Showing posts with label wheelchair basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wheelchair basketball. Show all posts

October 1, 2010

All I Did Was Push

Who plays adaptive sports? Here's Jaz Ryan's story

July 18, 2010

2010 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships

US Women win gold, US men win bronze at World Wheelchair Basketball Championships. Here's a video with an interview with an international referee and some clips of the semifinals between the US and Canadian women's teams and the US men's team in action.

June 9, 2010

University of Missouri Wheelchair Basketball Camp for ages 12-19

via NWBA site:

The University of Missouri will host their wheelchair basketball camp July 11-15, 2010. The camp is for males and females ages 12-19 with a permanent disability of the lower extremity. The camp focuses on individual fundamental skill development and strategies in team play. Players participate in skill developing drills, controlled scrimmages and games that emphasize the skills and concepts taught by the staff. The University of Missouri’s coach and players will instruct the campers. For more information contact Ron Lykins at 573.882.7865 or via e-mail lykinsr@missouri.edu

April 13, 2010

University of Alabama women's wheelchair basketball team wins national title; 2010 USA Men and Women's National Wheelchair Basketball teams selected

The University of Alabama women's wheelchair basketball team dominated their match against Illinois on Saturday to win 66-36.

A stand out performance by Janet McLachlin, who had 30 points, 13 rebounds and finished 15 of 20 earned praise from the coach, Brent Hardin. For a more complete analysis of the game, click here.

The University of Alabama is one of 12 universities in the U.S. that sponsors wheelchair athletics and is in its seventh season.

In other women's basketball news, Head Coach Dave Kiley picked his 12 members for the 2010 USA Women's National Wheelchair Basketball team. They are:

Mary Allison Milford
Jennifer Chew
Darlene Hunter
Stephanie Wheeler
Sarah Castle
Becca Murray
Christina Ripp
Desiree Miller
Andrea Woodson-Smith
Loraine Gonzales
Carlee Hoffman
Natalie Schneider

Alternates: Emily Hoskins Caitlin McDermott Gail Gaeng Patty Cisneros


The 2010 Men's National Wheelchair Basketball team was also selected:

Nelms, Jason
Gugliotta, Joeseph
Pennie, Jermell
Counts, Jacob
Paye, Michael
Serio, Steve
Bell, Brian
Schulte, Paul
Scott, Matt
Lade, Jeremy
Chambers, Joseph
Jenifer, Trevon
Hinze, Nathan
Lesperance, Matthew
Lynch, Ian
Mazzi, Jaime
Barber, Eric
Waller, William

March 29, 2010

Wheelchair basketball tournament results

The Illini men's wheelchair basketball team won the men's national championship this weekend.

The Illini were down by eight at halftime, but with the leadership of the tournament MVP, Steve Serio, the Illini came back to score 42 points in the second half.


U of Alabama women's Wheelchair basketball team won a women's tournament.

Alabama beat the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 76-31, in the first game and beat Illinois, 67-46, in the second game.

They will play Sunday in the national tournament.

Here's a clip of the U of Alabama women playing in a match against UWW earlier this year.