UTA Adapted Athletics Sport Club

05/05/2020

We present our new officers for the upcoming school year. Congratulations to everyone 👏🏼👏🏼🧡🐴 ! 🎉 Melanie Bailiff Miranda Alfaro Maria Isabel Barahona

05/04/2020

We want publicly say a million thanks to our president Rachel Kroener for everything she’s done for the club. We couldn’t have had a better president in the past years, you’ve worked very hard and have been very passionate about working within the UTA community to build awareness and opportunities for adapted sports. You are an incredible athlete and we will keep supporting you no matter where you go. We are sad to let you go, and we will surely miss you but we are also very delighted and happy for you! We know that you will do amazing in grad school. We want to wish you the best of luck at CSUDH
BEWARE TOROS HERE COMES A MAV! 🧡🧡🧡🧡👏🏼👏🏼💯💯Rachel Kroener

03/19/2020

We love you Rachel!!! You are the best!!

We would like to honor one of our graduating seniors today, Rachel Kroener, aka "Rocky". Rachel is graduating with a degree in Exercise Science. She will be moving on to California State University, Dominguez Hill to get her Master's Degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics.

Rachel has also been the President of the UTA Adapted Athletics Sport Club and member of the Track and Field team.

Rachel is a teammate that we all want on a team. She is always ready to play her role and give it all she has for the betterment of the team. She is best know for "shotput" and her memes that always keep the team laughing. Rachel will be missed greatly by our program, but we can't wait to see what she will go on to accomplish! Good luck! Go and make us proud!

02/02/2020

UTA Adapted Athletics had a great time at the Texas Regional Paralympic Track and Field clinic in San Marcos, TX. We got to learn about some great resources to implement in our training this season and got to talk and practice with some with of the Team USA coaches. Thank you Wendy and everyone else for putting this clinic together and all the volunteers! Mav Up!🐴🤙

11/07/2019

🏀 🎉swing by and watch some of the best wheelchair basketball 🏀 🎉

11/06/2019

🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳Today , today , today 🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🥳

11/05/2019

Our Last Athlete of the Semester goes to:
Adam Kiel
•Freshman at UTA

Questions asked:

1. In what do you compete?
Kiel: I compete in the 100,200, long jump and javelin.

2. In how many competitions have you participated?
Kiel: I have participated in 2 international meets. Both international meets I have been on a USA team. Jr world championships and youth world games. I have competed at Desert challenge meet which is a world Grand Prix held in Arizona for the past 3 years.

3. What do adapted sports mean to you?
Kiel: adapted sports means I can be myself and express who I really am.

4. Is there an athlete that you look up to?
Kiel: I look up to Jaryd Wallace who is also a below knee amputee that competes in track and field.

5. What are your aspirations as a college athlete?
Kiel: As of now I am on the adaptive track team and my goal is to make the UTA men’s track team.

11/05/2019

Our Second Athlete of the Semester is:
Clarence McCarthy- Grogan
• Senior at UTA
• He wears jersey #1 for the Movin’ Mavs 🇺🇸
• Member of the Australian Men’s Squad 🇦🇺

Questions asked:

1. Who is your favorite basketball player?
Grogan: Patty Mills & Lebron James

2. Number of years playing wheelchair basketball?
Grogan: 15 years

3. What does adapted sports mean to you?
Grogan: It gives me the chance to be a part of sport in general and also be a part of something bigger than myself as I get to become a member of a basketball team that has also become my family as well.

4. If you could play another adapted sport which one would it be?
Grogan: Well back home in Australia I did play Wheelchair rugby league which is like Oztag where you have to try and grab the tags off the shoulder of the person with the football. It’s similar to Wheelchair rugby but the chairs are different and we use a rugby league football and anyone can play this sport, it’s not like Wheelchair rugby (quad rugby).

11/05/2019

Our first Athlete of the Semester is:
Ms. Annabelle Lindsay
• Sophomore at UTA
•She’s number 13 for the Lady Movin’ Mavs 🇺🇸 & Australia’s Wheelchair Basketball Team 🇦🇺

Questions asked:
1. Number of years playing wheelchair basketball?
Lindsay : I’ve been playing for around 3-4 years.
2. What does adapted sports mean to you?
Lindsay: Adapted sports means that I am still able to live out my sporting dreams. It gives me the opportunity to change the negative perceptions the surrounds disability.
3. If you could play another adapted sport which one would it be?
Lindsay: I would play wheelchair tennis or wheelchair rugby.
4. Who is your favorite basketball player?
Lindsay: Lauren Jackson or Kobe Bryant

11/05/2019

Are you all ready for our Athletes of the Semester 🎉🤩