A group of 26 athletes will be attending the 2017 National Team Selection Camp in Birmingham, Alabama, this week (4-8 January) trying out for spots on the 2017 US wheelchair rugby team.

After winning silver at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, the Committee will nominate up to 16 athletes that will train and compete leading up to this summer’s 2017 Americas Championship. The zonal competition will be the only opportunity for the top two finishers to earn an automatic qualification to the 2018 World Championships which will be held in Sydney, Australia.

The players taking part in the camp are as follows

• James Adams

• Chuck Aoki

• Clayton Brackett

• Josh Brewer

• CJ Brown

• Jeff Butler

• Ernie Chun

• Chad Cohn

• Kevin Crombie

• Jake Daily

• Joe Delagrave

• Rob Deller

• Ryan Engelby

• Lee Fredette

• Joe Jackson

• Talbot Kennedy

• Chuck Melton

• Josh O’Neil

• Alejandro Pabon

• Daniel Pitaluga

• James Sa

• Mike Schacherbauer

• Nick Springer

• Mason Symons

• Tim Vixay

• Josh Wheeler