Black History Month - WWU Athletics - Western Washington University Athletics

For Black History month in 2022, we are sharing the stories of our current student-athletes and what Black History Month means to them through a social media campaign.

We encourage you to visit the main WWU Black History Month website where a lot of programming, content and education pieces are posted.

Black History Month - Yuki Saburi — Yuki Saburi is a standout rower for the Vikings and a Seattle native

Black History Month - Jaden Edwards — Jaden Edwards is a hurdle specialist on the WWU Track & Field team and a native of Mission Viejo, California

Black History Month - Isaac Morrow — Isaac Odell Morrow is a member of the WWU men's basketball team that is from Lakewood, Washington

Black History Month - Peyton Neal — Payton Neal aspires to go to medicine school after her career as a student-athlete with WWU soccer is complete

Black History Month - Makenzie Burks — Makenzie Burks is an All-West Region player for the WWU Women's Soccer Team that is from Tacoma

Black History Month - Daniel Hornbuckle — Daniel Hornbuckle is a member of the WWU Men's Basketball Team and an All-GNAC Academic student-athlete

Black History Month - Janelle Grant — Janelle Grant is a freshman on the WWU Volleyball team

Black History Month - Lainnie Lyamba — Lainnie Lyama is a versatile member of the WWU Track & Field team that specializes in horizontal jumps

Last year we shared stories from the archives and Viking Voices Podcast interviews with former and current Black student-athletes and coaches associated with Western Washington University. Click on each of the images below to read the articles or listen to the podcast episodes.

Black History Month - Bill Wright — Read this Carver Memories Story on Bill Wright, who broke the golf color line winning the 1959 US Amateur Public Links

Black History Month - Willis Ball — Read this amazing Carver Memories story on the first WWU Black graduate Willis Ball

Shelton Diggs - Podcast BHM — Listen to a Viking Voices Podcast with WWU men's basketball legend Shelton Diggs, a star player for the Vikings from 1998-2002 that helped lead the Vikings to its first NCAA II Final Four in 2001. Diggs is currently the head boys basketball coach at Long Beach Poly and is also a personal assistant to Snoop Dogg.

Black History Month - Savannah Smith — Savannah Smith was a star for WWU Track & Field from 2016-19 and is listed in the top five in six different events. Smith holds the No. 2 all-time mark in both the outdoor (24.78) and indoor (25.07) 200m.

Carver Memories - BHM - Rich and Linda Tucker — Read this Carver Memories story about Rich and Linda Tucker - a WWU student-athlete and cheerleader that were young Western students who knew they were right for each other, but way ahead of their time.

John White - Black History Month — John White set the school triple jump record in 1973 with a leap of 47-11 ½, a mark that is still third-best in program history nearly 50 years later

Sierra Shugarts - Black History Month Graphic — Sierra Shugarts starred for the WWU Women's Soccer from 2014-17 and was the 2016 NCAA Division II National Player of the Year. Click on the above photo for Sierra's complete bio from her All-American career as a Viking.

Kiana Gandy - Black History Month Podcast — Listen to a Viking Voices podcast with Kiana Gandy, who scored over 1,000 points during her career with the Vikings from 2013-17. Following graduation from WWU with a degree in psychology, Gandy has pursued a passion and career in mentoring children experiencing adjustment disorders and trauma, as well as Black millennial's self-directed healing and growth.

Jeffrey Parker - Black History Month — Jeffrey Parker had a legendary four-year career with the Vikings, leaving Bellingham as the program's all-time leading scorer with 1,867 career points. In 121 career games, Parker averaged 15.4 points per game and made 277 3-pointers to rank second-best in WWU history.

Kayleigh Harper Black History Month — Kayleigh Harper etched her name in the WWU Volleyball and GNAC record books after an All-American career from 2015-19. The Oak Harbor native was a three-time AVCA All-American and four-time First Team All-GNAC selection, setting WWU and GNAC all-time records with 597.0 total blocks and a .373 career hitting percentage. She lead WWU to the NCAA Championships in each year she participated, including a national semifinal appearance in 2015 and the national final in 2018.

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