Hampton Sanders: Mental Health Matters
This past year marked highlight after highlight for student-athlete Hampton Sanders. He earned All-University Athletic Association honors as part of the most successful NYU men’s basketball season in history, helped his team advance to the title game of the 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship, and earned all-tournament honors.Continue Reading
Celebrating UAA Siblings on National Siblings Day
Over the course of more than 35 years of the University Athletic Association, there have been hundreds of siblings who have competed as student-athletes, some at the same UAA school and others at different UAA institutions. On National Siblings Day 2025, the UAA is highlighting 18 pairs/trios of siblings (inContinue Reading
Dance and Mental Health: Jesse Sykes, Dancing With Joy
View in AdobeExpress With his infectious personality, enthusiasm, and optimism, Jesse Sykes has created a worldwide platform to bring the joy of dance to others. “Dance has a superpower that is larger than dance itself. It is about self-worth and a sense of communication, another language to speak through movementContinue Reading
Josh Culbreath: Breaker Forges Multi-Faceted Dance Career
Read in Adobe Express Josh Culbreath, a breaker who goes by the dance name Supa Josh, began dancing at five years old and has turned his lifelong love of dance into a full-time career. He recognizes that puts him in a unique position. “I have been fortunate to not alsoContinue Reading
Murkyy: Celebrated Cleveland Dancer Leans on Others to Maintain his Passion
View in AdobeExpress For the Cleveland, Ohio dancer simply known as Murkyy, his immense success at this early stage of his career doesn’t compare to the importance of dance itself in his life. “I really wasn’t doing much before dance. I discovered it when I was going through a bigContinue Reading
Ryan Kane: Leaving a Legacy at Tufts and Beyond
View in AdobeExpress The Tufts Athlete Ally chapter being honored with the national Athlete Ally’s Action Award on Oct. 17 in New York City was the culmination of a vision Tufts’ chapter president and founder Ryan Kane had early in his college experience. The award is given annually to theContinue Reading






