The University of Idaho won three Big Sky conference championships in seven days late last month — and the Vandals filled their trophy case thanks in large part to athletes who left their home countries to pursue their dreams in remote Moscow, Idaho.
The top three women's golfers, all six men's tennis singles starters and every women's tennis player are international athletes. Those three championship teams have brought 16 international athletes to U of I; the rest of the athletic department has a combined 18 international athletes.
The tennis teams, in fact, are coached by brothers from Pakistan.