POTSDAM – Curt Walters, a 2014 graduate of Potsdam Central School and the son of Mark and Patti Walters, has once again been selected to play for a Special Olympics Flag Football team to represent the state of Florida in the USA Games at ESPN in Orlando, Fla. June 5-12.

This team is from Pasco County with two coaches and 10 players chosen from all the flag football teams in the state.

Since graduation in 2014, Curt has not sat still. He has played on the national level in softball and soccer.He also enjoys basketball, bowling, stand-up paddle boarding, and powerlifting, in addition to working 20 hours a week at Home Goods.

There will be more than 5,000 athletes and coaches from all 50 states and the Caribbean, 20,000 volunteers and 125,000 spectators during one of the country’s most cherished sporting events.

For Special Olympics athletes, it’s the love for sports. Special Olympics athletes display remarkable abilities not only on the field but in all areas of life.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition to children and adults eight years of age and older with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Special Olympics offers 17 year-round sports for the athletes.