SAN ANGELO, Texas — Keaghan Holt has served as the RAMbassadors vice president and Health Science Society vice president at Angelo State University.
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Holt as the student regent for the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Holt, originally from Seguin, is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in health science professions at ASU. She becomes the 16th student to serve on the board of regents and the fourth from ASU.
"Keaghan is active in virtually every facet of student life at Angelo State," ASU President Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr. said in a press release. "She is an outstanding student and leader. We are proud she has been selected for the esteemed role of student regent."
Holt, who has been on the Dean's List for three semesters, has served as the RAMbassadors vice president and Health Sciences Society vice president at ASU. She is a member of the ASU Cheer Team that won multiple national championships in 2021 at the United Spirit Association USA Collegiate Championships.
During her first year at ASU in 2019-2020, she was a top contributor as the ASU Cheer Team won a band chant national title and situational national championship while receiving ASU Cheer Nationals MVP.
She also has served the ASU community in a leadership role in both Ram Transition and Rams Connect, where she has welcomed incoming students to campus and helped answer questions from prospective students about college life at ASU, according to the press release.
"Serving as our student regent is a significant role within the Texas Tech University System and I am excited to welcome Keaghan into this position," Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D, chancellor of the TTU system, said in the release. "Keaghan has impressive student activity and leadership experience and I'm confident she will be a strong representative and passionate advocate of the student population across our system."
Holt will serve a one-year term, effective immediately and set to expire May 31, 2022. Her first meeting will take place Aug. 5-6 in Lubbock.
She replaces Brooke Walterscheid of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, who was appointed in 2020.
