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
Trio of Women’s Track & Field Athletes Make Lasting Change at WashU and Beyond For Black Student-Athletes
Before co-founding Washington University’s first Black student-athlete group, neither Eka Jose nor Caira Watson-Haynes anticipated the leadership role they would take, but when they saw the need for the affinity group, they stepped up to make a difference not only with WU BLAC (Washington University’s Black Letterwinning Athlete Coalition), butContinue Reading
Emory All-America Track Alum Tommy Davis Finds His Calling in the Dominican Republic
Having faced career-altering injuries as a young man, Emory University student-athlete graduate Tommy Davis has leveraged personal knowledge and a passion for helping others into life-changing experiences in global health. He spent six months in Las Terrenas on the peninsula of Samaná in the Dominican Republic starting in June, shortlyContinue Reading
UChicago Wrestler Cade Creighton: Life-Changing Experience in Senegal
As he hoped when he decided to study abroad this quarter, University of Chicago wrestling student-athlete Cade Creighton is finding his time in Senegal to be the perfect combination for his dual major of economics and anthropology. What he did not anticipate was a meaningful wrestling experience on top ofContinue Reading