Coming to study and play tennis at University of Rochester from Puerto Rico was a big change for recent graduate Camila Ruiz Vega, one that she embraced for multiple reasons.
Kelly Pang and Drew Hargrave, teammates on the 2009 Washington University volleyball national championship team, grew up around multiple sports, eventually falling in love with volleyball.
When Mary Wisniewski interviewed for an assistant athletic trainer position with Washington University athletic director John Schael at the National Athletic Trainer Association convention in Baltimore, Maryland in June 1988, she never could have imagined where it would take her career.
ESPN analyst Christy Thomaskutty provided color commentary for the American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship final on Monday, March 20, 2020, not knowing it would be the last game she would call in the 2019-20 season.
Now a Stanford University Law School graduate, former Washington University student-athlete CJ Harrington used the time between his freshman and sophomore years in both high school and college to set his future in motion.
In early June, NYU rising juniors Cade Hoppe and Riley Demps, both members of the Violets’ men’s basketball team, quickly put together a run-a-thon to raise money for an organization aiming to reduce police violence.
UAA Executive Vice President Dick Rasmussen has announced that the UAA will launch an initiative on race and racism, lifting the voices of colleagues and students of color.
Although Jule Brown completed his collegiate basketball career in February 2019, the NYU student plans to help turn his lifelong love of basketball into a career after he graduates this May with a bachelor’s degree in social science.
For a program without an indoor track, Carnegie Mellon University’s track and field team uses the annual Battle for the Obelisk against Case Western Reserve University as an opportunity to both compete in an intense dual meet and come together as a full team.
As hosts of the annual Battle of the Obelisk, the Case Western Reserve University track and field team knows that it will bring in its greatest rival, Carnegie Mellon University, early in the indoor season.
Irie Gourde enjoyed an incredible first, and seemingly last, season on the Brandeis University track and field team in his senior season and was preparing for his post-college career.
Once Irie Gourde set his sights on attending Brandeis University, his focus was on academics and pursuing his economics degree. Little could he have foreseen that he would graduate as one of the most prolific athletes in the history of the Judges’ men’s track and field program.
Four months after completing his time as a Brandeis University student-athlete in 2018, two-time UAA Most Outstanding Running Event Performer Irie Gourde began a 6½-month research internship in Tanzania. His interest in global issues is an extension of his studies and his own experience of living in three different countries before entering college.
A phone call on August 5, 2005 changed NYU basketball alum Sean Dillon’s life forever. The call was from his father letting him know that Dillon’s stepbrother Tad had taken his own life the previous day.
As the setter of four-time NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball champions at Washington University, Steph Habif knew how to bring a team together for success. Today, the behavioral scientist is serving as the Senior Director of Behavioral Sciences at Tandem Diabetes Care, working with her team so that fewer diabetes patients have to inject themselves with insulin.
From the time he started seriously looking at Brandeis University as his potential college choice, Tyler Ng was confident it was the right place for him. With its academic reputation, proximity to Boston, and a strong tennis program, Brandeis seemed like a great fit.
The University of Rochester men’s tennis team earned its first win over Stevens Institute of Technology in program history on Sunday in a fashion that exemplified its 10-2 start to the 2018-19 season. Every player in the lineup earned at least one point in the Yellowjackets’ 6-3 win over the Ducks, their third win this year over a team they lost to last season.
Dr. Jennifer Robinson remembers wanting a microscope for her fifth birthday. “I always wanted to know how things worked and what they were made of,” she recalled. The Director of the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences Ph.D. program in the Department of Psychology at Auburn University, Robinson is still seeking those answers.
When NYU graduate Philip Shin was in the second grade, he began fencing to spend more time with his best friend. This friend soon quit fencing and moved away, but Shin continues to excel at the sport and travel around the world competing.
When Maren Loe was starring for the University of Chicago volleyball team, she believed she got the most done during the playing season. “I don’t know how many other athletes are like this, but a lot of volleyball players felt most productive in the season,” she said. “You had to be more organized with so many constraints on your time.”
For Randal Walker and Daelen Morris, attending Washington University was an opportunity to pursue multiple passions, including academics, athletics, and community service.
2017 UAA Softball Position Player of the Year and Washington University graduate Hannah Mehrle has continued to be a part of UAA softball excellence while attending law school at Case Western Reserve University. She served as a volunteer assistant coach this past season for the Spartan program that reached the NCAA Division III Softball Championship finals in Oklahoma City for the first time.
True to lessons learned from his father, former Emory University golfer Johnathan Chen believed sports were a great focal point of being disciplined, having the right attitude, and preparing to perform your best. Chen combined those life lessons with resiliency in his golf career and continues to do so in his professional career.
When J.J. Tomlin graduated from Washington University as one of the most successful players in the football program's history, his dream to play beyond college continued without dominating his thoughts.
Celebration of Washington University in St. Louis men's basketball coach Mark Edwards on June 23, 2018.
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