Jay Yoon Reflects on Four Years at Pepperdine

Men's Basketball senior guard Jay Yoon looks for an open teammate versus Gonzaga on Feb. 16. Yoon said his dream is to see the 1% of Asian Americans in the NCAA grow tenfold.

Approximately 18.6 million Asian Americans call the United States home, which is about 7% of the United States total population.

In 2019-20, athletes of Asian descent make up less than 1% of all student-athletes in the United States.

One of them resides in Malibu, Calif.

Four letters stitched on the back of a jersey represent a story of strength, perseverance and dedication.

“Putting on that jersey every day, knowing that as a Korean American, that I’m kind of a trailblazer, just for the youth generation for Asian or Korean Americans, per se. That’s something I really take to heart and that I pride myself in,” Men’s Basketball senior guard Jay Yoon said. “That will carry for the rest of my life knowing that I have and will continue to try and make an impact for the next generation of Asian American athletes.”

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