Classification: III
Date of Birth: 02-23-82
Hometown: Stillwater, OK
High School: Glencoe High
College Major: Health Promotions
Year in School: Junior |
#13 Brock Battles
Brock is a senior at Oklahoma State University. Brock was born with Cerebral Palsy. He became involved with
wheelchair sports after a life of playing able bodied sports. In high school he was the 6th man on a state-runner-up basketball team where he
averaged six points and five rebounds. Brock has recently found out that he can play basketball in a wheelchair as well as he could on his feet.
In joining wheelchair basketball he now has a new love and passion for the sport. Brock hopes to coach wheelchair basketball when he is finished
with his college degree. |
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Classification: II
Date of Birth: 06-25-82
Hometown:
High School:
College Major: History
Year in School: Senior |
#15 David Hosch
David Hosch has been playing wheelchair sports for 16 years.
When he was 7 years old he lost his leg in a traffic accident. He was first introduced to wheelchair basketball and from there he began getting involved in
wheelchair track and road racing. He has also participated in adaptive snow and water skiing. Because of the various sports with competition David has been
able to travel throughout the United States and beyond to international borders. In 1999 David had the opportunity to travel to Perth, Western Australia with
the American Junior Basketball team to participate in the Australian Junior National Wheelchair Games. David has also completed 2 marathon road races and
numerous half- marathons. Since coming to OSU David has had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout his college career. He has gone on an
archaeological dig outside Amman, Jordan, as well as taking classes in London, England. David had attended other universities before coming into the
wheelchair basketball program at OSU. Because of the unlimited opportunities offered at OSU and the Wheelchair Basketball Program David will be graduating
in May with a degree in History. He has applied to several different graduate schools to receive a Masters in History Education. He is also applying for an
internship position in Washington DC during the summer of 2006. |
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Classification: II
Date of Birth: 04-7-74
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma
High School: Booker T Washington
College Major: Therapeutic Recreation
Year in School: Senior |
#20 Anthony Meadows
Anthony Meadows was confined to a wheelchair 13 years ago
from a gunshot incident which affected his spinal cord, at the Lumbar region L1- L2, and resulted in him being paralyzed from the waist down. At that time
his doctors give him a long list of things he would never accomplish. With Anthony's dedication and perseverance to prove the doctors wrong he made it a
mission to complete and conquer the long list of impossible tasks. Anthony had a long and extensive hospital stay which included numerous amounts of rehab.
Upon his release from the hospital he was introduced to adaptive sports by a gentleman named Kenny Lee, some years later Ken become the Head Wheelchair
Basketball Coach and Adaptive Sports Coordinator at Oklahoma State University. In the years leading up to his entrance into OSU Anthony had regained some
feeling back in his lower extremities which allowed him to compete in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, and numerous other wheelchair athletics. He
excelled in wheelchair tennis by winning Wheelchair U.S. Open tennis titles in 4 different divisions as well as being invited to train and live with The U.S
Open Paralympics Tennis Team in Birmingham, Alabama. The only draw back at the time was that OSU was offering an education and wheelchair basketball where
as Alabama was not. OSU has provided him the opportunity to receive his bachelors' degree in Therapeutic Recreation in December of 2006. |
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Classification: III
Date of Birth: 10-17-83
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
High School: Millwood High School
College Major: Architecture
Year in School: Sophomore |
#22 Jason Walley
Jason Walley was a freshman in high school when he was
diagnosed with osteosarcoma cancer in his lower left leg. While in high school he had aspirations to become a college athlete and be drafted into the NBA.
While in high school he was one of the best players in the Oklahoma City district and in the state of Oklahoma. After finding out about his cancer the flames
of Jason's dream were extinguished. With the help of a gentleman named Don Thrash, who had taken Jason to the Annual Wheelchair Basketball Bash, and OSU they
ignited the flame of his dreams to play college basketball and possibly play international basketball. He then realized that he could adapt his dream and is
now playing for the OSU wheelchair basketball program. Jason is being look at by Division I and international wheelchair basketball teams. He has also be invited
to the under 22 Paralympics tryouts, and has been offered a chance to try out for the Sitting Paralympics Volleyball Team. Jason's first year competing in the
Endeavor games brought home the gold medal for OSU in the basketball division. Not only is Jason a phenomial athlete but has also completed his first big step in
academics. Jason came to OSU via the NOC/OSU Gateway program and was the first student, for the wheelchair basketball program, to go through the gateway program
and transfer into OSU. |
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Classification: II
Date of Birth:
Hometown: Long Island, New York
High School: High School
College Major: Undecided
Year in School: Freshman |
#23 Kenny Lanz
Kenny Lanz was first introduced to wheelchair sports at the age of
14. He competed in track, field, and swimming events all over the country. Although a wheelchair athlete for many years, he was first introduced to the game of
wheelchair basketball in 2002, and played for the Long Island Lightning and the Long Island Express. In 2005 his junior team, the Lightning, won the National
Championship in San Jose, California. Even though he is an experienced athlete, he struggled throughout high school due to a lack of motivation and hanging around
the wrong crowd. The OSU wheelchair basketball program has opened many doors for him as far as completing his high school education with the NOC/OSU gateway program.
It also has taken him out of his element (New York), and into a change of environment that presents new opportunities. |
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Classification: I
Date of Birth: 07-10-85
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma
High School: High School
College Major: Business Management
Year in School: Junior |
#25 Amanda Buwa
Athletic Goals: To be a pioneer for women in the Adaptive
Sports Program at OSU.Personal Goals: To gain experience after graduation, working for a major company, so I can open my own business. |
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Classification: III
Date of Birth: 03-27-85
Hometown: Merrilliville, Indiana
High School: Merrilliville High
College Major: English
Year in School: Sophomore |
#31 Brian Nay
Brian is in his second year OSU and playing on the wheelchair basketball
team. He chose to came to Stillwater from Indiana primarily because of the wheelchair basketball program at OSU. Brian soon fell in love with the environment and
people in Stillwater. He began playing when he was nine, because of the advice of his physical therapist. Brian's favorite thing about the college division is the
amount of friends he has the opportunity to meet across the country. He looks forward to a bright future for both the program at OSU and the college division as a
whole. |
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Coaches and Staff |
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Athletic Trainer Matt O'Brien
Hometown: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Job at OSU: Assistant Professor
Degree: Exercise and Sports Medicine
2nd year with team |
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Head Coach Stacy Pinney
Hometown: Stillwater, Oklahoma
Job at OSU: Adaptive Sports Coordinator
Degree: B.S. in Exercise Science
2nd year as Head Coach
Athletic Goal: To educate my players how to play at their fullest potential
Professional Goal: To graduate 100% of the players I recruit
Personal Goal: To juggle all that life throws my way while maintaining a harmonic balance between work, & family
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Student Athletic Trainer JJ
Hometown: Korea
Year in school: Junior
College Major: Athletic Training
Job: Weightlifting coach |
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