Fact Sheet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 24, 2014
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Matthew Buchi
Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Coach
(217) 244-6083, buchi@illinois.edu
Stephanie Wheeler
Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Coach
(217) 333-4606, slwheele@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Wheelchair Basketball Summer Camps
What:
Wheelchair Basketball Camps: Individual Skills Camp, Coaches Clinic I, Elite Camp, Coaches Clinic
II and Track Camp.
Who:
Wheelchair Basketball Camp offered by the Division of Disability Resources and Educational
Resources Camps taught by the U of I coaching staff and student-athletes.
Where: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Activities & Recreation Center, 201 E Peabody Dr,
Champaign, IL.
When: Individual Skills Camp and Coaches Clinic I June 29-July 3,
Elite Camp and Coaches Clinic II July 20-25 and
Track Camp TBA.
Why:
To “continue to develop wheelchair sports” by assisting “in the development and improvement” of
one’s wheelchair sport programs.
Fact Sheet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 24, 2014
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Matthew Buchi
Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Coach
(217) 244-6083, buchi@illinois.edu
Stephanie Wheeler
Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Coach
(217) 333-4606, slwheele@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Women’s Wheelchair Basketball
What:
The 2013-2014 season.
Who:
The UIUC Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team.
When and Where:
Illinois Classic at UIUC Nov. 2-3,
College tournament at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Nov. 8-9,
College tournament at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Nov. 22-23,
Popcorn Bowl at UIUC Dec. 11,
Pioneer Classic at UIUC Jan 10-12,
College tournament at UIUC Jan. 17-18,
College tournament at Eastern University Jan. 24-25,
College tournament at UIUC Feb. 7-8,
College tournament at Alabama Feb. 21-22 and
National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament at UTA March 5-9.
Why:
To boost attendance at wheelchair basketball games and show it’s “everything that
regular basketball would be” except for the chair.