THEN & NOW
Tristin Crusenberry
PROVING THEM WRONG Written by Laura Murphy • Photos by Jamie Alexander
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he last time we caught up with Tristin Crusenberry in Owensboro Parent magazine, he was a student at Country
Heights Elementary School. Today, he is a 2021 graduate of Apollo High School, gearing up to play baseball in the fall for Olney Central College in Olney, Illinois.
While baseball is his passion, part of his mission is sharing with
others that he does not have a disability, he simply has a hearing loss. At just 15 months old, Tristin lost his hearing due to Meningitis.
“I do not like the word disability. I’m just like everybody else,
I just lost hearing. That has not stopped me at all. I have so many
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