Disability Celebration Month: Empowering athletes and transforming lives
SDSU alumnus A.J. Munoz-Bond (‘19, ‘21) serves as Director of SDSU Adapted Athletics, where he has been instrumental in expanding the program’s reach and impact.
By Taylor Harris
Monday, March 10, 2025
A.J. Munoz-Bond (left) with wheelchair tennis head coach and fellow alumnus Greg Hasterok (‘04). Hasterok started coaching for SDSU Adapted Athletics in 2019, around the same time Munoz-Bond began as a strength coach. (SDSU)
In March, San Diego State University commemorates Disability Celebration Month, which uplifts those with disabilities and aims to recognize and promote disability culture and inclusion.
Committed to making a meaningful impact in the lives of students with disabilities, SDSU was the first California university to develop an Adapted Athletics program designed to support student-athletes with physical disabilities.
The SDSU Adapted Athletics Program, a program of Associated Students, creates a support network to prepare and develop athletes for excellence in their personal, professional, and athletic lives. Since its inception in 2018, the program has worked to remove barriers for adaptive athletes to access higher education at SDSU, improve access to adaptive equipment, facilities, and quality training on campus, and integrate the greater [...]