For Donations Please Contact Tucson Lobos Coach Dan Clement at (520)294-3350
Tax Refundable Donations should be made to: Tucson Lobos/Direct.
The Tucson Lobos
The Tucson Lobos are Tucson�s only community based wheelchair basketball program. Our goal is to provide competitive
and recreational outlet for individuals with physical disabling conditions that live in Tucson and the nearby
communities. We also do disabled awareness, injury prevention and motivational assemblies out in the community.
As you know fitness, recreation & competition are all healthy lifestyle activities that all individuals should
have the opportunity to participate in regardless of their physical limitations. We strongly believe that
just because you use a wheelchair, or if you happen to be missing a limb, all communities should have an outlet of
sport for their citizens.
UofA Wheelchair Basketball & Tucson Lobos
For many years the University of Arizona ran all the disabled sporting programs in the Tucson area. Several years
ago the UofA decided that wheelchair B-Ball was going to join the collegiate division. This meant that the only people
eligible to play would be full time college students. The UofA has an excellent wheelchair basketball team
that practices five times a week and boasts some of the best young players in the United States. Most of the students
receive scholarships and are from out of state, just like many of the top collegiate NCAA basketball programs. However,
the fact that the UofA went into the collegiate division left a huge need for the disabled community members of Tucson in
the area of wheelchair basketball. Hence, the creation of the Tucson Lobos. The Tucson Lobos currently play in
Division 2 and are currently ranked 23rd in the nation (of over 100 teams). The rules to play in Division 2 are that
you must live within 100 miles of the host city. The Lobos play mostly locally; Phoenix, Vegas, San Diego & New
Mexico, as travel for the team can be costly. We are currently proudly sponsored by the following organizations:
The Arizona Paralyzed Veterans, S.I.R. (Southern International Raceway), DIRECT, PRN Medical, Arizona Spinal Cord
Injury Association, The City of Tucson Park and Recreation Therapeutics division, & New Image Prints.
Sponsorship;
We are currently looking for sponsors for the 2008/9 season, which starts in October. We need new uniforms,
warm up jerseys (with sponsors names on the jerseys), travel money & equipment. Our team has grown from 8 players
last year to 17 this year! We are specifically looking for donations for our Jan 10th tournament that we are
hosting. We will be selling raffle tickets and are looking for prizes that we can raffle off. For our grand
prize we hope to raffle of an HDTV, but we need many other smaller prizes for this event. Last
year we had over 100 people at the tourney. For cash donations over $100 we have access to a 503c for tax
donations. If you or your company is interested please inform a Tucson Lobo Representative and we�ll
explain sponsorship options in greater detail.
Thanks for your time;
#52 Pete Hughes (on behalf of the Tucson Lobos)
520-579-0862
The Lobo Times Issue #1 Getting Ready for 2007-2008
Dear Lobo Fans & Supporters! The Tucson Lobos, Tucson�s only community based wheelchair basketball team is getting ready for another
season. After five successful years of coaching Ray Lopez has decided to step down as head coach and veteran
player Dave Kingsy has taken the job. He will be assisted by newcomer Dan Clemente who joined last year after
playing in Denver for many years. Ray Lopez is now President of the Tucson Lobos and we are all very excited
about the future of the Lobos. The team has grown to 17 active players, and we are continuing to recruit
from the community. Our plan this year is to field two teams, one beginner and one advanced team to make
sure all athletes get a lot of playing time.
As you know, one of our main goals is public awareness and we have already started our public speaking gigs
with a hugely successful injury prevention speech and demonstration in August @ Marana High School. Two
assemblies with over 2000 students watched as some of the Lobos hooped it up, talked about injury prevention, and
got much of the school involved in the always-fun wheelchair relay races. Several of us also participated in
the AZ Spinal Cord Injury camp this month in Payson and had a great time playing sports and discussing spinal
cord issues in the great wilderness with some newly injured individuals. Please contact AZ Spinal Cord Injury
Association about next year�s camp!
Regarding Sponsorship: The Lobos have added a couple more community sponsors that are helping in raising
disability awareness and getting some individuals with disabilities the opportunity to play sports. Our goal
this year is to raise over 10 thousand dollars so that we can compete on the east coast once this year. This
means we need to double our fundraising!
The Lobos will be practicing this year at the beautiful NW Recreation center on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-9pm.
Official practice begins on August 25th 2007! We will also be helping out with the JAWS (Juniors Active in
Wheelchair Sports) group on Saturdays from 9am to 11am! We are proudly hosting our annual wheelchair basketball
camp on Jan 12th, 2007, 8am to 5pm. We are currently selling raffle tickets for this event and will be giving
out many prizes at this event. Please contact us if you would like to purchase or help us sell some tickets for
the event.
Here is a list of all of our fantastic Sponsors, Thanks A Million! AZ Paralyzed Veterans of America Tucson Parks & Recreation AZ Spinal Cord Injury Association PRN Medical SIR (Southwest International Raceway) New Image Print & Copy With Lobo Love! #52 �Stand up Pete� Hughes Team Secretary and Center