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Roger Crawford Motivational Speaker/Accomplished and Inspiring Physically Challenged Athlete
Roger Crawford, alumnus of the Loyola Marymount University Class of 1982, has received the highest honor bestowed by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as he was presented with the 2013 ITA Achievement Award on Friday, Sept. 6, at the ITHF Board of Directors Meeting held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York. The ceremony was hosted by the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF), and presented by Rolex Watch U.S.A.
Crawford has gone from center court to center stage, turning the lessons he learned and experiences that he has had into a successful career as a motivational speaker. He is one of less than 200 professional speakers to be honored by the National Speakers Association with their Council of Peers Award for Excellence and was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame. He makes hundreds of speeches a year to top corporations and organizations all over the world such as 3M, American Airlines, AT&T, Bank of America, Citibank, Exxon, IBM and Merrill Lynch. One of his career highlights was being invited to visit Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, speaking to injured soldiers recently returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Crawford's written publications include "Playing from the Heart," "How High Can You Bounce?" and "THINK AGAIN!" His life story has been included in, "Chicken Soup for the Soul," and was the basis for the Emmy Award winning movie entitled "In a New Light." He has been featured on Larry King Live, Good Morning America and CNBC, while also profiled in many publications such as USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Men's Fitness and Tennis Magazine.
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Roger Crawford
His honors include being inducted into the Loyola Marymount Athletic Hall of Fame and National Hall of Fame for Persons with Disabilities. Sports Illustrated called Crawford "one of the most accomplished physically challenged athletes in the world."
He is also a member of the Speakers Roundtable, comprised of 20 distinguished speakers.
