June 10, 2024

Featured, Up2Us Coach, Sponsor Spotlight

Up2Us Sports

Up2Us Sports Awarded $2.1 Million in AmeriCorps ...

AmeriCorps announced that Up2Us Sports would once again receive critical funding for our national service coach program. Since 2009, AmeriCorps funding has allowed us to train and support over 3,900 coaches to significantly impact the lives of nearly 100,000 young people.

January 12, 2024

Featured, Founder's Corner

Paul Caccamo

Up2Us Sports at 14!

Welcome to a momentous occasion as we celebrate 14 incredible years of Up2Us Sports! Since our inception, we have been committed to empowering young people through the power of sports, national service and mentorship.

July 31, 2023

Up2Us Sports

2021-2022 Annual Report

We hope you will read our latest Annual Report and we thank you for your support in helping us provide underserved youth with a coach who cares about them. This report covers our 2021-2022 program and fiscal year.

May 4, 2023

Sponsor Spotlight, Videos, Up2Us Coach, Up2Us Sports, Up2Us Training

Up2Us Sports

[WATCH] Morgan Stanley Innovation Awards ...

The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health Innovation Awards—an initiative that aims to identify and fund mental healthcare solutions for children and young adults across the United States—honors a 2022 winner, Up2Us Sports.

January 12, 2023

Founder's Corner

Paul Caccamo

Lucky #13: Another Up2Us Sports Anniversary

Today, January 12th, 2023 is our 13th Anniversary, and we are expecting to have more impact in the year ahead than ever before. We will serve more kids, recruit more coaches, support more VISTAs (front office-based service members) and help more sports-based youth development programs across the country.

Virginia Ramblers Wrestling Club

Up2Us Sports

June 22, 2021

Up2Us Coach, Events, Up2Us Sports Ambassador

Lio Quezada: 2021 Coach of the Year

Up2Us Sports

June 22, 2021

Up2Us Coach, Events, Up2Us Sports Ambassador

Coach Lio Quezada as named one of our two 2021 Coaches of the Year at our recent Gala for his exceptional commitment to coaching and mentoring students in Fairfax, Virginia.

Up2Us Sports

June 22, 2021

Press, Events, Featured, Up2Us Sports Ambassador

Sports and Entertainment Icons Unite to Raise over $130,000 for Up2Us Sports at Annual Gala

Up2Us Sports

June 22, 2021

Press, Events, Featured, Up2Us Sports Ambassador

Sports and Entertainment Icons Unite to Raise over $130,000 for Up2Us Sports at Annual Gala

Up2Us Sports, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to inspiring youth through coaching and sports, welcomed pro athletes and celebrities to its eight annual – and first-ever virtual - gala on Tuesday, June 15th.

Megan Mottola

May 24, 2021

Up2Us Coach, Up2Us Sports

AAPI Heritage Month Spotlight: Coach Josh Terao

Megan Mottola

May 24, 2021

Up2Us Coach, Up2Us Sports

AAPI Heritage Month Spotlight: Coach Josh Terao

This year for Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we celebrated some of the many influential AAPI figures throughout sports history. As we conclude AAPI Heritage Month 2021, we celebrate one of our very own coaches, Josh Terao.

Up2Us Sports

January 14, 2020

Press, Up2Us Sports, Up2Us Coach

Washington Post | Wrestling coach teaches smart moves on the mat — and in life

Up2Us Sports

January 14, 2020

Press, Up2Us Sports, Up2Us Coach

Washington Post | Wrestling coach teaches smart moves on the mat — and in life

Coach Lio Quezada, who serves at Virginia Ramblers Wrestling Club in Fairfax, VA., was featured in a series in the Washington Post, on how we volunteer to help others, but research shows how much it helps us, too.