UM awards outstanding student athletes

The Office of Sports Affairs (OSA) of the University of Macau (UM) held the 2023-2024 UM Sports Awards Presentation Ceremony to commend outstanding student athletes and to thank donors for their support of sports scholarships. The total amount of sports scholarships for this year increased to MOP 480,000, and 12 outstanding athletes and 19 most valuable athletes were awarded scholarships.

As of April this year, UM sports teams had won 58 gold medals, 46 silver medals, and 62 bronze medals in the 2023/2024 academic year. Mok Kai Meng, vice rector of UM, thanked the organisations and individuals for their support of UM’s sports development, as well as all the coaches and student athletes for their hard work and contributions. In addition, 32 coaches, 57 captains, vice captains and assistants of university sports teams, and 63 loyal athletes received the certificates of appreciation. Certificates were also presented to 32 student trainees from the Train the Trainer (T.T.T.) Programme and 20 student volunteers from the UM Sports Volunteer Programme (SVP).