TOMBALL ( Jan. 14, 2025) – The Lone Star College-Tomball lifePATH® Special Olympics College Club flag football and basketball team will be going for gold at the 2025 Special Olympics Texas State Games. The team will also host the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Area Four Special Olympic Basketball Tournament at LSC-Tomball.
Jonathan Medved, an LSC-Tomball lifePATH® student, and flag football player, expressed excitement and confidence after his team qualified for State at the regional games.
“We have been practicing for a few semesters,” said Medved. “The relationships on our team are good. We encourage each other to keep going and never to give up. I was proud to win at regionals, and I’m excited to go to State.”
The LSC-Tomball team of ten will participate in the flag football competition in Houston, which will host over 1,000 athletes, from February 28 to March 1. They will also compete in the basketball competition at various Cy-Fair Independent School District gyms on Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22.
The LSC-Tomball Special Olympics Texas College Club has been selected to host the 2025 Region Four UIL Special Olympics Texas Basketball Tournament Championship Game. The event will take place on February 6, at 5 PM in the LSC-Tomball Fitness Center. The game will feature the champions from Aldine and Houston ISD.
lifePATH® is an innovative post-secondary educational program for neurodiverse students. Its focus is to assist students as they develop independence, exercise self-determination, increase knowledge of college-level academic expectations, practice the social expectations necessary for success in the adult world, and engage in opportunities for career exploration.
For Jayden Terrando, an LSC-Tomball lifePATH® student who will graduate in May, participating in the Special Olympics has been a good experience. He plans to continue his winning streak at State.
“It’s a good feeling to lace ‘em up, compete, and feel the adrenaline rush,” said Terrando. “At State, the goal is to win. We don’t want to come home empty-handed. We plan to bring home the hardware.”
Lone Star College-Tomball is located at 30555 Tomball Parkway, at the intersection of SH 249 and Zion Road. For more information about the college, call 281.351.3300 or visit LoneStar.edu/Tomball. For more information about LSC-Tomball lifePATH®, please visit lonestar.edu/lifepath
Lone Star College System enrolls over 90,000 students each semester providing high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education. LSCS is training tomorrow’s workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success. Mario K. Castillo, J.D., serves as Chancellor of LSCS, the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and has been named a 2024 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education. LSCS consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College. To learn more, visit LoneStar.edu
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