Track & Field Athlete Gives Back

Track & Field Athlete Gives Back

Fabian Jara Dohmann, MSF ’18, has a strong arm — and a big heart. The UT javelin thrower from Paraguay grew up in a single-parent household with two athletic older brothers. “No matter how hard I tried, they were always better than me, so I was never satisfied,” Dohmann says. That drive earned him a UT athletic scholarship and admission to McCombs, with a dream of becoming Paraguay’s secretary of sports or education. In April, he earned the Dorothy Smith Marbridge Foundation Community Service Award for motivational speaking to groups of kids in low-income Austin schools. “I was inspired by the right people and helped by so many people. I really value that,” says Dohmann, currently ranked No. 4 in the nation. Now, it’s his turn. “It’s my way to give back.”