{"id":6512,"date":"2024-08-21T11:23:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/?p=6512"},"modified":"2024-09-04T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T20:11:11","slug":"dave-huang-memorial-award-fund-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/dave-huang-memorial-award-fund-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Huang Memorial Award Fund Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dave Huang Memorial Award Fund was established in August 2024 and was created to honour Dave\u2019s legacy of excellence and high achievement in rugby, academics, music, leadership and community service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6509\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6509\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dave-Huang-20240820-195x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dave-Huang-20240820-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dave-Huang-20240820-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dave-Huang-20240820-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dave-Huang-20240820-1000x1536.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dave-Huang-20240820-1333x2048.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dave-Huang-20240820-scaled.jpg 1666w\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6509\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Dave Huang<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dave Huang, aka \u201cThe Huang Express\u201d, 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, \u201cTour \u201895\u201d to Australia. Dave demonstrated excellence in all pursuits on and off the field\u2026 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\u2019s quiet style of leadership \u2018by example\u2019 inspired those around him to new heights.<\/p>\n<p>The award will be presented annually to a graduating High School Rugby Player in BC, on the basis of\u00a0 demonstrated high achievement and leadership \u2018by example\u2019 in one or more of the following areas: rugby, academics, music, and community service.<\/p>\n<p>Details on the application process are <span style=\"color: #dc0000;\"><a style=\"color: #dc0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/support-a-fund\/awards\/dave-huang-memorial-award-fund\/\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To honour Dave&#8217;s memory, you can make a donation to the Award Fund <span style=\"color: #dc0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #dc0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/support-a-fund\/awards\/dave-huang-memorial-award-fund\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dave Huang Memorial Award Fund was established in August 2024 and was created to honour Dave\u2019s legacy of excellence and high achievement in rugby, academics, music, leadership and community service. Dave Huang &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dave Huang, aka \u201cThe Huang Express\u201d, was a rugby player [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6512"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6524,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6512\/revisions\/6524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}