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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education announces the 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male and Female Athlete-of-the-Year

Contact: Ralph Newell
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FAIRFAX, Va. — Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine is pleased to announce the 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male and Female Athlete of the Year.

Male:

Khari Blasingame, Vanderbilt University, Football, Male Winner

Female:

Asia Seidt, University of Kentucky, Swimming & Diving, Female Winner

As the name denotes, the annual Ashe edition is a part of our quarter-century legacy of recognizing outstanding minority young men and women who have distinguished themselves in their academic and athletic pursuits.

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