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 The Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games are held each year at Penn State University in State College. The event brings together over 2,000 athletes and 750 coaches from across the state. Our largest event of the year, Summer Games features three days of intense competition in aquatics, athletics, basketball, bowling, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, softball and tennis. Every race, every game, every competition held at Summer Games represents many weeks of training, preparation and dedication on the part of our athletes, coaches and volunteers.
This event requires volunteers from around the state to serve as officials, athlete escorts, award presenters, and in various other ways.
Spectators are welcome to visit any of the competition venues and cheer on the athletes.
The 2011 Summer Games were held from June 9 -11, 2011. For more information about the more recent 2010 Games, you can visit www.sopasummergames.org .
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The Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games are held each year at Penn State University in State College. The event brings together over 2,000 athletes and 750 coaches from across the state. Our largest event of the year, Summer Games features three days of intense competition in aquatics, athletics, basketball, bowling, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, softball and tennis.
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Thousands of participants in the 2011 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games march toward Medlar Field in State College Thursday night for opening ceremonies. CDT/Steve Manuel
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Jeremy Leupold from Clinton County Wins 2011 Sheetz Award
Louie Sheetz, Vice President of Marketing for Sheetz, Inc., presents the 2011 Sheetz Family Award of Excellence to Jeremy Leupold of Clinton County.
The Sheetz Family Award of Excellence recognizes the athlete whose determination and effort can only be understood by the power of the human spirit to overcome obstacles and inspire greatness. The award distinguishes the athlete who may not win, but whose courage, sportsmanship, and effort and determination is award winning.
Our 2011 award winner, Jeremy Leupold from Clinton County, is known by members of his local program as the “gentle giant of sports.” He, obviously by this name, is large in stature but he is also just as large in his passion and love for Special Olympics and his teammates. His own self-confidence has increased over the past year and has positively influenced his softball team.
He plays on a traditional softball team that just started last year. The team was unable to attend Summer Games last because it did not have the numbers needed to create a full team. However, this did not discourage Jeremy. Instead, it motivated him to talk about the team to others -- which led to the growth of the team and their participation in the 2011 Summer Games!
Jeremy has gone from wanting to be the guy who blends into the background to the guy who leads the athletes in warm-ups, encourages good sportsmanship, encourages fellow athletes to just try their best, and builds them up when they are down. As a result of his newfound self-confidence, he has announced that he would like to step out of his comfort zone and try a new sport – – bowling.
Special Olympics has given him the confidence to be a leader to his fellow teammates, an inspiration to his coaches, and a positive role model to all of us.
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