Champion in the Community
What is a champion?
Winner, advocate, coach, proponent and defender. No matter what synonym you use, they all define Greg Scott.
On Friday, May 2, Scott was honored with the Champion in the Community Award at Jefferson Moss-Magee’s 25th Annual Night of Champions fundraising event, benefiting the hospital’s patient and community programs.
“The Jefferson Moss-Magee community and the adaptive sports athletes that I have coached over the past 15 years have had a profound and deep effect on me and my family,” Scott said.
“To be a part of such a welcoming, understanding and committed community of people is truly humbling.”
Scott’s connection to Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia began in 2017, when he was introduced to Keith Newerla, the hospital’s Community Programs Coordinator.
What started as an effort to recruit potential sled hockey players (Scott had been coaching the Flyers Adult Sled Hockey team since 2010) soon grew into something more.
“Keith took the conversation one step further and suggested incorporating the sled hockey team into the hospital’s programming,” Scott remembered with a smile.
And while they successfully integrated sled hockey into the programming at the hospital for a period of time, it is volunteering and tennis that sustains the long and impactful relationship between Scott and Jefferson Moss-Magee.
Tennis quickly became a common bond between Scott and fellow lifelong tennis player and Senior Vice President of Development at Jefferson Moss-Magee, Ron Siggs. Siggs asked Scott to sit in on committee meetings, attend the hospital’s annual fundraiser at Germantown Cricket Club and was eventually placed on the Board of Directors for the Jefferson Moss-Magee Foundation.
However, it wasn’t until tennis and basketball player Jonathan Hayashi asked Scott to attend one of the tennis team's practices at RiverWinds Golf and Tennis Club in West Deptford, N.J. did he believe coaching wheelchair tennis was in his future.
“When I showed up to my first practice at RiverWinds Tennis Club in South Jersey, there were about six players hitting balls and playing points with no real direction for practice,” he said. “ I asked them if they would like to run through some drills. They were very receptive to the idea and by the end of the practice, they were asking if I would come out on a regular basis to run practices.”
Three years later, Scott coaches the team every other Sunday. The tennis program continues to grow with 20 participants, and a core group of eight players that are regularly participating in USTA tournaments around the country. Six of the players have attained local and national rankings.
Scott has since gone on to attend multiple wheelchair tennis trainings and become a certified wheelchair tennis coach, as well as a Racquet Sports Professionals Association (RSPA) level one certified coach.
“I tell my wife all the time that the highlight of each week is being able to share my tennis knowledge and experience with the athletes at Jefferson Moss-Magee wheelchair tennis,” he said. “Tennis is truly a game for life, and I am grateful that I have been able to share it with the team.”
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