LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego Director of Athletics
Earl W. Edwards held a town hall discussion with Triton scholar-athletes and coaches earlier this week to discuss racism and social injustice. More than 170 participants took part in the conversation, which spanned two hours and featured representation from all 23 sports. In addition to scholar-athletes and coaches, members of the UC San Diego CAPS (counseling and psychological services) joined the meeting.
The impetus of the town hall meeting was recent events of police brutality that have received national and international attention.
Edwards pledged that this town hall meeting was the first of what will become on-going forums for scholar-athletes to have their voices heard. UC San Diego Athletics will host a similar town hall meeting for its coaching and administrative staffs next week.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program begins a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide more than 1,300 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
