High Point University Athletics

Shamoya Pruitt joined the Panthers as an assistant track and field coach in August 2017. She was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2026 by Director of Track & Field Remy Tamer. Pruitt works with the Panther sprints and hurdles groups.

Pruitt had a strong season leading HPU's men's and women's sprints, hurdles, and horizontal jumps in 2025-26. During the indoor season, Justin Sluijter competed at the NCAA Championships in the long jump after setting the program, Big South and Big South Championship meet record at the Big South Championships with a 7.89m mark. During the outdoor season, Sluijter (long jump), along with Gianna Paul (long jump) and Zamesha Myle (triple jump) qualified for the NCAA East First Rounds in their respective events.

In her first year with High Point, Panther sprinters/hurdlers claimed a pair of podium spots at the 2018 Big South Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Over the 2018-19 campaigns, High Point collected seven top-three finishes in the same set of events in addition to tying or bettering eight program records. With Pruitt's guidance, sprinter/jumper Daniel Bogle collected 2019 Big South Indoor Freshman of the Year honors in his first year with the Panthers.
 
Pruitt came to High Point from Bradley University, where she served as an assistant coach and worked with and recruited the sprints, hurdles and jumps groups. Prior to Bradley, she served as a volunteer assistant coach at Wichita State from 2014-16 and also worked with the Shocker Track Club.
 
She was a four-year All-Missouri Valley Conference performer and helped the Shockers win the 2014 MVC outdoor title. She holds multiple all-time top-10 times at Wichita State in the sprint events.
 
Pruitt graduated from Wichita State in 2015 with a degree in health science with an emphasis in exercise science.