After being injured in a car accident in 1974, I have enjoyed participating in a variety of wheelchair sports activities for the last thirty years. I started out playing wheelchair basketball in college under the legendary Lew Shaver, and after graduation I continued to play basketball for 25 years with the Rolling Thunder, Rolling Gophers and Rolling Timberwolves.  Track and field was a favorite of mine as I took part in ten straight years of national competitions, highlighted by the priviledge of  competing with the USA Team in 1987 and 1989 at Stoke Mandeville, winning a bronze medal in the Pentathlon in 1987. I was also named as an alternate on the 1988 USA Track and Field Paralympic team. Over the years I've also completed numerous roadracing 10k's and marathons. Most enjoyable was playing wheelchair softball for 23 years with the awesome Rolling Thunder, and we were lucky enough to be able to capture 12 national championships during those years. That was a lot of fun! Now as my competitive career winds down, I've been enjoying handcycling, and not to be merely a "dumb jock", am very close to completing a Masters degree in Telecommunications. Its truly been a great ride.