Holly L. Damico is an assistant professor of communications disorders at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. This fall she will do more than teach. Dr. Damico recently was selected as a member of the five-person team who will represent the United States in the 2014 Funakoshi Gichin Cup World Karate-Do Championship in Tokyo this October. The tournament, also known as the Shoto Cup, includes individual and team championships in full-contact karate sparring.
Dr. Damico, who is a graduate of Idaho State University, began karate lessons in 2001 and is now a third-degree black belt. As a doctoral student at the University of Louisiana Lafayette in 2012, she was the collegiate champion at the All-South tournament in New Orleans.