NSO Council elects Lawrence “Larry” Smith of USA Deaf Track and Field as the Summer NSO Chair and Elizabeth “Liz” Matthews of USA Deaf Curling as the Winter NSO Chair.

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) yesterday announced that 17-year old American swimmer Carli Cronk has been named the 2022 ICSD Sportswoman of the Year Award. The Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year awards comprise the ICSD’s highest recognition for “exemplary sport achievements” by a deaf female athlete and a deaf male athlete.

The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) announced on Saturday February 4 that Ralph Fernandez has been selected to join the ICSD Secretariat as an International Sports Director to assist with the organization of ICSD-sanctioned events. With this move, Fernandez departs his Member at Large post on the USADSF Board of Directors.

USADSF wishes to thank Jameson Crane for all his contributions to USA Deaf Sports and to our sporting community over the last 5 years as he steps down from his Executive Director post.