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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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MLB Commissioner Emeritus Bud Selig to launch new book at ASU Law event
Former MLB Commissioner and Distinguished Professor of Sports in America at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Allan H. (Bud) Selig, will have a public fireside chat and book signing at ASU Law to launch his new book "For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball." At a special event taking place Thursday, Sept. 12, Selig will share insider information about one of the most dramatic periods in the history of Major League Baseball.
Family, food and ASU: Three generations of alumni keep Someburros growing
Tim Vasquez's family story began in 1972, when his grandparents transformed their south Phoenix home into Poncho’s Mexican Food and Cantina, an adobe restaurant specializing in his grandmother’s traditional Sonoran dishes. After graduating from ASU, his father, George, aspired to take his family’s recipes to new heights. In 1986, he and his wife founded Someburros in Tempe. Today, ASU alumnus Tim is keeping the family operation going strong.
ASU Law grad leading an NHL revival in the desert
Less than a decade after graduating from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU, Ahron Cohen is leading a dramatic turnaround for the Arizona Coyotes. The 35-year-old, who previously served as general counsel for the Coyotes, was named the NHL franchise’s president and CEO in July 2018.
ASU Prep graduate balanced competitive swimming with earning 4.0 GPA
In addition to economics and precalculus, Jarod Arroyo has spent the last year learning a lot about balance. Arroyo, an elite swimmer, was in the first graduating class of ASU Prep Tempe charter high school last month, finishing with a 4.0 grade point average. With high school behind him, he’ll spend the next year focusing on training for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. After that, he’ll swim for ASU. “The key is staying on top of it and not getting behind,” Arroyo said of his life balancing school and swimming.
Five Cronkite School students named Hearst Award finalists
Five students from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University will be in San Francisco next month competing in the Hearst Awards national championships — tied for the most of any school in the nation.
Students in ASU Law sports program get hands-on experience helping run LPGA event
The Phoenix metro area provides a home field advantage to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and its innovative Master of Sports Law and Business program. Home to everything from Super Bowls and Final Fours to spring training and NASCAR races, the region is a veritable sports mecca — a learning environment like no other for those aspiring to work in the sports industry.
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