The Yonsei Basketball Association celebrates the resumption of its cultural exchange program for middle-school aged youth after a three-year pause due to the pandemic.
Now in its 30th year, the program strives to provide an opportunity to explore the Japanese culture through homestay experiences, community service, leadership and team camaraderie, and basketball and interpersonal skill development.
This year’s Yonsei 30 team will travel to Fukuoka in July. The players will experience homestays in Fukuoka then travel with their families to tour Tokyo, Hiroshima and Kyoto.
Coaching the Yonsei 30 girls are Kristin Okino and Shaye Uyematsu, while James Shinto and Reed Nakakihara will head the boys’ team.
The members of the girls’ team are Olivia Chan, Kelsey Ikemoto, Katey Kakimoto, Kaylee Kawaguchi, Sydney Matsumoto, Kiana Mitchell, Lynn Morishita, Allyson Nagatsuka, Kalia Toshima, Chloe Wong, Tamlyn Yoshida and Kaelyn Yoshizawa.
The boys selected for the Yonsei 30 team are Reid Abe, Jack Diancin, Josh Kagawan, Maxwell Kanamori, Bryce Liew, Tyler Louie, Daniel Nagata, Cole Nakata, Kade Shigekawa, Mason Sugimoto, Nolan Tagawa and Noah Tanioka.
In preparation for their trip to Japan, the players and parents will take part in monthly basketball practices and Japanese culture lessons. Fundraising efforts are already under way through the selling of commemorative Yonsei 30 T-shirts designed by Japangeles as well as raffle tickets.
The Yonsei Golf Tournament, another means to raise funds for the program, will be held on Monday, June 26, at Candlewood Country Club in Whittier. The team is asking for the community’s support in the way of donations for the silent auction, raffle prizes and golfers for the tournament.
Exhibition games featuring both the Yonsei 30 and Yonsei 27 teams will be held on Sunday, July 9, at Terasaki Budokan.
To support their efforts, or for additional information, email yonseiorganization@ gmail.com or visit www.yonseibasketball.org.
This is what it's like to go for Christmas dinner at HogwartsAngry goat goes on rampage at local store, terrorises shoppersSinging cartoon whale is the cutest send off ever for New Zealand PM, ehThese heartbreaking images reveal the dreams of refugeesThe weirdest insults politicians threw at each other in government this yearLady Gaga breaks down how PTSD affects her life in a poignant letterFacebook finds beautiful missing photo for girlfriend of Oakland fire victimAmazon’s grocery store disruption has a very human problemPlease enjoy this young poultry connoisseur's chicken shop reviewsSingapore museum adds an interactive virtual forest No amount of dressing can save Donald Trump's debate word salad A channel you never watch is where you should tune in to tonight's presidential debate Sick of police violence, black woman gets millions of views painting herself white Tyra Banks and her Lyft driver sang 'Hamilton' tunes at the top of their lungs CNN said Hillary won the debate. Why do so many polls seem to say otherwise? Then and Now: 5 Generations of Radeon Graphics Compared Presidential debate: Trump sniffles British Twitter explains what it means to be British with hilarious hashtag Daniel Radcliffe just dropped the mic on that Donald Trump/Voldemort comparison This toy advert is taking on gender stereotypes and people love it
0.1404s , 9990.765625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【ポルノ映画館 カップル情報】Yonsei 30 Teams Selected as Exchange Program Returns,Feature Flash