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Warrior Games

Nathan Degen

Archery | Precision Air Sports | Sitting Volleyball | Wheelchair Basketball | Wheelchair Rugby | Field
  • Birthplace

    Arlington TX
  • Branch

    Army
  • Sport

    Archery | Precision Air Sports | Sitting Volleyball | Wheelchair Basketball | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

A torn ACL/ meniscus, torn labrum in the shoulder, and ongoing ENT issues from two face and sinus surgeries brought CPT Nathan Degen to the Ft. Belvoir Soldier Recovery Unit. Throughout these ongoing issues, he was unable to continue flying helicopters and supporting the Soldiers around him, and he says he felt he couldn’t fuel his competitive drive and passion for sports. “However, through the care and support of his family, the health and recovery teams at Fort Belvoir, and the medical staff, he regained the spirit he had been missing. Being able to compete in the Warrior Games would be a personal badge of pride for overcoming physical, mental, and emotional hurdles.” He says it would be an honor to compete with other team members from the Army and DoD who have overcome even more than he had to. “There are multiple mantras and quotes he tries to live by, but the most recently impactful is Love God, Love Others. Serve God, Serve Others, Learn, Earn, Return, and Shooters Shoot (take the opportunities provided to you and make them count). CPT Degen wants to give a special shoutout to his wife if he makes the team, as she will have a toddler and one-week-old child during the games.”

Other Teammates

Luis Avila

Archery | Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Precision Air Sports | Field

Abel Baez

Archery | Indoor Rowing | Precision Air Sports | Sitting Volleyball | Swimming | Wheelchair Basketball | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

Gerald Blakley

Precision Air Sports | Track | Wheelchair Basketball | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

Steven Bortle

Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Sitting Volleyball | Swimming | Track | Field

Darnell Boynton

Sitting Volleyball | Swimming | Track | Field

John Michael Britton

Archery | Swimming | Track | Field

Gene Calantoc

Archery | Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Swimming | Wheelchair Basketball | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

Victoria Camire

Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Precision Air Sports | Track | Field

Berenice Carmona

Archery | Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Field

Hyoshin “Gabi” Cha

Cycling | Swimming | Track | Field

Patrick Dayton

Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Swimming | Track

Jeremy Ditlevson

Indoor Rowing | Precision Air Sports | Swimming | Field

Henry Escobedo

Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Swimming | Track | Field

Brent Garlic

Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Swimming | Wheelchair Basketball | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

Corine Hamilton

Cycling | Powerlifting | Track | Field

Bianca Hayden

Archery | Indoor Rowing | Precision Air Sports | Swimming | Field

Matthew Hovey

Archery | Cycling | Precision Air Sports | Swimming

Brooke Jader

Cycling | Precision Air Sports | Swimming | Track | Wheelchair Basketball | Field

Justin Lane

Archery | Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Track | Wheelchair Basketball | Field

Shawn Lee

Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Swimming | Field

Justin Mathers

Archery | Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Precision Air Sports | Swimming | Track | Wheelchair Basketball | Field

Jasmin McKenzie

Cycling | Precision Air Sports | Swimming | Track | Field

Alexis Pantoja

Indoor Rowing | Swimming | Track | Field

Chris Parks

Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Swimming | Track | Wheelchair Basketball | Field

Jack Peko

Indoor Rowing | Precision Air Sports | Field

Jeffrey Peters

Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Swimming | Track | Field

Adam Proctor

Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Sitting Volleyball | Swimming | Track | Field

Alexander Robison

Archery | Precision Air Sports | Track | Wheelchair Rugby

Victoria Rollin

Cycling | Swimming | Track

Noah Rydesky

Swimming | Track | Field

Avery Short

Cycling | Swimming | Track | Wheelchair Rugby

Jason Smith

Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

Noah Strunk

Cycling | Swimming | Track

Derrick Thompson

Archery | Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Sitting Volleyball | Track | Wheelchair Basketball | Field

Meleste Togia

Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Sitting Volleyball | Field

Janmiguel TorresCruz

Cycling | Sitting Volleyball | Swimming | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

Michael Villagran

Cycling | Sitting Volleyball | Swimming | Track | Wheelchair Basketball | Wheelchair Rugby | Field

Anna Walker

Cycling | Swimming | Track

Hannah Wright

Archery | Cycling | Indoor Rowing | Powerlifting | Precision Air Sports | Swimming | Track | Field