October 28, 2015

Over the summer, two University of Louisville student-athletes had a chance of a lifetime. Through the 'Coach for College' program, they joined fellow student-athletes from across the country on a month long trip to Vietnam. Tim Kubel, a sophomore defender on the men's soccer team, and Taylor Bradley, a junior sprinter on the track and field team, represented the Cardinals on the other side of the world.

October 23, 2015

Courtney Harnish’s high standards have driven her to excel on and off the volleyball court. She’s helping her teammates do the same.

September 16, 2015

South Carolina’s Erika Rucker and Maddie Frome were in a much different classroom setting than they were accustomed to this summer. Rucker, a fifth year senior on the track and field team, and Frome, a junior on the beach volleyball team, went to Vietnam to teach underprivileged children as part of the Coach for College program, which is a non-profit organization that offers student-athletes the chance to teach youths in rural parts of developing countries.

September 14, 2015

Derrick Morgan ran four years of track and field in cream and crimson before earning his bachelor’s degree in sports management.

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But to the IU graduate it was the red that he wore in Vietnam that made the 
biggest difference.

September 01, 2015

Northwestern field hockey standout Dominique Masters recounts her experiences this past summer in Vietnam - participating in Coach for College - in this edition of "Wildcats Off the Field." Coach for College is a service learning program that brings together US student-athletes and Vietnamese university students to teach academics, sports and life skills at summer camps to children in rural Vietnam.

August 31, 2015

Softball's Savannah Bradley spent six weeks volunteering in Vietnam this summer (courtesy Savannah Bradley).

August 31, 2015

Being black in rural Vietnam almost made me feel like a celebrity.

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Everywhere I went during the three-week Coach for College program this past summer, people wanted to talk to me and take a picture with me. Many had never seen an American in real life, let alone a black person.

August 14, 2015

The day after UW-Madison discus thrower Hanna Barton competed at the Junior Nationals track meet in Eugene, Ore., she was on her way to Vietnam. After nearly 24 hours on several planes, she made it there in late June where she spent three weeks working with 120 middle school aged students.

July 21, 2015

Even though her college tennis days are over, Duke University graduate Parker Goyer is still scoring aces with her international service. Goyer is the founder and director of Coach for College, an educational program that connects student-athletes from the United States with students in Vietnam.

July 21, 2015

Hello Tar Heels!

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My name is Alexis Amato and I am a rising junior on the rowing team.  I am majoring in Health Policy and Management. 

And my name is Lexi Walters and I am also a rising junior on the rowing team.  I am majoring in Exercise and Sport Science and Public Relations.

We recently got back from an amazing experience in Vietnam through the Coach for College program.  Coach for College is a program that takes collegiate American athletes across the world to Vietnam. During the month of June, we were stationed at middle school camps in rural Vietnam and worked with other American university students along with Vietnamese university students to teach both academic and athletic lessons to Vietnamese youth! Our efforts were in an attempt to decrease the school drop-out rate and increase the health and physical activity enjoyment of the Vietnamese children.

July 08, 2015

Early this summer, I participated in a volunteer-service program called Coach for College. The goal of the organization is to promote higher education through sports and similar competitive initiatives to Vietnamese youth living in rural areas. Along with 7 other student-athletes from across the country, we taught academic classes, life skill classes, and sports to 8th and 9th graders for three weeks. Although none of us knew Vietnamese, we quickly learned that sports can transcend linguistic and cultural barriers and help build confidence and motivate kids in a variety of positive ways.

January 22, 2015

As a point guard, communication is an essential part of Brianna Kiesel’s job. She has to call plays, direct teammates and run the show for Pitt on the basketball court.

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This summer her communication skills met a stiffer test.

October 24, 2014

During the summer of 2014, five Princeton student-athletes were selected to travel to the Phung Hiep District of the Hau Giang Province in southern Vietnam to volunteer for Coach for College, a global initiative aimed at promoting higher education through sports. These student-athletes taught academics, sports and life skills over the course of three weeks to disadvantaged youth at the Hoa An Secondary School. The Princeton Varsity Club provided funding for the majority of the necessary expenses associated with the charitable service trip, with the remainder of the funds being raised by the individual participants. The PVC sat down with each student-athlete to learn more about their educational experience this summer.

September 17, 2014

In the summer of 2014, Haley Clarke, a junior on the rowing team, embarked on a life changing journey.

Haley joined other student-athletes from around the country in a program called Coach For College, which seeks to take the popularity of sports to bring together disadvantaged youth in rural parts of developing countries who have limited access to higher education and student-athletes at American universities. 

August 22, 2014

This summer I was granted the incredible, once in a lifetime, opportunity to travel overseas to Vietnam to participate in the Coach for College program through Syracuse University. Coach for College is a global initiative to promote higher education through sports in rural and low-income areas of Vietnam, available to ACC student-athletes.

August 04, 2014

Hello again everyone! 

It's been about a week since my last post so I thought I should keep you updated on what's gone on here in Vietnam in that time. In my last post I left off telling you about how we were going to a city called Hoi an. 

June 24, 2014

This summer, rising-sophomore Keri Fulp is enjoying a trip of a lifetime. She has joined Coach for College and is spending three weeks in Vietnam interacting with students in various summer camps in rural Vietnam.

June 08, 2014

Recently graduated women's soccer player Gabrielle Gilbert is currently volunteering in Vietnam as a part of Coach for College . The organization gives current and recently graduated student-athletes the opportunity to teach and coach disadvantaged youth in rural parts of developing countries in a global initiative to promote higher education through sports. Gilbert will be blogging on her experiences for GamecocksOnline.com throughout the next month.