2023 Men's NIWBT Official Program

MEN'S national intercollegiate wheelchair basketball

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Welcome to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater!

Our campus and community are excited to celebrate student athletes from across the country at their finest. We are a proud partner with the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and honored to host the men’s collegiate championships. Hosting such a prestigious event builds upon our legacy as an institution of excellence in adaptive learning, engagement and athletics.

Together we look forward to a tournament filled with great athleticism, competition and celebration. Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches who continue to accomplish so much on -- and off -- the basketball court.

On behalf of everyone at the university and in the Whitewater community, the Warhawk family sincerely welcomes you.

We hope you enjoy the games!

UW-Whitewater Chancellor

Dr. Corey A. King

uw-whitewater fun facts

we love purple education is a priority summer fun

Warhawk Drive next to the Williams Center is painted each September with the help of incoming students, faculty, staff and Willie Warhawk our mascot. Not only for our students, but also in the fact that we graduate the most licensed teachers in the state.

Our Whitewater and Rock County campuses inspire 5,000+ young minds through camps in arts, academics and athletics including wheelchair basketball each year. (Visit camps.uww.edu.)

We are recognized as “Wisconsin’s Largest Accredited Business School” and “Wisconsin’s Best, Single-school, Online MBA and Business Program.”

A UW-Whitewater faculty member was recently chosen to serve as the state’s poet laureate.

Our men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams have won 13 national championships and 3 national championships, respectively, and produced numerous Paralympic athletes and medalists. Our academic organizations win a lot, too, like our American Marketing Association (12 years in a row!), and our Active Minds organization, that focuses on mental health.

back to business spoken word championship tradition one of a kind

We’re the first and only university at any level to win national championships in men’s basketball, football and baseball in the same year.

not participating: nebraska-omaha

Timothy Houston

Eric Francis

Shaun Doss

Collin Lancaster

Austin Smith

Evan Williams

Evan Lott

grady gordon

Joshua Hipps

Ignacio Ortega

Peter Berry

Parthasarathi Venkatram

Aaron Berry

Luke McDowall

#2 rank:

Kellcie Temple | Anthony Wood | Davis Faulkner | ford Burttram (HEAD COACH)

Alexandra Curry | Avery Power | Dominic Taylor | Margaret Stran | Michael Auprince

Ryan Eliassen | Sydney Dixon

kerwin haake

tyrone griner

dylan zander

philip evans benjamin thornton garnett silver-hall justyn newman

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#1 rank:

additional personnel listed: Mike Beardsley (HEAD COACH) | Leann Smith | Jose Maravilla | Torrey Mansager

Sean Demshar

Travis Beckler

Samuel Armas

Jack Pierre

Joseph Rafter

Luke Robinson

Fisher Rizk

Evan Heller

Jake Eastwood

Jesse Cochran

El-Jhari Denning

Gabe Puthoff

additional personnel listed:

Sophie Livaudais | RobB Taylor (HEAD COACH) | Ford Dyke | Hannah Houde

Camden Bentley | Zach Dickey | David Watkins

#5 rank:

Rodger Shelton

Yeraldy rodriguez

Isaiah Moore

Abdoul Sow

Errol Samuels

Christopher St. Remy

Malkeet Singh-Gill

additional personnel listed: Ryan Martin (HEAD COACH) | Alyssa Gunther

#10 rank:

Jaya Mattes

Zachary Garcia

Jackson Atwood

Robert Hunt

Liam Frobisher

Elijah Johnson

1 4 5 22 25 35 additional personnel listed: David Evjen (HEAD COACH) | Taya DeFrance | Madison Kernan | Michael Stralser | Spencer Martin | Melanie Evjen

#11 rank:

Kory Stokes

Anthony Brooks

Sydney Mosley

Elijah Yoder

Jonathan Suszkiewicz

Ashton Mohn

Jeffrey Kurtz

Jordan McCown

Jeremy Evans

Isaiah Johnson

Dakarai Moore

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William Oberg

additional personnel listed: Jim Glatch (HEAD COACH) | Emma Stefani | Joe Jaroni | Dwayne Murray

#9 rank:

Jonathan McNamara

Shawn Sloan

Kyle Jankowski

Gabe DenBraber

Thomas Duffy

Martrell Stevens

Ryan Glatchak

Cor'Rales Dupree

Miles Hill

Mohamed Moalim

Ben Moronchuk

Michael Guiney

44 additional personnel listed:

Maureen Gilbert | Matt Buchi (HEAD COACH)| Dania Luna | Matthew Poland

Dorothy Hill-Simmoms | Juan Gallardo | Jeannette Elliott | Yukina Ota

Jan Wenke | Peyton Willie | Matthew Talbot

#3 rank:

Koda Inman-Ahlstrom

Colin Higgins

Daniel Clements

Lee Melymick

Hayden Peck

jivon Payton

Zachary Steger

Mack Reed

additional personnel listed:

ron lykins (HEAD COACH)

#7 rank:

#8 rank:

Isaac Lipscomb

Aaron Summerill

Ido Shkuri

Corey Wilson

Carrington Marendes

Reed De'Aeth

Josh Brewer

Rodrigo Linares

Bryce Cruz

vincent dallaire

Kesean Paire

AJ Hummer

Isaac Hummer

Jakob Gorton

additional personnel listed:

