Sports Figures Researched and Illustrated by College Students from the 
Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA)

Two sports figures, Greg Louganis (Olympic diver) and Tiger Woods (Champion golfer) are featured in Crossing Boundaries: Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, published by TACT in 2010.  From 2013 to 2016, more sports figures have been researched and illustrated by college students from the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Biography Project, Asian American Studies Department, San Francisco State University.  These have been re-written and adapted by TACT for Primary Grades.  

Click on the following individuals to view or download:

• ​BASHORE-SMEDLEY Kayla
• CELSKI J.R.
• CHUN Clarissa
• DRAVES Victoria Manalo
• LEE Sammy
• LINCECUM Tim
• LUM Helen Wong
• MARTIN Raymond

• OHNO Apolo
• QUIGLEY Olivia
• ROSS Kyla
• SAHAYDAK Tiffany Roberts
• SATO Eric
• WONG Willie
• ZHANG Felicia

​More sports figures are works in progress:

• ADRIAN Nathan
• AGBAYANI Benny
• AOKI Chuck
• BACH Howard
• CHANG Michael
• CHIN CAMPBELL Simona
• CHIN Tiffany
• CHING Stephanie
• CHOCK Madison
• CHOW Amy
• CHU Julie
• CHUNG Eugene
• CLAY Brian
• DARLING Ron
• DAWSON Toby

• FORBER PRATT Anjali
• GABRIEL Roman
• GOGUE Alicia
• HAMMAKER Atlee
• HOANG Yen
• ISHIKAWA Travis
• KIM Wendell
• KONO Tommy
• KWAN Michelle
• LEE Jen Yung
• LIN Jeremy
• LIN Tung-Yen
• LIU Matthew
• LOHSE Kyle
• MARIOTA Marcus

• ​MCPHERSON Paige
• NGUYEN Dat
• RHEE Jhoon
• SAKATA Harold
• SAPOLU Jesse
• SEAU Junior
• SHIBUTANI Alex
• SHIBUTANI Maia
• TUIASOSOPO Manu
• WAKAMATSU Don
• WARD Hines
• WIE Michelle
• WONG Kolton
• YAMAGUCHI Kristi

A number of Asian players from other countries have played sports in America.

Some of them are:

DAY Jason
MATSUI Hideki
NOMO Hideo
PAK Se-Ri

PARK Chan Ho
SINGH Vijay
SUZUKI Ichiro
YAO Ming