DOHA (Qatar): The academic year 2019-20 is a time that people at Aspire Academy are going to remember for a long time.
Despite the suspension of on-campus classes due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Aspire Academy’s faculty and staff was still able to offer the many services student-athletes rely on, even if they were moved online, over the phone or offered in a slightly different format.
Training sessions were also shifted to the students’ homes and executed under the coaches’ remote supervision.
But this year is not only going to be remembered for how the people at Aspire successfully dealt with these challenges, it is also a year that will be remembered for the highest number of students that has ever graduated from the Academy within a single year.
Altogether the “Class of 2020” consists of 42 graduates, among them 19 football players, 14 competing in athletics, 2 in squash, 2 in table tennis, 3 in shooting, 1 in fencing and 1 in golf. In total, 443 student-athletes have graduated from Aspire since 2008.
