WesternWA notebook: International student goes from football novice to two-way standout

Brian Vu enrolled as an international boarding student at Annie Wright from Vietnam in 2022, and had never seen the sport played until his first day of practice

TACOMA, Wash. — Growing up in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, Brian Vu played basketball and a little bit of soccer. That was it.

It wasn’t until Vu left to study abroad in America — and at Annie Wright Schools, in particular — that he would be introduced to a new sport that would help him get acclimated to a different country.

It was football.

And in the three years he’s been playing, he’s discovered he’s pretty good at it.