A Filipino Korean American golfer from Hawaii won the US Women’s Open, her first LPGA tour title win. Allisen Corpuz was born on March 20, 1998. Allisen’s father, Marcos Corpuz, is from Ilocos Norte, Philippines, and her mother, May, is of Korean descent (See Associated Press for story).
Miss Texas Averie Bishop (Source: Washington Post)
Filipino American Miss Texas Averie Bishop is pushing back against the far-right policies of the state’s white male Republican officials (See Washington Post for story)
EJ Obiena (Source: Rappler)
EJ Obiena became the first Filipino to qualify for the 2024 Olympics following his silver-medal performance in the BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday, July 2 (See RAPPLER for story).
Kai Sotto (Photo by Pedja Milosavljevic/AFP)
Kai Sotto is officially listed in the Orlando Magic roster for the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas, by the Magic who invited Sotto to play in the league’s preseason tournament (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Claire Oliveros (Source: Philippine Post)
A Filipino American educator Claire Oliveros from Sacramento, California will be Riverside City College’s new president, the Riverside Community College District’s board of trustees announced in a press release (See Philippine Post for story).
Kihei Clark (Photo by Russell Lansford-USA TODAY Sports)
Former University of Virginia Cavaliers point guard Kihei Clark, a Filipino American was signed to the NBA Summer League roster of the Utah Jazz (See Sports Illustrated for story).
Jojit and Maria De Leon (Source: GoodNewsPilipinas.com)
Maria De Leon, the immigrant daughter of a Filipina nanny in the United States, has graduated with honors and a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Harvard University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world (See GoodNewsPilipinas for story).
Aleah Finnegan and Emma Malabuyo (Source: Emma Malabuyo/Instagram)
Gymnasts Emma Malabuyo and Aleah Finnegan added two more medals to the Philippines' haul in the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Singapore on Sunday. Malabuyo claimed a silver medal in the floor exercise and Finnegan bagged a bronze medal in the beam finals (See GMA News for story)
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