Vice President Kamala Harris wore a Howard College shirt as she smiled from a luxurious suite on the 2023 Celebration Bowl. She obtained her bachelor’s diploma in political science and economics from the traditionally Black faculty in Washington, D.C.
Harris is an avid supporter of Howard College athletics and beforehand attended a Bison basketball recreation. She traveled to Atlanta Saturday to assist her alma mater because the Howard soccer group made its debut within the bowl recreation created to focus on traditionally Black faculties and universities.
Though Howard misplaced by 4 to Florida A&M at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the vp remained gracious in defeat.
“We didn’t win, but it surely was an excellent recreation,” she mentioned shortly after the sport. “FAMU did their factor.”
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Harris was born in California and returned to the state after she accomplished her research at Howard. She enrolled in regulation faculty on the College of California, Hastings. She described herself as a “very proud Bison” throughout an interview with ESPN throughout the recreation.
Harris was accompanied by the second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, after the couple walked off Air Pressure Two Saturday. Emhoff wore blue and grey, Howard’s faculty colours.
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., greeted Harris and Emhoff on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport.
“I grew up by faculty going to our (Howard’s) video games,” Harris mentioned throughout the recreation when requested about what college athletics meant to her.
“And return yearly … a few years for homecoming and to have the ability to have a good time the group as an extension of celebrating the varsity and all HBCUs. … It’s totally a lot part of only a cultural appreciation and actually lifting up … simply the fantastic thing about the work and the excellence.”
This yr marked the ninth yr of the HBCU faculty soccer nationwide championship. It additionally marked the primary time both group superior to the championship.
Florida A&M entered Saturday’s recreation with a 10-game win streak after defeating Prairie View A&M 35-14 Dec. 2 to earn its first Southwestern Athletic Convention (SWAC) title. Howard had a two-game successful streak heading into the Celebration Bowl. The Mid-Japanese Athletic Convention (MEAC) holds a 6-1 edge over opponents from the SWAC within the bowl.
Greater than 41,000 followers attended Saturday’s recreation.