The Dave Huang Memorial Award Fund was established in August 2024 and was created to honour Dave’s legacy of excellence and high achievement in rugby, academics, music, leadership and community service.
Dave Huang
Dave Huang, aka “The Huang Express”, was a rugby player who graduated from Lord Byng High School in 1995, and who represented British Columbia at the U-19 level. As team captain, he led the Lord Byng Grey Ghosts to a 5-2 record on their legendary and well-documented, “Tour ‘95” to Australia. Dave demonstrated excellence in all pursuits on and off the field… except his post-match speeches. Upon return from Australia, Dave went to Princeton on a full-ride academic scholarship, also captaining the Princeton rugby team. Graduating with honours from Princeton, Dave went on to medical school at Columbia University in New York City. Tragically, Dave passed away in 2003. Dave’s quiet style of leadership ‘by example’ inspired those around him to new heights.
The award will be presented annually to a graduating High School Rugby Player in BC, on the basis of demonstrated high achievement and leadership ‘by example’ in one or more of the following areas: rugby, academics, music, and community service.
Details on the application process are here.
To honour Dave’s memory, you can make a donation to the Award Fund here.
