Author Archives: Teagan Fleiner-Etheridge

About Teagan Fleiner-Etheridge

Teagan Fleiner-Etheridge is from the small town of Leverett, MA, and is a rising senior at St. Lawrence University where she is an enthusiastic honors Anthropology student and Asian Studies minor. As a tri-varsity athlete and figure skater throughout high school, as well as a born and raised Boston sports fan, Teagan developed a deep love of sports. During her travels, she has experienced that nothing can break a language barrier like tossing a ball or cheering for the same team. She has had the great fortune to have now traveled to six continents, including a semester abroad in North India, where she completed an independent field research project. Teagan is a dreamer with a zest for life and a passion for people of earth and their culture, languages, and stories which she hopes one day to turn into some sort of wonderful career.

Football for All in Vietnam

Hoang Thi Phuong Trinh, called Trinh by her friends, began participating in Football For All in Vietnam when she signed up for her school’s football club at 14 years old. “The more I play football, the more I love this game,” says Trinh, “That love keeps me with FFAV until today.” Soon after joining, she […]

A “Wicket” Fun Indian Experience: Cricket in India

Story from: Teagan Fleiner-Etheridge, Leverett, MA (St. Lawrence University ’15, Writer for Away Games) As an American studying abroad in India for four months, I was constantly looking for ways to make myself feel at home. I soon discovered that one of the best ways I could connect to Indians of all ages was through […]

Soccer in Kosovo forms Friendships

Story From: Nick DeSantis, Belchertown, MA My name is Nick DeSantis. I am a rising senior at St. Lawrence University, where I am a Philosophy and Government double-major, and soccer has always been a big part of my life. While studying in Kosovo as part of a Denmark study abroad program in 2013, soccer allowed […]

PeacePlayers International

The mission of PeacePlayers International is to unite, educate, and inspire young people to be a part of a more peaceful world through basketball. The organization’s guiding principle is that young children who play together can learn to live together. Brendan and Sean Tuohey, two basketball-playing brothers from Washington, D.C, founded PPI in 2001. Shortly […]

Grassroot Soccer

There are 34 million people living with HIV in the world. Sixty nine percent of these live in sub-Saharan Africa. Roughly 50% of these are unaware they have the virus. HIV not only affects individuals, but their communities. HIV is %100 preventable however social stigma against the disease presents a roadblock to HIV education, testing, […]