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"Freshman back Sofia Walia is one of two Sikh players on the Knights’ roster this season. She has nine points for Rutgers." (Photo: Tian Li | The Daily Targum)

Firsts in NCAA field hockey

October 23, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sofia Walia and Ashpal Kaur Bhogal — two Sikh women at Rutgers University in New Jersey — have become the first Sikh women to play NCAA Division I field hockey (it turns out that they are not the first — see update below): “It’s great because there are a lot of Sikh people on campus but they’re not involved in a lot of activities, especially sports,” [Sikh Student Association President Simran Farmah] said. “We never really had any Sikh athletes. […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Amrit Cheema, Ashpal Kaur Bhogal, Division I, field hockey, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, New Jersey, Rutgers University, Scarlett Knights, Sharan Kalla, Sofia Walia

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Amrit Kaur Bhinder: All-American Sikh

April 10, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

After we learned about Dipanjot Singh, another Sikh athlete in the NCAA has come to light. From sikhchic.com: Sophomore Amrit Kaur Bhinder fenced her way to All-America status on the final day of fencing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships as the Quakers finished eighth overall in the event. Amrit finished seventh overall with 13 victories in epee to be named second-team All-America. She is the first second-team All-America selection for the Quakers since Abigail Emerson earned the […]

Categories: News Bits, Profiles • Tags: All-American, Amrit Kaur Bhinder, fencing, Jaskit Kaur Bhinder, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, University of Pennsylvania

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Dipanjot Singh plays for the UIC Flames basketball team, and recently participated in the NCAA basketball tournament.

American Sikh plays in the NCAA

April 7, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

From the SALDEF twitter account: Story of young Sikh American, playing Basketball in the NCAA with his identity intact! Thanks to Jaspreet Singh… http://fb.me/FsOMhews — SALDEF (@SALDEF) April 7, 2011

Categories: News Bits, Profiles • Tags: Basketball, Chicago, College basketball, Dipanjot Singh, Horizon League, Illinois, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, SALDEF, UIC Flames, University of Illinois

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