Carey Ashton

Carey Ashton is the most devoted, dedicated coach i have ever heard of. He has been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy a long while ago, but he continued to coach anyways. He has been in a wheelchair because of the disease for about 8-10 years. Now, he's 50 years old and he still coaches the NDG lynx all-star baseball team as well as the Mcgill Redbirds, a university team. a little about Ndg: The first of two teams Carey coached, he did so for 6 years. before then, NDG hadn't won a provincial championship, but during the 6 years he coached this team, he earned 4. He still has very good relationships with everyone on that team, as well as their parents. Now, he's coaching my team, and this is the second year we are going to have Carey as our coach. Ever since last year (when he started to coach us) our team has had a level of discipline, skill and fun that we've never experienced before. Last year we went to the nationals in B.C after winning the provincials (and we were the underdog team!), and this year our expectations are even higher. Carey didnt miss a single game last year, and apparently not even during the 6 years with the other team either. And while all this is happening, Carey Ashton is also coaching the Mcgill Redbirds also. Carey's condition is very tough, and it gets worse in the winter. He amazes the people he's known for all his life: can you imagine the effect he has on everybody else? I think Carey is the ultimate coach in terms of everything: vast knowledge of the game of baseball, great passion for it too, determination, kindness and the strictness every once in a while that you need. Carey Ashton is the kind of person you want as a coach, a friend, a mentor.

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