Victor Calise's Resume

Athlete Mission

To educate society about individuals with disabilities through a sports focus. To invest time and energy in today's able and disabled youth and represent disabled athletes as a model for determination, commitment, and sacrifice. To realize my dream as an Olympic/Paralympic athlete and represent the united states America, once again at the 2002 Olympic/Paralympic winter games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Personal Information

Teams & Sponsors

USA Hockey/National Sled Hockey Team
1996-present
Position: Forward

Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association/Wheelchair Softball Team
1998-present
Position: Right Field

Tournaments

Sled Hockey

• 1996-World Cup Games, Nynashamn, Sweden
  
• 1996-Friendship Games, England
  
• 1997-Winter Games, Solleftea, Sweden
  
• 1997-Tri-Cup Games, Buffalo, New York
  
• 1997-Invitational Games, Nagano, Japan
  
• 1998-Olympic/Paralympic Games, Nagano, Japan

Wheelchair Softball

• 1998-National Wheelchair Softball Tournament, Denver, Colorado

Accomplishments

• My name and Team Photo to be inducted into the U.S.A Hockey Hall of fame in Minnesota, as the first U.S.A Sled Hockey Team to go the Paralympic Games.
• Team Photo on display in the Hockey Hall of fame in Toronto, Canada.
• Skated in between periods at Boston Bruins and a New York Rangers Game.
• Olympic Team visit to the White House to meet the President Of The United States Of America, May, 1998.

Television Appearances

• September 1997 Evening News, US National Trials,Buffalo, New York
• February 1998, ESPN featured the U.S.A. Sled Hockey Team
• April 1998, U.S.A. Sled Hockey Team Featured on Madison Square Garden Network.

Volunteer Experience

• Peer support at Mt. Sinai Hospital for individuals with spinal cord injuries.
• Plan an implement annual benefit to raise money for spinal cord research.
• Active with the Alan T. Brown Foundation to Cure Paralysis.
  
• Assist in teaching Physical Therapy students about individuals with spinal cord injuries.
• Address children in the New York Public Schools about people with disabilities and disabled sports.
• Part of United States Olympic Committee "Champions Of Life".

Education

• 1996-Present; candidate for BA degree in sports management, St. John's University, Queens, New York

References

• Angelo Bianco, U.S. National Team Coach
• Mrs. Fran Brown, Alan T. Brown Foundation
• Tom Wheaton, Director of Paralyzed Veterans, Mountain Sates Chapter
• Josh Crandall, Computer Analysts at Morgan Stanley
• Lenny Williams, McCready and Rice Plumbing