16
Green, OH
Green High School
Classification: 3.5
Zayne Hammoudeh grew up in Green, Ohio, and first started playing sled hockey at age seven. After playing both Sled Hockey and wheelchair basketball through Adaptive Sports Ohio, he was encouraged by the organization's CEO, Lisa Followay, to try wheelchair rugby.
As a sophomore in high school, Hammoudeh would make his first U.S. national wheelchair rugby team training roster. Hammoudeh balances training with the national team with wheelchair basketball, where he is an all-state player at his high school.
In addition to excelling at multiple adaptive sports, Hammoudeh has testified in front of the Ohio legislature to advocate for the passing of bills that help fund Adaptive Sports programs across the state.
Bryan Kirkland had always been an athlete. Growing up in Alabama, he was the kind of competitor who couldn’t stay away from a field or a court. Football, basketball, track — if there was a game, he played it. And if it were a contact sport, he thrived ...
PARIS – It wasn’t the fairy tale ending that they had envisioned.Team USA wheelchair rugby bowed to an opportunistic Japanese team in the gold medal contest, 48-41, on Monday night at the Champs-de-Mars Arena. Despite the painful defeat, the U.S. perfo...
PARIS – Double teamed and banged around by aggressive British opponents, Chuck Aoki remained poised, delivering a perfectly timed and well-executed pass downcourt to his streaking teammate Sarah Adam, who cruised home for a pivotal try. It was a dagger...
The 18-year-old helped the U.S. win gold at the 2023 Parapan American Games, which secured the team’s spot in Paris.
Chuck Aoki is on a mission to help bring home a gold medal in Paris.
