James Terpenning, '98 B.S.B. Human Resource Management

In competing at four Paralympics over 12 years, James Terpenning went from the swimming pool to the volleyball court.

The 41-year-old Beavercreek man won a gold medal in the relay and a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke in the 1988 Paralympics and swam in the 1992 Paralympics as well. Then he switched to sitting volleyball for the Paralympics in 1996 and 2000.

"It was pretty awesome", Terpenning recalled of his medal-winning experience. "You got to represent the United States, receiving the medals-especially the gold-and listening to the national anthem being played. You can't ask for