Raul de Quesada of Fox Sports en Espanol and Fox Soccer Channel Honored by Elite Educational Institutions

Raul de Quesada of Fox Sports en Espanol and Fox Soccer Channel Honored by Elite Educational Institutions

Senior Executive at Renowned Sports Brands Recognized for Professional and Athletic Achievements

LOS ANGELES, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Raul de Quesada, Assistant General Manager and Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications, and Creative Services for Fox Sports en Espanol and Fox Soccer Channel, will be recognized this year for a career of outstanding personal and professional achievements. In April of this year, Raul will be inducted into the Miami High School Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the inaugural class and will also be honored by his undergraduate alma mater, receiving the Florida International University (FIU) Medallion, bestowed upon outstanding alumni.

"It's a tremendous honor to be recognized by these exemplary institutions," said Raul. "I'm proud to be affiliated with Miami Senior High School and Florida International University, and will continue to dedicate my efforts to their ongoing success."

Raul will be inducted into the first class of Miami Basketball Hall of Fame on April 18th. The prestigious group of inductees will include Udonis Haslem of the Miami Heat and coaching legend Vince Schaefer, along with Gene Bennett, Pete Silas and Douglas Edwards who, like Raul, were all-state and All American selections during their Miami High playing careers. On April 27th, Florida International University will honor Raul at their Spring Commencement ceremony, before an audience of over 5,000 people.

Throughout his professional career, Raul's leadership has led the organizations he has worked for to augment their efforts in promoting diversity and community; the current networks he is with are no exception. Fox Soccer Channel has donated time and resources to such varied organizations as the U.S. Soccer Foundation "Streets to Fields" Gala, Soccer for Peace Cup, Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association and Malaria No More. Similarly, Fox Sports en Espanol has launched many initiatives that are crucial to rebuilding and supporting communities in need, including: the Latino Student Athlete of the Year, Every Goal Saves a Life, Copa Alianza: El Sueno de tu Vida and Green Bags for a Green Earth.

Born in Camaguey, Cuba, Raul has long believed in giving back to the communities that have supported him in reaching personal and professional success. Early in his career, he was honored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare with the Diploma of Honor Lincoln-Marti for his valuable contributions to the Cuban refugee program. Raul has also served as Director and active member for the past 30 years of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, and has been an active member of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC) for 11 years.

About Fox Sports en Espanol

Reaching more than 14 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which over 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households, Fox Sports en Espanol is the leader in Spanish-language sports media. We feature premier soccer programming with exclusive coverage of the top leagues and tournaments in Latin America and Europe; coverage of the Major League Baseball regular season, All-Star Game, American League Championship Series and World Series; championship boxing and UFC(R) and mixed-martial arts across four compelling media platforms. With more than 1,600 hours of live and exclusive programming, a robust web site brimming with streaming video, portable content from FSE Movil and the Fox Sports en Espanol Magazine, we are and will continue to be the first name in the U.S. Hispanic sports space.

Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE:NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at foxsportsla.msn.com.

About Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Soccer Channel offers the most comprehensive coverage of world-class soccer available in the United States, including Major League Soccer, England's Barclays Premier League, Italy's Serie A, the Argentine First Division and Australian Hyundai A-League, as well as such global tournaments as the UEFA Cup, English FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Champions League(TM), 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) qualifiers and the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup(TM). The Official Broadcast Partner of the United States Youth Soccer Association, Fox Soccer Channel also televises the United Soccer Leagues, NCAA Division I college men's and women's soccer and -- beginning in April 2009 -- the newly-formed Women's Professional Soccer. The Nielsen-rated channel reaches more than 34 million cable and satellite households in the U.S. and Caribbean.

Fox Soccer Channel is one of 28 national and regional programming networks within Fox Networks Group, an operating unit of the News Corporation (NYSE:NWS). These broadcast, cable, satellite and telephony delivered networks reach more than half a billion U.S. television homes, and represent one of the media industry's most diverse collections of programming operations. Fox Networks Group consists of FOX Sports, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Cable Networks and Fox Networks Engineering & Operations. For more information, visit America's most visited online soccer destination at foxsoccer.com.

Source: Fox Sports en Espanol

CONTACT: Jeffrey Berger of The Jeffrey Group, +1-212-620-4100, Ext. 111,
jberger@jeffreygroup.com, for Fox Sports en Espanol; or Jennifer Serna, Fox
Sports en Espanol, +1-310-444-8736, Jennifer.Serna@fox.com

Web site: http://www.foxsportsla.msn.com/
http://www.foxsoccer.com/

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