Age 5: Introduced to tennis. Chico, California
Age 6-7: Introduced to baseball. Played on a disabled team.
Chico, California
Age 8: Introduced to table tennis and wheelchair
basketball at the Boys and Girls Club. Also
joined a disabled baseball team, The Pirates.
I was on this team for 2 years.
Santa Cruz, California
Age 10: Invited to join the "Wheels on Fire" wheelchair
basketball team. This will be my 5th year with
this team! San Jose, California
Junior Wheelchair National Tournamnet, 1999
Placed first in archery-set a new National
record for my age group - 356 points!
Placed 2nd in tabble tennis.
Bellevue, Washington
Junior Wheelchair National Tournamnet, 2000
Placed 2nd in archery.
Placed 1st in doubles table tennis with
tennis partner Shirley Reilly.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Trip to Alpine Meadows
Wheels on Fire took a trip to the Adaptive Ski School and we all had the opportunity to snow ski! Lake Tahoe, California. 1998.
USA Closed table tennis tournament
I was invited to watch the competition by friend and mentor Sebastian De Francesco. This enabled me to be exposed to adult competition. A fun and exciting trip! Las Vegas, Nevada. December 1999.
Shared Adventures Day
During has included such activites are scuba diving, kayaking, surfing, outrig canoeing, and rock climbing. I liked surfing the best! Santa Cruz, California. 1999 and 2000.
