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Sharon Clark, a substitute teacher who works in the Campbell Union School District, is the United States' reigning Wheelchair Tennis champion. She grew up playing soccer and running track, but in March of her senior year of high school, a ski trip with friends changed the course of her life. The car slid on a patch of ice and overturned, leaving Clark with a broken back. She was 17 years old. During a three-month stay in the hospital, Clark began hitting tennis balls against an outside wall with her therapist. Today, at 31, Clark is ranked number five worldwide of the approximately 10,000 people who play wheelchair tennis. She plays 15 tournaments every year, and has traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Thailand, Belgium, France, England and Spain to play. This May was the third time tennis brought her to Japan, and her second attendance at the annual tournament held in Iizuka.
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Immigrant students get a close-up view of national government on trip to Washington, D.C.
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