DURHAM, N.C. – Five Duke student-athletes – Kevin Gehsmann (football), Alan Ko (fencing), Maddy Price (track & field), Jonathan Schwartzman (fencing) and Mackenzie Willborn (swimming & diving) – are in Vietnam this summer as part of the second class of the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement (ACE) program. The program provides one-time funding for Duke and Stanford student-athletes to engage in a three-week international service project.
All five Blue Devils provided blogs on their initial experiences in Vietnam, which can be read below.
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America's Pastime
July 10, 2017 l Jonathan Schwartzman, Duke Men's Fencing and Reagan Damoose, Stanford Women’s Lightweight Rowing
Intro: JD and Reagan both coach baseball with two Vietnamese coaches, who prior to the camp had never played the sport before.