U.S. Association of Blind Athletes to Host Goalball National Championships in Colorado Springs This Weekend

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) will host the 2025 Goalball National Championships in Colorado Springs from Friday, August 15, through Sunday, August 17, at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB). The event will gather the nation’s top athletes for three days of intense competition in the only Paralympic sport designed specifically for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Goalball is played by teams of three on a volleyball-sized court. All players wear blackout eye shades to ensure equal vision impairment, tracking a soccer-sized ball embedded with bells entirely…  Read More

USA Goalball Men’s and Women’s National Teams Announced for 2025 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships

                  Colorado Springs, CO – July 15, 2025 The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) proudly announces the rosters for the USA Goalball Men’s and Women’s National Teams competing at the 2025 IBSA Goalball Americas Championships, taking place July 26–August 5 in São Paulo, Brazil. This elite regional tournament serves as the qualifier for the 2026 IBSA Goalball World Championships, bringing together the top goalball teams from across the Americas vying for spots on the world stage. USA Goalball Men’s National Team The men’s roster features team captain Calahan Young, PLY (Irwin,…  Read More

New Jersey Honeybees and Seattle King Cobras Triumph at 2024 USABA Goalball National Championships

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (August 7, 2024) – More than 70 athletes representing 12 teams from across the United States converged at Fort Wayne’s Turnstone Center August 2-4 for the 2024 U.S. Association of Blind Athletes’ (USABA) Goalball National Championships. All these athletes competing qualified to compete in the national championships by competing at one or more national qualifiers earlier this year. Competitors include seven members of the 2020 USA Paralympic Goalball Men’s and Women’s Team, many of whom trained at Turnstone Center as part of the USA Goalball National Team Resident Athlete Program, at various times, leading into the 2020 Tokyo…  Read More

Force, Monarchs and Renegades win gold at Southeast Qualifier

Twenty-two teams went head-to-head at the USABA Southeast National Goalball Qualifier, May 24-26, at the Smyrna Community Center in Smyrna, Georgia. The tournament was divided into an eight-team men's A division, an eight-team men's B division and a six-team women's division. In an exciting women's final, the Ohio Monarchs edged the Atlanta Blazers, 7-6. The Monarchs roster featured Tokyo 2020 Paralympic teammates Mindy Cook and Eliana Mason. They were joined by Makalia Lama, Yaqi Schumacher and Leah Smeltzer, and coached by Keith Young and James Wallace. Ohio Monarchs (l to r) Coach Keith Young, Eliana Mason, Yaqi Schumacher, Makalia Lama,…  Read More