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NCAA champion athletes go to White House, where Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates them

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  • Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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  • Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. Logan Eggleston, member of the University of Texas at Austin's NCAA national championship-winning college volleyball team stands at right.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. Logan Eggleston, member of the University of Texas at Austin's NCAA national championship-winning college volleyball team stands at right.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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  • Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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  • Logan Eggleston, member of the University of Texas at Austin's NCAA national championship-winning college volleyball team, stands with Vice President Kamala Harris, former Massachusetts Governor and NCAA President Charlie Baker, right, and Doug Emhoff, second from right, after presenting Harris with an NCAA Championship trophy during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    Logan Eggleston, member of the University of Texas at Austin's NCAA national championship-winning college volleyball team, stands with Vice President Kamala Harris, former Massachusetts Governor and NCAA President Charlie Baker, right, and Doug Emhoff, second from right, after presenting Harris with an NCAA Championship trophy during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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  • NCAA President Charlie Baker speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    NCAA President Charlie Baker speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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  • University of Texas at Austin volleyball player Logan Eggleston, right, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Doug Emhoff, husband of Harris, second from left, speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    University of Texas at Austin volleyball player Logan Eggleston, right, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Doug Emhoff, husband of Harris, second from left, speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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  • Trophies are visible on stage as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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    White House College Athletes

    Trophies are visible on stage as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. Logan Eggleston, member of the University of Texas at Austin's NCAA national championship-winning college volleyball team stands at right.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Logan Eggleston, member of the University of Texas at Austin's NCAA national championship-winning college volleyball team, stands with Vice President Kamala Harris, former Massachusetts Governor and NCAA President Charlie Baker, right, and Doug Emhoff, second from right, after presenting Harris with an NCAA Championship trophy during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NCAA President Charlie Baker speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
University of Texas at Austin volleyball player Logan Eggleston, right, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Doug Emhoff, husband of Harris, second from left, speaks as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Trophies are visible on stage as the women's and men's NCAA Champion teams from the 2022-2023 season are celebrated during College Athlete Day on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Vice President Kamala Harris saluted more than a thousand U.S. college athletes from championship teams who gathered Monday at the White House South Lawn, saying that sports have a "very special way of bringing people together." President Joe Biden had been scheduled to greet the athletes, but he had a root canal and was unable to attend the outdoor event on an overcast morning. The first of its kind assembly comes as collegiate sports have increasingly spilled into the political arena.