Friday, February 24, 2006
CBS Video on Jason's Miracle Shots
Local Rochester, NY Story on Jason's Miracle Shots
Links to More News Stories on Jason's Big Day
For full Google News Listing of News Stories on Jason, click here
Here is a sampling
Autistic team manager shows skills on floor
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/13944468.htm
Autistic team manager drops in 20 points
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/13947311.htm
Autistic teen and hoop dreams
http://www.wnymedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1056&Itemid=34
Autistic teen scores 20 in basketball game
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2006/02/24/autistic_team_manager_displays_hoops_skill/?p1=MEWell_Pos2
Here is a sampling
Autistic team manager shows skills on floor
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/13944468.htm
Autistic team manager drops in 20 points
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/13947311.htm
Autistic teen and hoop dreams
http://www.wnymedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1056&Itemid=34
Autistic teen scores 20 in basketball game
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2006/02/24/autistic_team_manager_displays_hoops_skill/?p1=MEWell_Pos2
J-Mac Courts Hollywood
J-Mac Going to Hollywood: It was just a matter of time before someone hit up Jason to tell his story.
http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=35240&rnews_story_type=18&category=10
Ask Jason McElwain what he did for his last high school February break.
Jason, or J-Mac as his basketball teammates call him, will tell you how his family hired an attorney to manage an offer from Hollywood. And how he's spoken to every major media network in America about last Wednesday night.
That was the night Jason moved from the end of the Greece Athena boy's basketball team bench, into legend.
All of America's learned this week about Jason's three years of service as Athena's basketball manager and how, in the senior's final regular season home game, Athena coach Jim Johnson told Jason to suit up. Athena needed to win the game for a division title. It roared out to a 40 point lead over Spencerport. With four minutes remaining, Johnson looked down the bench and told Jason to check in. Wth classmates, teammates and family screaming support, Jason hit a school-record six three-point shots. J-Mac scored 20, including a field goal as the horn sounded. The crowd stormed the court and lifted Jason to their shoulders.
http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=35240&rnews_story_type=18&category=10
Ask Jason McElwain what he did for his last high school February break.
Jason, or J-Mac as his basketball teammates call him, will tell you how his family hired an attorney to manage an offer from Hollywood. And how he's spoken to every major media network in America about last Wednesday night.
That was the night Jason moved from the end of the Greece Athena boy's basketball team bench, into legend.
All of America's learned this week about Jason's three years of service as Athena's basketball manager and how, in the senior's final regular season home game, Athena coach Jim Johnson told Jason to suit up. Athena needed to win the game for a division title. It roared out to a 40 point lead over Spencerport. With four minutes remaining, Johnson looked down the bench and told Jason to check in. Wth classmates, teammates and family screaming support, Jason hit a school-record six three-point shots. J-Mac scored 20, including a field goal as the horn sounded. The crowd stormed the court and lifted Jason to their shoulders.
About Jason McElway
GREECE, NY -- It's an incredible story. It happened in Greece, NY, where a high school basketball manager came off the bench and started shooting the lights out. The star of the video is 17-year-old Jason McElwain from Greece Athena High School. Jason is autistic. He wasn't a player -- just a manager -- until he came off the bench and in four minutes scored 20 points. He hit six 3-point shots as the home crowd went berserk. McElwain is 5 feet 6 inches tall, but he felt 10 feet tall and his numbers were remarkable for any player at any level. He was taken off the court on the shoulders of his teammates. - WPXI
