Kevin Hensley (soccer)
American Paralympic soccer player (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kevin Hensley (born May 24, 1992) is an American Paralympic soccer player. Hensley started playing soccer when he was very young, and went on to play for Tennessee Boys State Teams and varsity soccer for Collierville High School. When he was 14 years old, he had a freak stroke while playing soccer that left him with paralysis on the right side of his body. This adversely impacted his academic ability and ability to play soccer. He eventually went into coaching on the soccer side.
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Nationality | United States | |||||||||||
Born | (1992-05-24) May 24, 1992 (age 31) Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||||||
Education | Carson-Newman University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1ā2 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Soccer / Cerebral palsy soccer | |||||||||||
College team | Carson-Newman University | |||||||||||
Now coaching | Lobos 06 Elite | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 18 June 2016. |
Despite the medical issues, new USPNT head coach Stuart Sharp invited him to play for the US Paralympic National Team in April 2014. He went on to participate in several national team training camps, friendlies and tournaments. He won bronze with the team at the 2014 America's Cup, and was the 2015 U.S. Soccer's Young Disabled Player of the Year. Hensley was with the team through 2016 Summer Paralympics qualifying events and training camps.