WHITEWATER — The air was damp and chill but spirits were high as the national champion UW-Whitewater men’s wheelchair basketball team was honored with a parade around the city Wednesday.

A Whitewater firetruck, EMS vehicle and a golf cart were full of team members as they circled the campus and took to some city streets, celebrating the Warhawk men’s wheelchair basketball team and other individual national champions with a Parade of Champions.

UWW WheelchairBB4.jpg

UW-Whitewater men’s wheelchair basketball team members are recognized Wednesday after the team earned its 14th national title. The National Wheelchair Basketball Association Men’s College Championship was held at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn., March 14-16.

UWW Basketball1.jpg

UW-Whitewater sophomore AJ Fitzpatrick, 19, speaks Wednesday following a short celebratory parade through the university campus. Fitzpatrick is a member of the UW-Whitewater men’s wheelchair basketball team that earned its 14th national title last month. The National Wheelchair Basketball Association Men’s College Championship was held at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn. March 14-16.

UWW Wheelchair BB3.jpg

UW-Whitewater men’s wheelchair basketball team member AJ Fitzpatrick (left), coach Jake Williams (center) and team member Talen Jourdan (right) are recognized Wednesday after the team earned its 14th national title. The National Wheelchair Basketball Association Men’s College Championship was held at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn. March 14-16.

UWW Wheelchair BB2.jpg

UW-Whitewater senior Talen Jourdan, 24, speaks Wednesday following a short celebratory parade through the university campus. Jourdan is a member of the UW-Whitewater men’s wheelchair basketball team that earned its 14th national title last month. The National Wheelchair Basketball Association Men’s College Championship was held at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn. March 14-16.

  
0
0
0
0
0

Recommended for you