The athletic director of UA's Adaptive Athletics Program, Pete Hughes is working to grow the program even further not only in Tucson but all over the world.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Five-year-old Peter Hughes never thought playing sports was a possibility but now he is a former wheelchair athlete who travels the world and runs the largest adaptive athletics program in the country.
After a few years of playing, Hughes went on to coach the Univerity of Arizona Para Track team for three years and then the women's wheelchair basketball team for 10 years.“Pete’s vision coming into the director’s position was to make sports as accessible as possible to disabled students," Executive Director of the Disability Resource Center, Amanda Kraus said.He went on to start the Wheelchair Athletes Worldwide organization.
Hughes hopes through his foundation and his role with UArizona, he can show the world what adaptive sports can do.
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