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The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 99 – Hitting the Field with Melchion Wee-Ellis, a Beep Baseball Player and Adaptive Athlete

Broadcast on:
14 Oct 2023

In Episode 99 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, our guest is Melchion Wee-Ellis. The beep baseball player and adaptive athlete from Long Island, NY spoke about:

 

  • Where he was born, grew up, and his unique family heritage
  • His education and sports he played as a youngster
  • His visual impairment and how his vision has changed over time
  • His adjustment to sight loss
  • How he got into adaptive sports for the blind, specifically beep baseball
  • His beep baseball career playing for the Long Island Bombers and Atlanta Chaos of the National Beep Baseball Association (NBBA)
  • How he got into running with the Long Island chapter of Achilles International
  • The numerous sports injuries he has sustained and how he has overcome them
  • His guide dog from Guiding Eyes for the Blind

 

Contact Melchion at melchion.wee.ellis@gmail.com.