2 Teens With Disabilities Receive Wheelchair Surprise In Roswell

ROSWELL, GA — Two teen athletes with disabilities who play wheelchair basketball were surprised this week with brand new, customized sport wheelchairs at Centennial High School in Roswell.

BlazeSports America surprised student athletes Keith DeBrosse, 19, of Decatur and Yahweh Mann, 17, of Griffin with the wheelchairs Monday. The athletes are the winners of the BlazeSports Leadership in Sport essay contest.

The wheelchairs were made possible by The Hartford’s Ability Equipped program. BlazeSports America will also receive a $40,000 grant from The Hartford, which will be used to purchase new adaptive sports equipment, such as adult and youth racing chairs. The new, custom adaptive equipment will provide the youth athletes the opportunity to continue playing the sport they love.

DeBrosse attends Decatur High School with dual enrollment at Georgia Piedmont Tech with an anticipated graduation date of May 2021. He has also participated in BlazeSports wheelchair sports camp for 8 years and is on the BlazeSports basketball team. Last summer he was awarded a paid internship with BlazeSports.

Mann attends Spalding High School with an anticipated graduation date of May 2021. Yahweh’s plays wheelchair basketball with BlazeSports and enjoys spending time with his family, singing, exercising and playing video games.

BlazeSports America has made it a mission to provide more opportunities for people with disabilities to be physically active through adaptive sports and recreation and training and education of leaders in the field.

The goal of the Hartford’s Ability Equipped program is to empower youth and adults with disabilities to achieve amazing things by making adaptive equipment and sports more accessible.