Interview Topics: 
  • Meeting Jim Hayes and being recruited to UT Arlington
  • Jim Hayes’ impact on Fik, UT Arlington, and the disability community
  • Choice of college major
  • Jim Hayes’ mentoring outside basketball
  • Work and career after college: Per4Max
  • Impact of Jim Hayes’ work ethic
  • Movin’ Mavs at Per4Max
  • Relationship between Movin’ Mavs and Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks
  • Jim Hayes’ impact on wheelchair basketball and access to college
  • Jim Hayes’ death and his advocacy at UTA
  • Sports injuries in wheelchair basketball
  • UT Arlington’s academic scholarships for adapted sports
  • First job after college
  • Interactions with current Movin’ Mavs and Lady Movin’ Mavs
  • Fik’s future in wheelchair basketball
  • Mentoring and Jim Hayes’ rules for players
Audio File: 
Persons: 
Interview Date: 
2016-04-27
Interview Location: 
Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Interviewer: 
Pritchett, Teresa
Length: 
00:38:00
Transcription Date: 
2016-07-29
Identifier: 
20003135
Publisher: 
UT Arlington Libraries
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