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Meet Jason McElwain. He's an autistic teenager who served as the team manager for his high school basketball game. For the team's last game of the season, the coach decided to let McElwain suit up and sit the bench with the rest of the team. He even planned to let him get in the game if the score got lopsided one way or another.

Well, sure enough, McElwain's team was up double-digits with just four minutes to go so the coach sent the kid into the game. McElwain proceeded to airball his first shot and miss an easy layup on his second. But then, he caught fire. He made is next six of seven shots from three-point range and finished with 20 points in just three minutes!

The crowd goes wild and carries him off the court on their shoulders. Fade to black. Roll the credits.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/ ... rchStories

Big Red Parrothead wrote:Meet Jason McElwain. He's an autistic teenager who served as the team manager for his high school basketball game. For the team's last game of the season, the coach decided to let McElwain suit up and sit the bench with the rest of the team. He even planned to let him get in the game if the score got lopsided one way or another.

Well, sure enough, McElwain's team was up double-digits with just four minutes to go so the coach sent the kid into the game. McElwain proceeded to airball his first shot and miss an easy layup on his second. But then, he caught fire. He made is next six of seven shots from three-point range and finished with 20 points in just three minutes!

The crowd goes wild and carries him off the court on their shoulders. Fade to black. Roll the credits.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/ ... rchStories

I saw this on Headline News this morning, what great way to wake up.

Wow!!

Thanks so much for posting this!!

My daughter's BBall team faces elimination from their tournament tonight, so I think I'll share it with her coach.

::sniff::
Great story......great coach....

I just got goosbumps... wow

Disney Movie????
Sometimes life can write a script that is so much better than a human can.

I heard about that! That's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great story! I still remember picking splinters out of my a** during my high school career. Here's hoping that all high school coaches realize that there's talent all the way down at the end of the bench......not that I'm still bitter after 25 years

I smell a movie deal coming out of this.

Real Sports with Bryan Gymbel did a story on this kid about a month or so ago. Once before during the season they played him during the last minute of a lopsided game and he made a basket. Even that was huge for him, but this story now is just amazing!