Huntingdon College
News Release
October 11, 2018
For more information, contact: Su Ofe, (334) 833-4515; news@hawks.huntingdon.edu
Huntingdon Offers SuperSports Saturday
Montgomery, Ala.—The Huntingdon College Ability Sport Network invites the public to a SuperSports Saturday, October 20, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the College’s James W. Wilson Jr. Gymnasium, Will and Kelly Wilson Community and Athletic Building, on the College’s Cloverdale Campus at 1155 E. Fairview Avenue. The event offers adapted sport activities, including bocce and wheelchair basketball, for participants ages 6–21 of any ability, competing with Huntingdon ASN adapted sport athletes. Participation is free. Lunch and sport wheelchairs and equipment will be provided. A skills challenge and bocce tournament will take place in the morning, followed by wheelchair basketball after the lunch break.
Huntingdon’s Ability Sport Network offers adapted sports for participants ages six through 21 in an after-school format. Wheelchair basketball, sit volleyball, bocce, and other sports are included. ASN fields the RedWings adapted sport team, who compete regionally in wheelchair basketball tournaments. ASN also trains area educators on adapted sport methodologies and in coaching and teaching techniques. Huntingdon’s sister Ability Sport Network at the University of Alabama-Huntsville will also send participants and volunteers for the event.
To participate, please contact the ASN office at asninfo@hawks.huntingdon.edu or call (334) 833-4466 with questions regarding the event.
Huntingdon College has been named a top 6 regional Best Value and top 11 regional college in the South by U.S. News and World Report; among a list of Colleges that Change Lives, by Washington Monthly; among the Best Colleges in Alabama and the Best Small Colleges in America by College Consensus; and among the Best Colleges: Region by Region (South) by the Princeton Review. Through the Huntingdon Plan, full-time day students are provided a laptop computer, books and information resources, active learning experiences, and senior-year travel-study opportunities—all within regular tuition and fees. Huntingdon’s Evening Studies program offers degree completion programs at 10 locations across the state. Huntingdon College continues a legacy of faith, wisdom, and service through a liberal arts academic tradition grounded in the Judeo-Christian heritage of the United Methodist Church. The College’s Department of Sport Science and Physical Education offers majors in Exercise Science, P–12 Physical Education, Sport Studies-Health Promotion, and Sport Studies-Sport Management.
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Suellen (Su) Ofe
Vice President
for Marketing and Communications
Huntingdon College
1500 E. Fairview Ave., Montgomery, AL 36106
(334) 833-4515; Cell (334) 324-6591
