Each year during Fall Festival, the Philadelphia Insurance Companies Valor Award is given to an athlete whose effort, determination and sportsmanship embodies the power of the human spirit to overcome challenges and inspire greatness.
We are proud and honored to announce that LOGAN WISMER from Team Northampton is our 2022 Valor Award Winner!
When Logan first entered a powerlifting gym, he could barley stand still, let alone walk. Through a rigorous conditioning routine focused on strength and endurance, Logan was able to make exceptional strides in his posture and balance. Two long years later, Logan competed in a USAPL event for the first time and won gold in the deadlift!
Logan continued to collect hardware, including another gold in deadlift at Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s Eastern Fall Sectional, before adding bench press and squats to his repertoire at the Pennsylvania State Coaches Powerlifting Association State Championships, helping his team to a third-place finish!
In addition to his incredible progress and determination in the gym, Logan is also the consummate teammate. There’s never a practice or event that goes by without Logan encouraging his fellow lifters with high fives and fist bumps. He truly embodies everything it means to be a Special Olympics athletes.
CONGRATULATIONS, LOGAN!!
