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No limits to a mother’s love, a wrestler’s determination
Judy Robles was 16 when she found out she was pregnant with her first child, who would later be born with only one leg. As Anthony Robles grew, his mom realized that he defied limitations — "he was going to figure things out." Anthony went on to become an NCAA champion wrestler at ASU, and his life story is now the focus of a new Amazon Prime movie, “Unstoppable."
This month marks the 10th anniversary of ASU announcing that its club hockey team would be moving to the NCAA Division I level.
When Natasha Adair drove to the basket for a layup one October night in 1990, her future was right in front of her. She was a high school senior being recruited by more than 200 college coaches. But as she landed on the court and heard the pop in her knee, everything changed. Adair couldn’t have known then, but that injury headed her down a path that would eventually lead her to become the women’s basketball coach at ASU. “People often ask me if I would change what happened,” she said. “No. It made me who I am.”
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ASU course addresses 'female opportunity gaps' in sports participation
ASU's Applied Coaching Communication class aims to address opportunity gaps among low-income, elementary school girls by empowering them through non-competitive sports. This semester they worked with students from Holdeman Elementary School, which has a minority student enrollment of 94%. “We’re here to help them learn about their own life skills,” said ASU student Samantha Rivera.
ASU grad combines 2 passions in sports and supply chain
ASU grad Natalie Zarasian is combining her love of sports and economics to pursue work that inspires her.
Dean's Medalist has passion for statistics and sports
During his early years of high school, Trent Lindstrom decided to study statistics. “I have loved math for as long as I can remember," he said. Now, Lindstrom is the Dean’s Medalist for the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.
Coach learns the importance of being a global citizen in sports
During her senior year in college, Yousra Manar realized she had a passion for the sports industry. Looking for a way to further her education and pursue a career in sports, she found both in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU.
Pandemic pushed ASU golf coach to get master's degree
Sometime early in the summer of 2020 it hit Arizona State men’s golf head coach Matt Thurmond: The Sun Devils’ fall season likely would be canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a thought that became a reality that August. Maybe, Thurmond told himself, he should take the time to pursue his master’s degree, something he had been thinking about for years. This May, he graduates with his Master of Applied Leadership and Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
From planning events to doing the mascot’s laundry, Coyotes intern’s experience is all coming out in the wash
The names Suns, Cardinals and Diamondbacks were initially on Payton Padilla’s mind while he searched an athletics industry website for an internship to expand his knowledge of how sports are managed. When he came upon one called “PUCK internship,” he immediately realized he had forgotten the Valley’s fourth big-league organization, the Arizona Coyotes hockey team.
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