Kevin MacKenzie | elaina Terry | Stephen Urias | aaron Gouge (HEAD COACH)

Bobbie Nickleberry | Cezar Olivas

#4 rank:

Talen Jourdan

evan oberst

Jeremy Tantsits

Giovanni Qattawi

thomas oberst

AJ Fitzpatrick

Bernard Guerin

jeromie meyer

cameron poole

additional personnel listed:

Earle Young | Jake Williams (HEAD COACH) | Jordan Scheidecker | Michael Kaip

Christian Seidel | Daejin Shepherd | Patrick Gallagher

#6 rank:

Class1.0-Noactivemovementofthetrunkinthevertical,forwardorsidewaysplane

Class 1.5 - Has characteristics of a class 1.0, but able to move partially out into forward plane, able to rotate upper trunk, able to transition from catching to passing or shooter faster than class 1.0, more stable upon contact than class 1.0, and more at ease with ball withincylinderofmovement

Class2.0 - Has active use of upper trunk in the vertical and forward planes, able to rotate theuppertrunkwhileuprightinbothdirections,abletoholdtheballforwardwithbotharms extended, able to lean the trunk into the forward plane about 45 degrees with control and returntotheuprightsittingposition,abletoactivelybringuppertrunkoffthebackrestofthe chair, and uses hands to return to upright of trunk if no thighs-unless knees are significantly higherthanthehips

Class2.5 - Characteristics of class 1.0, but able to lean forward 90 degrees and return to upright sitting position without proper upper extremity assist with knees higher than hips, able to lean forward and rotate the upper trunk simultaneously, Able to lean forward and rotate the upper trunk simultaneously, active movement of both the Upper and Lower Trunk but not coordinated or as one unit, lower Trunk is not against the backrest at all times, may have a lordosis (Curve in low back) to assist in returning to upright, and more stable than a Class2.0playerbutstillhaslossofstabilityintrunk.

Class 3.0 - Displays active use of the upper and lower trunk in the forward and vertical planes:Canleanforward90degrees,placingchestonthighsandreturntouprightwithease without knees significantly higher than hips, can hold the ball with both hands outstretched in front of face without loss of stability, can rotate upper and lower trunk as a unit not supported by wheelchair backrest, rotation of the trunk occurs at the level of the pelvis not thewaist,unabletomaintainstabilityleaningsideways,andworkswithina‘Cylinder’ Class3.5-Hascharacteristicsofaclass30,butabletomovepartiallyoutintothesideways planeandreturntouprightsitting,abletoremainuprightinhardcontactsituationsforward, able to sit with hips higher than knees, often raises and lowers trunk with each push, able to generatesomepowerinlegswithpushing,abletoretrieveaballwithtwohandsonthefloor slightly to the side and return to upright position, can lean to the side but remains within his base of support, plays within a WIDER cylinder than a Class 3.0 player, does not have full volumeofactiontoeitherside.

Class4.0 - Displays the ability to move the trunk maximally in all planes of movement with weaknesstooneside,hasonestrongsideandoneweakerside,abletoleanstronglytoone side, usually able to lean to weak side slightly, can hold the ball with outstretched hands in front or overhead without loss of stability even in contact situations, no need to counterbalance even in contact situations unless contact is forceful and directed into the weakerside.

Class4.5 - Displays the ability to move the trunk maximally in all planes of movement with nosignificantweaknessinanydirection,fullvolumeofactioninallplanes,displaysabilityto leantoeithersideduringshooting,passing,contestingashotortryingtointerceptapass

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"Players [belong] to one of 8 classes: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5. The higher the player's classification on the court, the greater the player's functional ability. In the NWBA teams are allowed to play a maximum of 15 points on the court at any given time among the five players"

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Thank you to our on-campus sponsors!

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University Marketing & Communications

Game 1: 8:00 am

Game 2: 10:00 am

Game 3: 12:00 pm

Game 4: 2:00 pm

Game 5: 4:00 pm

Game 6: 6:00 pm

Game 7: 8:00 pm

Game 8: 8:00 am

Game 9: 10:00 am

Game 10: 12:00 pm

Game 11: 2:00 pm

Game 12: 4:00 pm

Game 13: 6:00 pm

Game 14: 8:00 pm

is there an admission or parking fee?

Admission and parking are free of charge for all individuals

where will games be played?

All contests will be played in the Kachel Gymnasium, located on the second level of the Williams Center.

Williams Center Address

907 W. Schwager Drive

Whitewater, WI 53190

will concessions be provided?

The Sideline Cafe, located in the lobby of the second floor of the Williams Center, will be open at various times during the tournament. It is not guaranteed this area will be open during the entirety of the tournament. Various vending options are available around the Williams Center on the main floor as well.

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join us this summer!

co-ed wheelchair basketball camp

TUESDAY, JUNE 27 THRU

SATURDAY,

JULY

1, 2023

The UW-Whitewater Warhawk Wheelchair Basketball Camp will be conducted on the picturesque campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Our camp is going on its 28th year of providing quality instruction, focusing exclusively on developing basketball skills.

This camp is available to boys and girls, ages 8 - 18, who have an interest in improving their wheelchair basketball skills. All levels of mobility are encouraged. Individuals should have a positive attitude and willingness to challenge themselves. A positive attitude will lead to positive outcomes.