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Athletes with an Impact
BU Athletics celebrated 12 years of partnership with Team IMPACT, a local nonprofit that pairs collegiate sports teams with children who are battling serious and chronic illnesses. The benefits are mutual: student-athletes get leadership, advocacy, and professional development opportunities, while children facing enormous personal adversity feel the joy of competition and team camaraderie.
Since 2012, a number of BU squads have routinely welcomed a Team IMPACT child onto their rosters. Sumi Cameron (Questrom’24), Patriot League one-meter diving champion and BU Athletics’ Woman of the Year, is cocaptain of the Terriers Swim and Dive Team IMPACT participation. Depending on a child’s needs, student-athletes like Cameron will help them with homework, spend time with them, and—often the overwhelming favorite—invite them to the sidelines for games, matches, and meets.
