WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (November 17, 2025) — Aiden Fleetwood from Bettendorf, Iowa, who is studying Arts and Science AAS at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is part of the men's wheelchair basketball team for the 2025-26 season.
The UW-Whitewater men's wheelchair basketball program is a club sport that competes nationally. The Warhawks have won fourteen national championships since 1982, most recently in 2024 and including a three-peat in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Many of the program's alumni are Paralympic medalists, including five who claimed gold as part of Team USA at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Current UW-Whitewater coach Jake Williams, a former Warhawk student-athlete, was among the alums who competed in Paris. Current Warhawk AJ Fitzpatrick was also a member of Team USA.
Fitzpatrick, a two-time first team National Wheelchair Basketball Association All-American, returns to lead the Warhawks. He was among selections for the 2026 USA Men's Wheelchair Basketball Tryout Camp, which will be held in January. Fellow returning Warhawk Zach Gorecki was named to the NWBA's All-Rookie Team in 2025.
UW-Whitewater hosts its annual home tournament Friday-Saturday, November 21-22, at the Williams Center.
For more information on the Warhawk men's wheelchair basketball program, visit edu/rec-sports.
