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Proud of Binh Nguyen, NCAA Director of Academic and Membership Affairs, who is the recipient of NCAA President's Award!

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LEADING THE WAY. 👏👏👏 This week, @Yale Thomas A. Beckett Director of Athletics Vicky Chun is being honored as the @CushWake Athletics Director of the Year at @NACDA. Thank you for your commitment and contributions to @YaleAthletics and the entire Ivy League, Vicky! 🌿

Great conversation today at the @NACDA Convention about the State of Intercollegiate Athletics with our CEO @PattiPhillips10, @theACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, @SCUBroncos AD @ReneeBaumgartn5, & @WSUCougars AD @pat_chun. Thank you presenting sponsor @NAADDevelopment!

As we close out Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we celebrate the significant contributions of those in the #AAPI community who have made remarkable impacts on Big Blue Nation! #WeAreUK

During AAPI Heritage Month, we honor Fatu Turituri, born in American Samoa and the first Polynesian player for @UKFootball. A junior college transfer, he was a Wildcat offensive lineman in 2005-06. He started 10 games at UK and was a member of @UKcoachbrooks first bowl team.

During AAPI Heritage Month, we honor @UKBaseball's Ka’ai Tom, from Kaneohe, Hawaii, who totaled a .352 career average in two seasons with the Wildcats. Tom finished his UK career with 148 career hits, the second-most hits for a two-year UK player in program history. Tom was selected in the fifth round of the 2015 MLB Draft, going No. 154 overall, to Cleveland and has played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He’s one of fewer than 50 Hawaiian-born players to reach MLB.

Celebrating #AAPI Month all month long!! 👇 Athletic Trainer, Toyota Keinoshin, shares what it means to him to be a part of the AAPI community! 🧡🐪 #ONECampbell

During AAPI Heritage Month, we honor Alaina Kwan who was a Named WCGA Scholastic All-American each of her four years with @UKgymnastics between 2017-2020. A key contributor to some of the most successful teams in school history. As a junior she scored 9.800 or better on vault seven times and as a senior scored a season-high 9.825 on vault twice.

Our final #AAPI feature is Matthew Sengphommachanh of @NCCMensTennis! See what AAPI month means to him. #WeAreNC #LetsFly #ProtectTheNest

During AAPI Heritage Month, we honor Ryo Matsumura, from Fukui, Japan, one of the top @UKMensTennis players of the last decade. Matsumura was All-SEC each of his four seasons between 2015-2019. He was ITA All-American and First Team All-SEC. In 2015-16 he was SEC Co-Freshman of the Year and ITA Ohio Valley Region Rookie of the Year.

As we cap off #AAPIHeritageMonth, hear from a few Roadrunners who are members of the AAPI community! #RunnersOnTheRise

As we close our #AAPI Heritage Month, hear from four more Aggies about how their culture has shaped who they are today.

Closing out #AAPIHeritagemonth with a message from our AAPI Bruins. #GoBruins

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”― Thich Nhat Hanh Our department is what is because of our AAPI members. We're happy to celebrate the last day of #AAPIHeritageMonth with you. #GoViks | #BuildTheShip

As Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month comes to a close, we look forward to continuing to celebrate the contributions and culture of the AAPI community and working to create a more inclusive society for all.

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! As we close out the month of May, Bentley Athletics honors and recognizes our Asian American and Pacific Islander students #BentleyU

ICYMI: Thx @JamieBoggsJD, @mikeharrity, @coachsonic, @kalanifsitake for sharing stories of your upbringing & journey. Great job @NicoleAuerbach playing point guard! #AAPIHeritageMonth Celebrating AAPI Excellence in College Athletics youtu.be/rlwVSmJXoeo via @YouTube

As part of #AAPIHeritageMonth, the NCAA People of Color Employee Engagement Group hosted a discussion for staff titled "Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity" with Rupal Thanawala, board president of the Asian American Alliance! #NCAAInclusion

Never stop learning. @amyhucht, COO at Stavvy and @4aapi co-founder discusses why it’s important to keep learning about different communities, traditions and cultures. #AAPIHeritageMonth | on.ncaa.com/4aapi