Staff Directory

Ty Henry

Title:
Athletic Academic Specialist
Email:
Phone:
(260) 481-6054

Ty Henry joined the Purdue Fort Wayne staff in the summer of 2021 as an Athletic Academic Specialist in the Mastodon Academic Performance Center.

He works with over 150 student-athletes across the men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, and men's and women's volleyball programs to provide skill building in the following areas: test-taking, time management and development. Henry teaches a "Transition to College" course for freshman student-athletes.

Henry came to Purdue Fort Wayne after working at the University of Nebraska from 2019-2021 as an Assistant Academic Counselor. He worked with student-athletes from the baseball, football, track and field, cross country, swimming and diving and volleyball Husker programs. Prior to his time in Lincoln, Henry worked in the Office of Student-Athlete Development at Iowa State for three years. He led study halls, created course calendars and mentored football student-athletes for the Cyclones.

Henry earned a bachelor of science in communications in 2016 and a master of family and consumer sciences in 2019 from Iowa State University.