When the university first announced that Lynch would be a speaker at the event, the Class Day co-chairs commended Lynch’s community service work in Oakland as well as his past as a first-generation college student at U.C. Berkeley.
“Mr. Lynch’s sustained professional excellence is not the only reason we are excited to have him serve as our Class Day speaker,” the co-chairs said of Lynch. “His substantive work in communities stands alongside his on-field success. Our goal was to invite a speaker who embodies the various experiences we have shared as a community during our Princeton tenure; someone whose professional and personal passions speak to the service-focused and intellectually rigorous interests core to the University.”
Co-chair Jaylin Lugardo wrote:
“Being a first-generation, low-income student was the source of my greatest challenges and successes at Princeton, and it’s an identity I can’t imagine disappears after graduating. So, I’m grateful to have Marshawn Lynch, having completed his journey as a first-gen student-athlete at [Berkeley], speaking at Class Day.”
You either love him or hate him.
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