Joslynn Bigelow Named Carla Overbeck Leadership Award Recipient

Joslynn Bigelow won this year’s Carla Overbeck Leadership Award for her impactful work in the United States’ broad landscape of disability soccer with TOPSoccer- an adaptive soccer program for athletes with intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities. She serves as a TOPSoccer coach in her home state of Oregon, is the director for two local TOPSoccer programs and has been named the Oregon Youth Soccer Association (OYSA) TOPSoccer Coach of the Year. Bigelow also currently serves as Vice President for Oregon Adult Soccer Association, OYSA TOPSoccer Chair plus is an assistant coach for CP Soccer, and head coach of the Down Syndrome Sports of America Futsal National Team.