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UH athletics receives awards for diversity
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i has been recognized with Diversity in Athletics Awards in the categories of gender diversity and racial diversity by the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University.
UH is one of 12 Division I universities in the country to be honored with the gender diversity award and one of 11 schools to earn the racial diversity award.
"We all know that Hawai'i has one of the most diverse and multi-cultural environments in the country," said UH athletic director Jim Donovan. "I think these awards bear out that fact. We are proud to represent all of Hawai'i in winning these awards."
The award winners achieved the highest total combined scores in the areas of diversity strategy, gender diversity of departmental employees, racial diversity of departmental employees, value and attitudinal diversity of departmental employees, graduation of African-American female and male student-athletes, and gender equity compliance.
The awards are presented on an annual basis by the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport.
SAILING
UH FINISHES 15TH
The University of Hawai'i placed 15th at the Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women's National Championship that concluded yesterday at Narragansett Bay in Newport, R.I.
The Rainbow Wahine amassed 460 points in the three-day, 18-race regatta that featured 18 schools.
Hawai'i's Becky Mabardy, Darla Baldwin and Erin Magee tallied 268 points to finish 16th in the A division. Teammates Hannah Tuson-Turner, Jackie McLoughlin, Pamela Magasinn and Danielle Hull had 192 points to place 12th in B division.
Boston College, which trailed Brown by two points entering the final race, pulled out a two-point victory after its crews finished fourth (A division) and second (B division) in the race.
Boston College (186) was followed by Brown (188), Yale (202), Stanford (206) and College of Charleston (224).
Yale entered the day with a seven-point lead, but its' B division crew struggled to 15th- and 16th-place finishes in the final two races.
