COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – The National Wheelchair Basketball Association is honored to announce the NWBA’s Nike Players of the Month for October. October’s winners and results are listed on the NWBA website at http://www.nwba.org/playerofmonth.

Winners of the NWBA Player of the Month program will receive a Nike Dri-FIT NWBA branded t-shirt.

The NWBA recognized the following athletes per division:

         Junior Division: One Varsity

         Intercollegiate Division: One player (either men’s or women’s athlete)

         Women’s Division: One player

         Adult Division: One player for each Division I, Division II and Division III

Women’s Division

Kelly Lavoie of Chapter 126 CT Rolling Suns

Adult Division I

Hector Perez of the NMCSD Wolf Pack

Adult Division II

Mark Hartney of the Sportable Rim Riders

Adult Division III

Claude Scott of the Pittsburgh SteelWheelers

Junior Varsity

Daniel Malloy of the Fairfax Falcons

Intercollegiate Division

Mackenzie Voecks of the University of Nebraska Omaha

&

Destiny Ortega of the University of Texas Arlington

The NWBA thanks all athletes, coaches, and supporters for participating in October’s Player of the Month awards. Congratulations again to all players that were nominated and selected as Players of the Month.

November’s Players of the Month applications are due at 12:00 pm MST on Monday, December 4. All Player of the Month applications should be sent to kimkasper@nwba.org.