Josh Basile had just completed his freshman year as a varsity tennis player at Skidmore College when he wandered into shallow water on Delaware’s Bethany Beach, boogie board in hand.

The next thing he knew, he was floating in the Atlantic, motionless. A wave had slammed his head into the ocean floor, leaving him paralyzed beneath the shoulders. Now a C4-5 quadriplegic, Basile requires a power wheelchair and assistive technology to live his life to the fullest.

“Sports were my life before my injury,” Basile told Sports Handle. “I was a college tennis player. I played every sport imaginable before my injury.”