Finding community as an athlete at the University of Arizona @uarizona
Finding community as an athlete at the University of Arizona  @uarizona
Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Meet Samantha, a Women’s Wheelchair Basketball athlete and Care, Health, and Society major at the University of Arizona. Learn what she loves about her sport and how she balances being a student athlete with academics at the U of A.

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The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation's top public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2022 in research expenditures among all public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $955 million in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, the 71 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. and Canada. It benefits the state with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually.

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We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. The University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction
0:11 Why I love wheelchair basketball
0:26: My experience as an athlete
0:49: My team
1:04: Balancing my sport and school
1:21: Know you’re not in this alone
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Finding community as an athlete at the University of Arizona

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