Soccer Player from Sudan, Featured in Book 'Outcasts United,' Begins New Chapter at UAB
August 24, 2010
August 24, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 24 -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham issued the following news release:
A new chapter has opened in the storied book of the life of 18-year-old Atak Yai.
Yai, pronounced "Yie," an incoming freshman and soccer player at UAB, is going to class, making new friends, hanging out at Blazer Hall and practicing with his new teammates, a fairly normal first week at university for a freshman athlete.
But in one of those . . .
A new chapter has opened in the storied book of the life of 18-year-old Atak Yai.
Yai, pronounced "Yie," an incoming freshman and soccer player at UAB, is going to class, making new friends, hanging out at Blazer Hall and practicing with his new teammates, a fairly normal first week at university for a freshman athlete.
But in one of those . . .