• NCAA Press Release on United Pledge/Patch |
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This season you will see Ohio Valley Conference teams, and other teams around the country, sporting a Unity Patch on uniforms.
The patch is part of a Unity Pledge and Logo approved by the NCAA's three divisional Student-Athlete Advisory Committees and the Board of Governors Student-Athlete Engagement Committee. They are symbolic gestures to continue generating stronger unity among the NCAA’s 1,100-plus schools and nearly 500,000 student-athletes.
The logo includes three different colored hands holding one another’s wrists inside a circle with “United As One” at the bottom.
The effort to create the pledge and the corresponding mark was keyed by three SAAC chairs — Braly Keller for Division III, a former Nebraska Wesleyan athlete; Alex Shillow for Division II, a football player at Texas A&M-Commerce; and Ethan Good for Division I, a former men’s basketball player at Bowling Green — joined Colby Pepper, a former men’s soccer player at Division III Covenant.
Student-Athlete Unity Pledge
I am an NCAA student-athlete and I pledge to be a Champion of Unity on my team, on my campus, and in my community
I pledge to stand against all forces of division and separation.
I pledge to embrace differences and strive for inclusion and collaboration.
I pledge to stand against racism, hate, and discrimination.
I pledge to strive for love, care, and forgiveness.
I pledge to stand against silence, deceit, and obscurity.
I pledge to strive for dialogue, truth, and understanding.
I pledge to stand against fear and doubt.
I pledge to strive for trust and belief in one another.
I pledge to stand against complacency and stagnancy.
I pledge to strive for change and growth.
I commit to supporting my fellow student-athletes in all circumstances that impact them.
I commit to both choosing unity personally and encouraging it for all.
I pledge these things because we are stronger together.
#UnitedAsOne
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