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Barbara Radbel-Myers

By NWBA, 08/02/17, 2:45PM CDT

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Barbara Radbel is best credited with the vision and leadership in developing the overall growth of the NWBA Junior Division. She was the president of the Junior Division for the first decade in the 1990s, where she was instrumental for the development of new teams and the overall development of the Prep and Varsity Divisions that allowed junior wheelchair basketball players a functional, competitive and fundamental basketball experience. She became involved with the sport as a volunteer basketball mom and provide opportunities for her son David. In 1993, there were only 13 junior teams competing for a National title, and now the Junior Division has over 80 teams. Radbel’s motivation, passion and work ethic was both contagious and exemplary.