Latest Service-Learning Trip Sends Buckeyes to Costa Rica
5/1/2019 10:36:20 AM | General
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fifteen Ohio State University student-athletes, along with three staff members, departed today for the department’s 10th Buckeyes Go International service-learning program. The Buckeye group is traveling to Costa Rica Wednesday through Tuesday.
The Department of Athletics and SASSO are partnering with Student-Athletes Abroad for the first time. Student-Athletes Abroad’s stated mission is to “offer international education programs designed to remove barriers that typically prevent student-athletes from studying or interning abroad while using sports as a vehicle to increase cultural immersion and maximize educational opportunities.”
Two previous BGI groups have traveled to Costa Rica and this will be the first time Buckeyes serve on the west side of the country in the Playa Flamingo area.
Student-athletes will facilitate sports activities with local youth, serve at a food bank and participate in a beach clean-up while participating in other service projects. In addition, the Buckeyes are slated to participate in a variety of cultural immersion activities and educational opportunities.
STUDENT-ATHLETE PARTICIPANTS
Jonathon Cooper (football)
Kathrin Demler (women’s swimming)
Frank Ditullio (fencing)
Aaliyah Hernandez (field hockey)
Jaimen Hood (wrestling)
Ali House (women’s diving)
Angel Leon (men’s gymnastics)
Emma Maltais (women’s ice hockey)
Bernard Melus (pistol)
Sarah Merza (fencing)
Aaliyah Patty (women’s basketball)
Quinn Preston (men’s ice hockey)
Izzy Rodriguez (women’s soccer)
Tatum Skaggs (women’s ice hockey)
Jenna Swartzentruber (women’s gymnastics)
