Macalester College basketball players, Peyton Starks and Sydnee Smith, are balancing academic and athletic pursuits, with both planning careers in medicine after graduation.
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St. Cloud head track coach likes disrupting stigmas
Gabrielle Brown is the first Black female head coach at St. Cloud State University, and is learning as she goes as she leads the track and field and cross country team to success.
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Nigerian new to U.S. hoops proves strong rebounder
Armando Akapo-Nwagbo is taking advantage of his opportunity to start in the Macalester men’s basketball team.
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Black coaches face-off in Macalester-Minnesota exhibition game
Ben Johnson and Abe Woldeslassie both have successfully forged parallel careers: Johnson played at De La Salle and Woldeslassie at St. Thomas Academy.
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For Mac track coach, the learning never stops
‘I definitely am used to navigating White spaces as a Black woman.’
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Intensity of college play a top challenge for Mac men’s hoops
The first year of a coach’s program is always the hardest. “I think we can have a top-25 Division III men’s basketball program” at Macalester, a top-25 liberal arts college, Abe Woldeslassie, the Scots’ first-year head coach, has pledged.
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Diversity finally reaches MIAC volleyball
So the secret is out — diversity in MIAC volleyball has arrived. Diversity “is something that is necessary to have teams and people who reflect the world, and be leaders,” said Graves.