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Jesus Alamillo was born in Valparaíso, Zacatecas, Mexico where he contracted polio at two years of age. When he was eleven, Mr. Alamillo and his family moved to Long Beach, California to seek further treatment. He attended Whitney High School,...
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Alamillo, Jesus
Jesus Alamillo was born in Valparaíso, Zacatecas, Mexico where he contracted polio at two years of age. When he was eleven, Mr. Alamillo and his family moved to Long Beach, California to seek further treatment. He attended Whitney High School, where he was introduced to wheelchair basketball.
In 1989, Mr. Alamillo received a full athletic scholarship to play with the newly formed wheelchair basketball team, the “Movin’ Mavs” coached by Jim Hayes at the University of Texas at Arlington. In his four years at UTA, the team won three consecutive National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Championships and Mr. Alamillo became a four-time All-American. Mr. Alamillo graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
Presently, Mr. Alamillo is a senior project engineer for Trinity Industries in Dallas, Texas and plays semipro wheelchair basketball with the Dallas Freewheelers.