During Black History Month, the UAA honored more than 100 of its current and former student-athletes, coaches, and administrators with social media posts consisting of multiple photos with a small biography of the individual.

2023 UAA Black History Month Graphics

Each graphic and bio was posted on the Association’s Instagram and Twitter accounts. The posts on IG included the opening line, “We honor all our past, present, and future Black student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and staff who are (and will be) an integral part of the UAA.”

In all, 107 people were featured in 105 posts (two pairs of brothers were featured on two posts) during February with multiple representatives from each of the eight UAA institutions. Baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling were all represented. Administrators featured included current UAA athletic directors from Brandeis University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, NYU, University of Chicago, and Washington University.

Also during Black History Month, Brandeis hosted a Black student-athlete get-together the night before the 2023 UAA Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the Judges Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25-26. Black student-athletes from all seven competing institutions attended the event, which featured conversations, games, and food catered from a Black-owned restaurant. The event was the third consecutive siuch event at UAA track and field championships with CWRU (indoor) and WashU (outdoor) hosting similar events in 2022.