Soccer Coaches are Invited to Enter Warm-Up and Cool-Down Video Contest The SOKY health and fitness department is inviting our soccer coaches to help us train better soccer players AND possibly win $100 for their delegation. We’re opening a contest for the best warm-up/cool-down videos for the upcoming soccer season. Coaches can record and submit …
After a Six-Year Wait Skier DesaRae Nickell is On Her Way to the World Games In the early morning hours of March 5, six years after first being nominated to ski with Special Olympics USA at the World Winter Games, Morehead skier DesaRae Nickell FINALLY hopped on a plane to complete her journey to represent …
Skier, Officer Just Days Away from Leaving for Italy Morehead skier DesaRae Nickell and University of Kentucky Police Department Captain Chuck Adams are just days away from making the trip of a lifetime to Italy for the Special Olympics World Winter Game2 Turin 2025. Nickell will be completing a nearly six-year journey to finally realize …
Free Glasses Following an Opening Eyes Screening Changed the Game for Miguel Mendoza We have always heard the saying “You don’t know, what you don’t know, until you know.” Athlete Miguel Mendoza’s daily reality was a variation on that theme – “You don’t know what you can’t see, until you can see it.” Miguel is …
Get Ready Now for Winter Sports The Winter Sports Season is one of the smaller seasons on our calendar, but it does include two of our most unique events as well as our largest team sport. Cheerleading squads and basketball teams are already forming across the state and State Winter Games registration will open soon. …
Journey That Began in 2019 Will Finish in Turin Morehead athlete DesaRae Nickell has officially been selected as part of the Special Olympics USA Team that will compete at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games next year in Turin, Italy. The announcement of the official delegation was made by Special Olympics USA on August …
Now’s the Time to Prepare for Program’s Busiest Season The fall sports season continues to be one of Special Olympics Kentucky busiest times of year in terms of number of athletes competing and competition options. Now is the time to make sure your athlete, or maybe a potential new athlete you know, is signed up …
Long Wait to Compete Against the World Nears End for Morehead Athlete Morehead athlete DesaRae Nickell FINALLY got the opportunity to meet her fellow athletes and coaches who will make up the Special Olympics USA Team at the 2025 Special Olympic World Winter Games next year in Turin, Italy. The Team Trials, which were held …
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Compete in Our Summer Sports Season The Summer Games will be here before you know it, and right after the cauldron goes out in Richmond, athletes will turn their sights toward our Summer Sports season. Summer sports is one of our smaller seasons with only two sports – softball and …
Athletes Competing Across the State in Runup to State Summer Games As we’ve hit April Spring Sports Season is really cranking up as athletes continue to prepare for the Brad Harkleroad Memorial State Swim Meet and the State Summer Games in June. Swimming The first regional meet of the season is in the books with …