NATICK — Walking the halls of Natick High School, nearly everyone knows Jake Blatnica. Among the activities that Blatnica is involved with are both Unified basketball and track as well as the junior varsity indoor track team. He first began playing Unified basketball when he was a freshman during the fall of 2019. He ended up joining the junior varsity indoor track team in the winter before joining Unified track in the spring of 2021 following the COVID-19 pandemic. It was for his commitment and determination in overcoming an ACL injury to play Unified sports again that he was named the USA TODAY Special Olympics Athlete of the Year.

Source: MetroXpress August 14, 2021 14:48 UTC