Variety the Children’s Charity of Greater Kansas City would like to congratulate our friend, Nick Taylor, on winning the 2011-2012 USOC Paralympic Team of the Year
with his teammate David Wagner. On September 21st, they were honored at the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly dinner along with Olympians Allyson Felix (Track & Field), Michael Phelps (Swimming), the U.S. Women’s Eight Rowing Team, and Paralympians Raymond Martin (Track & Field), and Jessica Long (Swimming). The honor comes after their third consecutive Quad Doubles gold medal at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London. Nick and David are the first Quad tennis players to receive this designation since the award’s creation in 2009 for the Paralympic Games. The team has worked incredibly hard and we are so proud of their dedication and commitment to the sport of wheelchair tennis.