UNH senior and Northeast Passage participant Laurie Stephens, three-time medal winner at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, has been nominated for an ESPY/acronym> Espy Award. Between now and July 9, voting is open at the ESPN Web site. Go to: http://espn.go.com/espy2006/index.html?source=nav
When the Web site loads, select “vote now,” scroll down to “Best female athlete with a disability,” then click on Laurie Stephens to submit your vote. In addition to Stephens’s Paralympics victories, she won four gold medals at the 2006 South Korea World Cup and holds two records for US disabled swimming.