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2021
Sprints Coach, Isaac Jean-Paul wins a bronze medal in the long jump at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
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2021
The SDSU Adapted Athletics Program joined Associated Students Aztec Recreation.
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2020
Numerous volunteers and high performance partners were added to the program but most notable were Kyle Kusunose, Sarah Paul and Jashan Gill.
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2019
In 2019, SDSU Adapted Athletics became an official program in the SDSU College of Health and Human Services’ School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. Ahkeel Whitehead became the first program director.
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2019
The Wheelchair Tennis Team competed in their first collegiate event placing 2nd at the 2019 USTA Wheelchair Tennis Collegiate Nationals.
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2019
Michelle Cross, Adapted Athletics track and field athlete and first athlete in the program, was named to the 2019 Junior World Championship and Para Pan American Team for Team U.S.A.
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2018
In 2018, more than 500 people attended the Aztec Adaptive Sports Showcase
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2018
2018 Aztec Adaptive Sports Showcase featured: Dave Kiley, a six-time U.S. Paralympian and gold medalist in wheelchair basketball
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2018
2018 Aztec Adaptive Sports Showcase featured: Lex Gillete, a multiple U.S. Paralympic medalist in Track and Field
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2018
2018 Aztec Adaptive Sports Showcase featured: Travis Ricks, U.S. National team athlete for Men’s Sitting Volleyball
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2018
2018 Aztec Adaptive Sports Showcase featured: Steve Baldwin, two-time U.S. Wheelchair Tennis Paralympian
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2018
2018 Aztec Adaptive Sports Showcase featured: Candace Cable, nine-time U.S. Marathon Paralympian and Vice-Chair of the bid for the LA2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games
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2018
2018 Aztec Adaptive Sports Showcase featured: ABC Medical All-Star Women’s Adapted Basketball team; many of the athletes are alumni from the University of Alabama
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2018
The adapted Athletics program officially formed in October 2018 when Dr. Steven Hooker, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services, and Keith Jones committed to financially support the program’s operations.
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2018
In October 2018, the program welcomed three wheelchair tennis athletes: Jose Estrada, Andrew Lee and Manuel Gomez.
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2017
In 2017, Ahkeel Whitehead and Ryan Lieu, student leaders in Aztec Adaptive Sports, hosted the first Aztec Adaptive Sports Colloquium, an event which brought 300+ people to Montezuma Hall to recognize the importance of collegiate adaptive sports.
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2016
In 2016, Kathy McCarty, Keith Jones, Dr. Antoinette Domingo, and Ahkeel Whitehead envisioned SDSU’s Adapted Athletics program.
