Fishers, Indiana grad part of inaugural UC adaptive athletics team
Indianapolis NBC affiliate highlights student athlete's story
University of Cincinnati adaptive athletics student athlete Seth Miller and program director Jacob Counts spoke with Indianapolis news station WTHR about Miller's journey and the launch of the new program.
Miller, from Indianapolis suburb Fishers, Indiana, played hockey his whole life before a rock climbing accident and spinal cord injury during his junior year of high school set him on a different trajectory.
After he recovered from surgery, Miller began playing for the Indy Steel competitive sled hockey team, but he did not envision being a student athlete when he enrolled in UC Blue Ash College’s Pre-Engineering program.
After he heard about a new adaptive sports program at the University of Cincinnati, it was an easy decision for Miller to join. He is competing as a Bearcat adaptive track and field athlete, with plans to also begin practicing with the Cincinnati Icebreakers sled hockey team in the near future.
"There are so many different opportunities that you get playing in adaptive sports to meet people," Miller told WTHR. "I think it's just a mindset of getting things done. I think it's a great opportunity. Not a lot of schools have it."
"Seth is exactly the kind of athlete you want," Counts said. "You want people that are going to approach you with a good attitude, make the most of it, and put their hard hat on and come to work every day."
Currently offering adaptive track and field and adaptive tennis, Counts said he hopes to continue to expand the program and attract more student athletes.
"Off to a good start, but hoping to grow and expand that program," Counts said. "Adaptive sports is really a growing space, so for UC to be at the forefront of that and helping to lead the charge and getting disabled athletes opportunities to be collegiate student athletes as well, I think that's huge for the university and for the community."
Read more about UC Adaptive Athletics.
Featured photo at top: Left to right: UC student-athletes Jaime Mazzi and Logan Cover, UC Adaptive Athletics Coach Jacob Counts and student-athlete Seth Miller. Photo/Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand.
Related Stories
UC IT student is set to graduate one year after completing high school
April 17, 2026
By taking College Credit Plus classes as a high schooler, Gage Sweet was able to complete most of his bachelor of science in information technology degree before graduating from West Clermont High School. Now, one year after receiving his high school diploma, Sweet is graduating with his BSIT from University of Cincinnati.
New UC Blue Ash business officer is a familiar face on campus
April 17, 2026
Lacey McCarthy will bring her skills, expertise and more than 20 years of experience in budget and financing to her new role as business officer for the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College.
Bringing deadly ‘Sweeney Todd’ to life
April 17, 2026
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” not only stars the titular “demon” barber, but is famously a monster of a show. It’s such a grand team lift across its dozens of cast members, special effects and a multistory set that most productions cut it down to a small-scale adaptation. But the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music is stepping up to the challenge of putting on a full-scale performance of the classic, gory tale. Debuting on Broadway in 1979, the show is almost 50 years old, with countless revivals and adaptations of the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd and his co-conspirator, pie shop owner Mrs. Lovett. CCM’s performance, with a double cast and three-story set, is just as huge and bloody as the original.