Fasting For Faith: UAA Student-Athletes Observe Ramadan
Four UAA student-athletes, including a trio from Case Western Reserve University, are among the approximately two billion Muslims worldwide currently observing Ramadan, a holy month of fasting based on when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammad, the final prophet of Islam, more than 1,400Continue Reading
History of a UAA Signature Event: The Track & Field Black Student-Athlete Dinner
Case Western Reserve University hosted a Black student-athlete get-together at the 2022 UAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, the first such event of its kind in UAA history. What started as an idea from then Washington University student-athlete Andrew Whitaker to potentially bring Black track & field student-athletes together developedContinue Reading
UAA Black Student-Athlete History; Part 3: Full Slate and the Formation of UAA BLAC
With seven of the eight UAA schools running an active Black student-athlete group, NYU Senior Associate Athletic Director Janice Quinn reached out to men’s basketball rising junior Zay Freeney about re-starting NYU BLAC. “I was on board immediately and was part of something like that in high school,” recalled Freeney,Continue Reading
UAA Black Student-Athlete History; Part 2: Starts and Stops
THE FIRST WAVE OF MOMENTUM “After talking to Eka (Jose) and Caira (Watson-Haynes) at WashU, Black athlete after Black athlete started reaching out to me to share similar experiences they had and asking how to go about starting a similar organization. Black UAA student-athletes from Case Western Reserve, Carnegie Mellon, and University ofContinue Reading
UAA Black Student-Athlete History; Part 1: UChicago and WashU Lead the Way
“You never come into college thinking you are going to create an organization,” stated University of Chicago alum Demetrius “DJ” Johnson, Jr. “You just see there is a problem and try to find a long-term solution for it. That was what BLAC (Black Letterwinning Athlete Coalition) was, and still isContinue Reading
WashU Alum Deko Becker-Ricketts Devins Rises to Top of Solar Energy Company Azimuth
From the time he was 16 years old, Washington University track and field alum Deko Becker-Ricketts Devins knew he wanted to pursue a career in solar energy, even if he wasn’t sure what that entailed. “I discovered solar energy existed and saw the needs it could address. I had anContinue Reading