Adaptive Athletics

Adaptive Athletics

NEWS ALERT!! Penn State Adaptive Athletics Wraps Up Successful 2024 Summer Camp! 

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Play // Train // Thrive

Adaptive Athletics provides the Penn State adaptive student community with the same competitive sporting experiences available to all Penn State students, creating opportunities for both the elite and recreational student-athlete to compete and to play, to train and to thrive. 

Adaptive Athletics currently offers Sled Hockey, Wheelchair Basketball and Track and Field. PSU AA also will support other team and individual sports dependent upon the adaptive community’s level of interest.
 
Students with an interest in participating with Penn State Adaptive Athletics in its Sled Hockey, Track and Field, and Wheelchair Basketball programs, or any other adaptive sport in which they may have an interest should email their:

Name, Email, Phone and Area(s) of Interest to
   Adaptive Sports Coach Brenna O’Connor

 

2024 SCHEDULE

April 5-7, 2024 NWBA Nationals (Junior Div.) Richmond VA
 April 12-14, 2024 NWBA Nationals (Adult Div.) Richmond VA
 May 18-19, 2024 DASA Gateway Games, St. Louis
 May 24-26, 2024 Tri-states, New Jersey
 June 13-16, 2024 GLASA, Chicago
 July 12-18, 2024 Hartford Nationals, Hoover/Birmingham AL

R.J. Shirey -- Penn State '23 -- National Open Champion

I was never an athlete prior to joining Ability Athletics. I couldn’t even do a pull up! Ability Athletics helped me develop physically for sure. But more importantly the program allowed me to discover myself. To find interests and passions even beyond sport that I never thought were within my reach.

R.J. Shirey -- Penn State '23 -- National Open ChampionJavelin, Shot Put - 2019, 2023