After Being Paralyzed in a Car Accident, Kenny Lee Makes an Effort to Return to the Court
Former Harris-Stowe State University student-athlete Kenny Lee is participating in the Man-to-Man celebrity wheelchair basketball game on Saturday, August 13, 2011, at 4 p.m. in the Emerson Performance Center at Harris-Stowe. Lee, who was paralyzed in a in 2009, is partnering with the Larry Hughes Foundation and Lonnie Maclin, formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals, to raise money for a custom-made wheelchair that will enable him to play wheelchair basketball with the Mobile Patriots, a team in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association.
Lee was a basketball player at Harris-Stowe when he went back to visit relatives in his home state of Florida and was severely injured in a car accident. After months of rehabilitation and recovery, Lee came back to St. Louis to complete his studies in Business Management at Harris-Stowe, while pursuing his dream to play basketball.
Tickets are being sold at Harris-Stowe in the Emerson Performance Center Office of Athletics or the Henry Givens Jr. Administration Building, Room 110.
Harris-Stowe State University, located in midtown St. Louis, is a four-year institution that offers 14 degree programs in the areas of Accounting, Business Administration, Biology, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Health Care Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Information Sciences and Computer Technology, Mathematics, Middle School Education, Professional Interdisciplinary Studies, Secondary Education and Urban Education. Ranked by U.S. News as one of America’s Best Colleges in the Midwest, the University, which has been in existence for more than 150 years, offers the most affordable bachelor’s degree in the metropolitan area.
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Monday, July 25th 2011 at 7:47PM
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