Born in Michigan, Ben played soccer and basketball and went on to Bob Jones University where he graduated in 2004 with a B.S. in Health Fitness and Recreation and went on to work as an Outdoor Education Instructor. In September of 2006, a motorcycle accident left him a T 5-6 Paraplegic. After 5 weeks of intense inpatient therapy, he refocused his life and his goals and started training at all sorts of sit down sports. Within 7 months he pushed his first half marathon and has since come to excel at push-rim and hand-cycle racing, downhill skiing, and basketball. Ben attended Bethel College in a one-year intense accelerated program to receive his certification in Health and Physical Education graduating in the Fall of 2011. He plans to develop adaptive programs for students in schools.