'Blue & Gold' Student-Athlete: Juru Okwaramoi
2/3/2023 11:13:00 AM | Track & Field, Academics and Student Programs
Okwaramoi is an All-BIG EAST Academic Team member and hurdler
MILWAUKEE - Women's track and field team captain Juru Okwaramoi is the Blue & Gold Student-Athlete of the Month for February 2023, as chosen by Marquette Athletics' Academics and Student Programs staff. Â
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Okwaramoi is a senior majoring in psychology with minors in biological sciences and chemistry. She is a SAAC representative for her team and is on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion subcommittee. In addition, she is actively involved in SHAPE (Student Health Allies & Peer Educators) the peer mental health and wellness group, and the faith-based group in athletics. She was a peer leader in Orientation, a peer tutor for the Educational Opportunity Program, and is actively involved with Midnight Run serving meals in the community.
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Okwaramoi has earned Dean's List, Athletics Director's Honor Roll and BIG EAST All-Academic Team honors throughout her Marquette career. She is inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the honor society for collegiate athletes. This semester, she is as a teaching assistant for the BIOL1002 course where she leads discussion sections of freshman biology students. She will graduate in May, with honors, and will take a gap year working in the medical field before starting medical school in fall of 2024. She is fluent in both in English and Arabic.
The native of Urbandale, Iowa is a sprinter and hurdler and was an All-BIG EAST performer in 2021 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles.
2022-23 Blue & Gold Student Athletes of the Month:Â
June/July: Josie Kelderman, women's soccer
August: Stevie Mitchell, men's basketball
September: Veronica Walinski, women's track & field
October: Mikki Easter, women's soccer
November: Elisabeth Desmarais, women's tennis
December: Payton Hanselman, women's track & field
January: Billy Rojack, men's lacrosse
February: Juru Okwaramoi, women's track & field
2021-22 Archive
2020-21 Archive
2019-20 Archive
2018-19 Archive
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Okwaramoi is a senior majoring in psychology with minors in biological sciences and chemistry. She is a SAAC representative for her team and is on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion subcommittee. In addition, she is actively involved in SHAPE (Student Health Allies & Peer Educators) the peer mental health and wellness group, and the faith-based group in athletics. She was a peer leader in Orientation, a peer tutor for the Educational Opportunity Program, and is actively involved with Midnight Run serving meals in the community.
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Okwaramoi has earned Dean's List, Athletics Director's Honor Roll and BIG EAST All-Academic Team honors throughout her Marquette career. She is inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the honor society for collegiate athletes. This semester, she is as a teaching assistant for the BIOL1002 course where she leads discussion sections of freshman biology students. She will graduate in May, with honors, and will take a gap year working in the medical field before starting medical school in fall of 2024. She is fluent in both in English and Arabic.
The native of Urbandale, Iowa is a sprinter and hurdler and was an All-BIG EAST performer in 2021 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles.
2022-23 Blue & Gold Student Athletes of the Month:Â
June/July: Josie Kelderman, women's soccer
August: Stevie Mitchell, men's basketball
September: Veronica Walinski, women's track & field
October: Mikki Easter, women's soccer
November: Elisabeth Desmarais, women's tennis
December: Payton Hanselman, women's track & field
January: Billy Rojack, men's lacrosse
February: Juru Okwaramoi, women's track & field
2021-22 Archive
2020-21 Archive
2019-20 Archive
2018-19 Archive
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