SOTX Athletes and Coaches Named to Team USA
Special Olympics Texas has revealed the 35 Texas athletes and 10 coaches named to Team USA for the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece.
Athlete Name, Hometown - Sport
Daniel Aldrich, San Antonio - Softball
Joshua Altman, North Richland Hills - Bocce
Colby Bannister, North Richland Hills - Gymnastics
Daniel Bena, San Antonio - Softball
Kimberly Bormaster, Bellaire - Volleyball
Heather Boyer, Houston - Golf
Amanda Brookshire, Melissa - Gymnastics
Curtis Brown, Dallas - Sailing
Jared Crowley, San Antonio - Softball
Reed Fatheree, San Antonio - Softball
Heather Friel, Spring - Bowling
Jimmy Frisch (Unified Partner), Dripping Springs - Golf
Marcus Gary, Houston - Kayaking
Justin Hansen, San Antonio - Softball
Billy Harris, Fredericksburg - Golf
Steven Hirshman, Houston - Tennis
Wayne Hoffman, San Antonio - Softball
Anderson Jones (Unified Partner), Dallas - Sailing
Stephen Koehn, San Antonio - Softball
Lisa Lepley, Houston - Volleyball
Bobby Lord, Webster - Kayaking
Amanda Mickan, Richmond - Cycling
Wesley Murphy, Friendswood - Volleyball
Ashley Muth, San Antonio - Softball
Kenny New, Sugar Land - Volleyball
Vanessa Parra, San Antonio - Softball
Bryan Perez, San Antonio - Softball
Cody Porter, San Antonio - Softball
Katherine Richards, Houston - Volleyball
James Scarl, San Antonio - Softball
Paul Stribling, San Antonio - Softball
Kathy Thompson, The Woodlands - Bocce
Patricia Threatt, Houston - Volleyball
Frank Tucker, Houston - Volleyball
Lindsey Wesneski, Houston - Volleyball
Coach Name, Hometown - Sport
Susan Donaldson, Houston - Volleyball
Terry Hansen, San Antonio - Softball
Alan Hirshman, Houston - Golf
Justin Hoffstetter, San Antonio - Softball
Taylor Lepley, Houston - Volleyball
Shirley Mendoza, Houston - Tennis
Ken Porter, San Antonio - Softball
Teresa Sullivan, San Antonio - Softball
Lisa Ward, Houston - Volleyball
Jack Yoes, Houston - Sailing
Close to 315 athletes will represent the United States in the 13th Special Olympics World Summer Games. Team USA will compete in 12 individual sports: athletics, aquatics, bocce, bowling, cycling, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, powerlifting, roller skating, sailing, and tennis, as well as four team sports: basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball.
The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held June 25 through July 4, 2011 in Athens, Greece. These Games will be just the second time that the World Summer Games have been held in Europe following the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to some 7,500 athletes from 185 countries, Special Olympics expects the 2011 World Summer Games to draw 25,000 volunteers, 3,000 event officials and more than 40,000 families, volunteers, spectators and journalists from every continent.
About Special Olympics Texas
Special Olympics Texas is a privately funded non-profit organization, providing year-round sports training and athletic competition for 36,311 children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the Lone Star State. For more information about Special Olympics Texas, visit www.specialolympicstexas.org or call 1.800.876.5646.
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Kelly Coffey
Vice President of Communications
Special Olympics Texas
kcoffey@sotx.org
