeland (he/him) is a digital journalism major from Charlotte, North Carolina. This is his second year with the Appalachian.

Anna Kate Mock
Opinion Editor

Anna Kate Mock

Anna Kate Mock (she/her) is an English major with a concentration in literary studies and a marketing minor. This is her third year with The Appalachian.

Max Schwanz
Sports Editor

Max Schwanz

Max Schwanz (he/him) is a journalism major, digital marketing minor, from Cornelius, North Carolina. This is his third year with The Appalachian.

Katherine Aguilar
Translations Editor

Katherine Aguilar

Katherine Aguilar is a biology major.

Ava Anzalone
Photo Editor

Ava Anzalone

Ava Anzalone (she/her) is a marketing major, new media and digital cultures minor from Denver, North Carolina. This is her third year with The Appalachian.

Associate Graphics Editor

Cayley West

Cayley West is a graphic design major.

Graphics Editor

Anna Milewicz

Anna Milewicz is a studio art major.

Associate Multimedia Editor

Caitlin Fields

Caitlin Fields (she/her) is a criminal justice and Spanish double major from Georgia. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Jordan Rosenthal
Director of Digital Marketing

Jordan Rosenthal

Jordan Rosenthal (she/her) is a digital journalism major, marketing minor from Cabin John, Maryland. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Multimedia Editor

Heather Pollard

Heather Pollard (she/they) is a digital journalism and electronic media/broadcasting double major, English minor from Asheville, North Carolina. This is their second year with The Appalachian.

Annie Stidham
Business Manager

Annie Stidham

Annie Stidham (she/her) is a public relations and Spanish major, biology minor from Oak Island, North Carolina. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Kat Woodruff-Carter
Director of Marketing and Engagement

Kat Woodruff-Carter

Kat Woodruff-Carter (she/they) is a digital marketing major, apparel design and merchandising minor from Mocksville, North Carolina. This is her third year with the Appalachian.

Ava Silva
Associate Director of Digital Marketing

Ava Silva

Ava Silva (she/her) is a communications major, marketing minor from Greensboro, North Carolina. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

Sydney Willis
Associate Photo Editor

Sydney Willis

Sydney Willis (she/her) is a commercial photography major from Clayton, North Carolina. This is her first year with The Appalachian.

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