WASHINGTON, Pa. — Chonghwi Yoon ’18, a native of Seoul, South Korea, was a three-year member of the men’s water polo and participated in swimming during his freshman season at Washington & Jefferson College.
Name: Chonghwi Yoon
Class Year: 2018
Sport(s) Played at W&J: Water Polo, Swimming
Major at W&J: Environmental Studies, Computational Science
Current Job Title & Employer: Head of IT & Researcher, Hanns Seidel Foundation-Korea Office
Brief description of job duties/responsibilities: I deal with all IT related issues and tasks. As a researcher, I also partake in various researches in the office; Most recent one involved going into the Demilitarized Zone to conduct an ecological Survey.
Current level of education: Bachelor’s Degree
Career path following W&J: Worked as Donor Relation in Boston while coaching Mass Youth Water Polo Team. Then I moved back to Korea for my current job.
Summarize your experience at W&J: W&J taught me how to fight against the adversary and I made friends who I still keep in touch with regularly. Also, I learned how to be an independent learner.
Favorite memory as a student-athlete: Singing N-Sync after beating George Washington University
Notable athletic and academic accomplishments during college: Was voted a co-captain with Milton Hennessey
Extra-curricular activities at W&J (outside of athletics): Honors College, Magellan Project and Beta Theta Pi
Athletic accomplishments since graduation: Winning the Korea National Water Polo Championship in 2019
What went into your decision to attend W&J? Ability to play two varsity sports and Magellan Project
What advice would you give current W&J student-athletes? To take advantage of opportunities that are available outside of the classroom and sports; such as Magellan project.
Release courtesy Washington & Jefferson College Athletics Communications
