Autistic basketball player Jason McElwain has the game of his life
jason mcelwayne was at practice today doing what he does every day as astudent assistant he helps out the teambut all that changed on Wednesday night that’s when coach Jim Johnson decided to give Jason his shot to suit up and play he says is your senior presidential Ashe last chance to ever get on the floor as a actual basketball player for that night Jason or Jay Mac as he is known is medically diagnosed as highly functioning autistic he’s also loved by his teammates and fellow students that’s why they came to the game with his face on signs and when he entered the game they went crazy my emotion started running wild I actually sat down and I began to tear up I was like oh my god this is afternoon Jason got in the game took a pass and took a shot he missed badly first possession he receives the ball he’s just an air ball he misses like by six feet I put my hands in my head um oh please Lord just get him a basket one minute later he got his hoop a three-pointer that set the gym on fire that’s very excited the team was excited um everybody else’s decided but Jay Mac wasn’t done he kept shooting and kept hitting another three and another three I was on fire is hotter than the pistol when he was done he had hit a team record tying six three-pointers the crowd stormed the court and put Jason on their shoulders was one of those special moments that as an athletic director if I retired today this would be the one thing that I talked about forever Jason’s playing career is done but his celebrity continues at school everybody I was late to every single class every everybody was saying congratulations and start on your team now he’s like celebrity in school he’s loving every bit of YouTube you see me smiling all
