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Bayside college students wins at ESPN awards
BY JENNA BAGCAL
A Bayside college student
was recognized for making
a positive impact through
soccer at the fifth-annual
Sports Humanitarian Awards
last week.
Rising sophomore
Yasmine Sanchez won
the inaugural Billie Jean
King Youth Leadership
Award, which the tennis
legend herself presented
to Sanchez and three
other students.
Winners of the Billie Jean
King award are youth who
“use the power of sport as a
catalyst for change and make
a positive impact on society.”
The Bayside student led
the design, implementation
and management of a free,
five-week summer program
called Soccer Bloc. Through
New York City Football Club’s
Youth Leadership Council,
the program connects over
500 people from all five
boroughs.
Soccer Bloc employs 50
teenagers who teach young
people a curriculum on social
topics through the lens of
soccer. Those in the program
learn about diversity and
inclusion, healthy lifestyles,
safety awareness, self-identity
and leadership.
In addition to Soccer
Bloc, Sanchez teamed
up with the Manhattan
District Attorney’s Office
to expand the Saturday
Night Lights program. The
Bayside student aims to get
the violence prevention and
youth development program
to the same zone as Soccer
Yasmine Sanchez and Billie Jean King during the 2019 Sports Humanitarian Awards presented by ESPN
Bloc.
According to ESPN,
Sanchez’s goal is to “create
positive pathways to engage
youth, helping them grow
physically and mentally into
their early adulthood.”
ESPN and Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company presented
and sponsored the fifth annual
awards, which recognized the
efforts of athletes, leagues,
teams and members of the
sporting community.
The sports media company
granted $1 million to honorees’
selected charities. More than
$1 million was raised through
the net proceeds from the
awards, which went toward
The Stuart Scott Memorial
Cancer Research Fund at the
V Foundation.
Read more at QNS.com.
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by email at jbagcal@
qns.com or by phone at (718)
260-2583.
Photo by Eric Lars Bakke/ESPN Images
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