April 24, 2023 • Blog, Events, Featured, Press
OSHKOSH, Wis. – Nearly 800 basketball and swimming athletes representing 81 local programs from across the state converged on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Friday through Sunday, April 14-16, for the inaugural Special Olympics Wisconsin Spring Games. The Spring...
April 24, 2023 • Blog, Events, Featured, Press
MADISON, Wis. – Longtime advocate and Special Olympics Wisconsin Opening Eyes® Clinical Director Dr. Kellye Knueppel was selected as a recipient of the 2023 Golisano Health Leadership Award. Created to recognize health champions’ extraordinary efforts, this award is the highest...
April 24, 2023 • Blog, Events, Featured, Press
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Special Olympics Wisconsin Unified Champion Schools program sent a team representing Badgers for Special Olympics and their unified partners from University of Wisconsin-Madison to the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) basketball championships April 14-16. The...
April 24, 2023 • Blog, Featured, Press
MADISON, Wis. – Chad Figueroa, Jon Reetz, and Heather Schimmers have been appointed to the Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) Board of Directors. The trio completes a 26-person Board of Directors representing an array of professionals in sports, finance, law, healthcare,...
March 31, 2023 • Blog, Featured, Press
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Admirals defenseman Spencer Stastney has been named the official OUR TEAM Player Ambassador for Special Olympics Wisconsin this season, both organizations announced. “It is truly an honor for me to partner with Special Olympics Wisconsin,” Stastney said....
March 28, 2023 • Blog, Events, Featured, Press
MADISON, Wis. – Union Omaha and Forward Madison FC, in conjunction with Special Olympics Nebraska and Special Olympics Wisconsin, announced today the continuation of the Unified Soccer Series. The Unified Soccer Series is the first of its kind within the...
March 28, 2023 • Blog, Events, Featured, Press
BERLIN, Germany — Joel Wener of the Pepin County Sheriff’s Office has been selected to represent Wisconsin at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games Berlin Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg. Wener will take part in the international Torch Run...
February 28, 2023 • Blog, Press
Lori Casper, recently retired Deputy of the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, has been tabbed as the next Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Wisconsin (LETR) Council State Director. “I am honored to carry the next torch for this incredible...
February 15, 2023 • Blog, Events, Featured, Press
WAUSAU, Wis. – More than 100 athletes competed in the 2023 Special Olympics Wisconsin Winter Games this February. Athletes representing 19 local programs from across the state converged on Granite Peak and Nine Mile Forest in greater Wausau competing in...