Ashton Eaton throws a javelin during the decathlon competition at the USA Track and Field National Championships on June 26, 2009 in Eugene, Ore.
On October 13, the USOPC relaunched its Olympians Made Here and Paralympians Made Here campaigns, an athlete-led effort that celebrated the value of college sports. The recalibrated solidarity campaigns were redesigned with the athlete voice at the center and included participation across nearly 250 athletes, schools, conferences and NGBs. Participants were encouraged to post custom graphics on social media to highlight the value college sports provide to them, their student-athletes or their sports. The next campaign-wide coordinated social post will shine a spotlight on school communities on Jan. 25, 2021.
Hannah Aspden – Para Swimming – Queens University of Charlotte
Ashton Eaton – Track and Field – University of Oregon
A large part of who I am today is because of @uoregon and @OregonTF. Thank you for making me a competitor, a question-asker, a limit-pusher, Olympian, and better person.⁰#OlympiansMadeHere #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/QF0n9zFUJW
— Ashton Eaton (@AshtonJEaton) October 13, 2020
Carmelita Jeter – Track and Field – University of Alabama Thank You @AlabamaTrack and All of our Student Athletes for helping me become a leader, a mentor and a proud coach #OlympiansMadeHere #RollTide #CoachJet #Usoc pic.twitter.com/eOzZouOzoF
Sho Nakamori – Gymnastics – Stanford University
Oklahoma State University
At Oklahoma State, we build scholars, leaders, world changers and Olympians.#GoPokes I #OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/iMbRglvYRv
— Oklahoma State Athletics (@OSUAthletics) October 13, 2020
Colleen Quigley - Track and Field – Florida State University
Matt Scott– Wheelchair Basketball – University of Wisconsin Whitewater
University of Northern Iowa .@Jessie_Heims is more than an athlete. She is a scholar, leader and world changer.#UNIFight #ParalympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/yZZni944z2
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