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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 tour guide inspires sports journalism path for Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Having a passion for journaling and writing, alongside a life surrounded by sports, the combination of the two was a perfect fit for Kendall Flynn who studied sports journalism at ASU's Cronkite School. This fall, she's an Outstanding Undergraduate Student award recipient.
International student pursues sports passion through law and business program
Growing up in Nigeria, Oluwadurotimi “Rotimi” Ogunjobi was interested in how laws impacted people’s lives. But as he got older, he realized he wanted to be more involved in another passion of his — sports. That led him to the Master of Sports Law and Business program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Sun Devils 4 Life program helps former ASU athletes complete their education
ASU’s Sun Devils 4 Life degree completion program provides opportunities for student-athletes outside of the traditional six-year window to receive post-eligibility aid in completing their degrees.
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