NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009 Still Photo Winners – Josh Birnbaum/The Daily Illini

Every morning at 6:30 a.m., the Illinois wheelchair basketball team is practicing. They practice all year long to train for the national wheelchair basketball tournament. Despite being confined to wheelchairs, these young men and women accomplish extraordinary things. This past year, the team accomplished their goal of winning the national title for the first time since 2001.

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