Mullins, 29, and Gaines, both of Lexington, will be making their third consecutive appearance at the USA Games in 2026, but things will be a little different this time around. Mullins and Gaines won a bronze medal in 2018 and a silver in 2022 as a Unified pair. This time, Mullins will compete in the 18-hole individual stroke play event. Gaines, who is Mullins’ stepfather, will serve as his caddie.

Mullins has been a Special Olympics athlete for 18 years. He has competed in basketball, softball, soccer, flag football and bocce, but golf is his favorite sport and has become his primary focus. In addition to their USA Games activity, Mullins and Gaines also competed at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin where they won a bronze medal. The pair has also competed in several Special Olympics National Invitational Golf Tournaments. When he is not competing in Special Olympics events, Mullins has become a regular on the USGA Adaptive Golf circuit. He is one of 12 Special Olympics golfers who has been invited to the Storm King Invitational, a match play event that will include 24 adaptive golfers from the U.S. and Canada in October.

In addition to being a Unified partner, Gaines has coached Special Olympics for 16 years, coaching basketball, softball, flag football and golf. He made news at the 2018 Games when he carded his first-ever hole in one in the opening round of that Tournament.

Chris Revay, 49, of Fort Mitchell will be joining Team Kentucky for his second USA Games. He played in the 18-hole individual stroke play event at the first USA Games in Iowa in 2006, placing 4th in his flight. He will play in the 9-hole individual stroke play event in 2026. Revay has been a Special Olympics athlete for 30 years. He has competed in nearly every sport that the program offers. On the track, Revay was a regular in the pentathlon – a grueling one-day, five-event competition – for many years and won it several times.

In addition to his USA Games experience, Revay played golf at the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games in North Carolina, claiming the silver medal in the Tournament’s top flight. Revay also competed at the 1995 world Games, winning a gold medal in soccer with a team from Northern Kentucky. Chris has also competed in several National Invitational Golf Tournaments. At the 2000 National Invitational, he became the first player ever to record a hole in one in an official Special Olympics competition.

He is a Special Olympics Kentucky Athlete Ambassador and works at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood.

Chris Tutsch of Lexington will serve as Revay’s caddie for the USA Games. She has been involved in Special Olympics for 30 years in two states, serving as a golf and bowling Unified partner. She has also coached several sports. She is making her first trip to the USA Games as part of the Team Kentucky delegation, but she has travelled to the Games before to cheer on Fayette County athletes. Her son Patrick is a Special Olympics athlete.

“I am most honored to help one of our athletes to be able to participate.”