Bio

Drew Pasteur, professor of mathematics and affiliated faculty in statistical and data sciences, is one of Wooster’s Faculty Athletics Representatives (FAR).

As FARs, Pasteur and Michelle Johnson, Communication Studies department chair and associate professor of communication studies, regularly advise student-athletes on a range of topics in one-on-one settings. They work with student-athletes, coaches, faculty, and the dean for academic engagement when there are scheduling conflicts between academics and athletics. Johnson and Pasteur educate faculty members on NCAA and NCAC issues and Wooster’s athletics mission and philosophy. The duo actively participate in recruiting efforts by meeting with prospective student-athletes and families to answer academic questions about Wooster and they are part of admissions panels for admitted students. Johnson and Pasteur spearhead the nomination process for NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, and Wooster has had 15 selections since the start of the 2017-18 academic year. Wooster’s ranked within the top-five for most NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients three times since the 2017-18 academic year and had the number one ranking for 2021-22 with four NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients.

Pasteur regularly posts about NCAA Div. III men’s basketball rankings, projections, and bracketology on his X account, @d3bubble. He is part of D3hoops.com’s mock selection panel and has a 93 percent success rate on picking Pool C (at-large) teams for the NCAA Div. III men’s basketball championships since 2016. He also runs a site that ranks Ohio high school football teams and makes game predictions that has been featured in numerous media markets across the state.

Pasteur earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Florida and a master’s and Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.