The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 99 – Hitting the Field with Melchion Wee-Ellis, a Beep Baseball Player and Adaptive Athlete

<p>In Episode 99 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, our guest is Melchion Wee-Ellis. The beep baseball player and adaptive athlete from Long Island, NY spoke about:</p> <p> </p> <ul><li>Where he was born, grew up, and his unique family heritage</li> <li>His education and sports he played as a youngster</li> <li>His visual impairment and how his vision has changed over time</li> <li>His adjustment to sight loss</li> <li>How he got into adaptive sports for the blind, specifically beep baseball</li> <li>His beep baseball career playing for the Long Island Bombers and Atlanta Chaos of the National Beep Baseball Association (NBBA)</li> <li>How he got into running with the Long Island chapter of Achilles International</li> <li>The numerous sports injuries he has sustained and how he has overcome them</li> <li>His guide dog from Guiding Eyes for the Blind</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Contact Melchion at <a href='mailto:melchion.wee.ellis@gmail.com'>melchion.wee.ellis@gmail.com</a>.</p>