Good thing I found the perfect subject today. Today’s featured student-athlete is Claire Kathleen Yu, she plays for the Ateneo Blue Eagles Table Tennis Team. Get to know more about this hardworking student-athlete through these short notes.

Name: Claire Kathleen Yu
Birthday: November 5, 1989
Weight: 110 lbs.
Height: 5’4”

College Team: Ateneo de Manila University
Former Clubs: Forehand Backhand Institute

How and why did you start playing your sport?
My dad made me play with the robopong while he was playing table tennis with his friends.

Were you a varsity player during your elementary and high school days?
I wasn’t.

How much do you usually spend playing sports?
I don’t know. Hahaha!

Where do you usually play?
Ateneo

What do you do when you’re not playing sports?
Study, sleep, and eat.

What are your greatest achievements/awards as an athlete?
Had lots of awards from target shooting (not from pingpong) haha.

What’s your course? Are you enjoying it? When you were a kid, what do you want to be? Are you fulfilling it? Or do you have plans of fulfilling it in the future?
BS Computer Engineering. No, I’m not enjoying it anymore.

Is it hard balancing academics and athletics at the same time? How’s your studies?
Yes.