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180 Medical College Scholarships
180 Medical is honored to have a scholarship program to help those with spinal cord injuries, spina bifida, transverse myelitis, and/or a neurogenic bladder. Realizing the financial burdens that exist for many of these families, we've developed the 180 Medical Scholarship Program to honor these young adults who pursue goals of higher education.
Eligibility
Students attending a two-year, four-year, or graduate school program full time in the fall are eligible to apply. Applicants must be under a physician's care for a spinal cord injury, spina bifida, transverse myelitis, or neurogenic bladder.
Scholarship Award
Five $1,000 college scholarships
Deadline
The scholarship runs from January 1 to June 1.
Application
Questions?
If you have any questions please contact scholarships@180medical.com.
2013 Jack Kelly Fair Play Award - Call for Nominations
The Jack Kelly Fair Play Award was established by the United States Olympic Committee in 1985 to honor the late USOC President Jack Kelly Jr. The award is presented to an athlete, team, coach or official in recognition of an outstanding act of fair play and sportsmanship displayed during the past year.
Fair play can be described as an athlete who is dedicated to playing fair, obeys the rules, and upholds the spirit of the game. Sportsmanship is an athlete whose conduct and attitude demonstrate gracious behavior before, during, and after competition.
Nominees are now being sought for this distinguished honor, which will be officially presented during the 2013 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Assembly in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, October 11, 2013/Assembly Reception & Dinner. Please use the attached form to nominate a deserving individual from your organization for this award. Please feel free to use additional paper and attach any press releases or other articles of interest that you deem important to your nomination. Nomination deadline is: Monday, June 17, 2013.
Please contact me at 719-866-4989 or cindy.stinger@usoc.org if you have any questions about the nomination process or award.
North Jersey Navigators honored as the 2013 Amazing Sport Club
Congratulations to the NJ Navigators on being designated as the 2013 Amazing Sport Club by US Paralympics. In August, seven of junior athletes from the Navigator team will be participating at the IWAS Games in Puerto Rico! WASUSA would like to formally congratulate the coaches, athletes, parents and support staff that have helped make the Navigators such a success!
2013 National Junior Disability Championship
July 6-13, 2012 - Rochester, Minnesota
For more information, please go to the 2013 NJDC website: http://www.njdc2013.com/index.html
2013 IWAS World Junior Games - Team Announcement!
WASUSA would like to congratulate the 35 athletes that have been name to our team that will represent the USA at the upcoming IWAS Junior World Games in August!
Nicholas Badeaux
Kristian Bellard
Stephen Binning
Mark David Braun
Karsten Brogan
Curran Brown
Sean Burns
Jerson Calderon
Adam Cruz
Jim Cuevas
AJ Digby
Eric Doty
Brendan Driscoll
Lindsey Good
Garrison Hayes
Gianfranco Iannotta
Charles Jackson III
Desmond Jackson
Stephen Koziel
Cheyenne Leonard
Stephanie Marquez
Mitchell Miles
Nishan Patel
Krista Pylkki
Jessica Rogers
Elisabet Ruiz-Torres
Bryce Segura
Daniel Suero
Matthew Tohon
Melanie Watson
Ahkeel Whitehead
WASUSA Wishlist for the 2013 IWAS Jr. World Games Team
WASUSA Members and Friends!
We need YOUR help with our Wish List! All of our wishes are tax deductible and will put smiles on the faces of our Junior athletes! We want you all to be a part of our Junior Team that will be attending the 2013 IWAS Junior World Games in Puerto Rico in August. Sports to be contested at the Games include archery, paratriathlon, swimming, and track and field.
Your donations will be used to purchase team uniforms, extra equipment, medical supplies, USA team giveaways, USA team gifts, insurance and more! Our goal is to raise $20,000.00 for our team athletes and staff over the next 12 days. Let’s get in the giving spirit and help our Junior athletes on what hopes to be the trip of their lifetime!
To donate, click here.