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A Home Away from Home: A Spotlight on International Student-Athletes

By Kate Myles, COMM 2365 Attending college as a student-athlete is a learning experience for young and growing adults to start their athletic careers and be on their own away from home. For some, it means being an entire country, or even a continent away. One of these student-athletes is tennis player Joaquim Fernandes, a junior from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is one of over 24,000 student-athletes enrolled and competing at NCAA schools, according to the organization’s statistical data. Within D...