Feel Good Story of the Week: Golfer Becomes First With Down Syndrome To Compete In College Championship

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Feel Good Story of the Week: Golfer Becomes First With Down Syndrome To Compete In College Championship

27th April, 2022

29 April 2022, Article, Down Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter

Heidi Kay

[Source: Disability Scoop]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Amy Bockerstette has made history.

The 22-year-old from Arizona became the first person with Down syndrome to compete in a college championship event Monday after she teed off at 11:50 a.m. at Ormond Beach’s Plantation Bay.

Bockerstette is playing in the National Junior College Athletic Association Women’s Golf Championship along with her four Paradise Valley Community College teammates. The four-round tournament runs through Thursday.

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