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He has not stopped moving. Now a
17-year-old junior at Andover High
Ellman is
School in Bloomfield
a member of the National Honor
Society with a 3.89 grade point aver-
age. He is a whiz at wheelchair basket-
ball, writes for the school newspaper
and hosts a two-hour show each week
on the Andover radio station.
He was named in March to the
Academic All-American wheelchair
basketball team, works as an intern
screening phone calls for Mitch
Albom's radio show on WJR, and is
the youngest member on the board of
the March of Dimes.
Ellman has become a much-in-
demand co-host and presenter for
local functions, including the charity
preview for the North American
International Auto Show and the
March of Dimes National Athletic
Awards. He co-hosted the March of
Dimes event for three years with
national sports announcer Greg
Gumbel.
"I first met Dan at a March of
Dimes athletic awards dinner a couple
of years ago," says Mitch Albom. "I
knew then that he was special. Now,
as an intern for our Monday night
radio show on WJR, he's proving just
how bright he is. It's a pleasure work-
ing with Dan, but more importantly
it's a pleasure knowing him," says
Albom.
"We are sure he will be famous one
day," says 16-year-old school buddy
Madlyn Moskowitz of Bloomfield
Hills. Adds Ellman, "I just feel com-
fortable in front of the crowd." He
plans to study sports broadcasting
next year at college.
Two years ago, Daniel began play-
ing organized basketball for the
Sterling Heights Challengers, a co-ed
wheelchair team for school-aged play-
ers from throughout the metropolitan
area. The league is broken into two
divisions: rims 10 feet from the floor
and at 8.5 feet.
Ellman, who plays guard on the
10-foot team, says the game "is fast-
paced up and down the court. You are
allowed to turn your wheel two times
and dribble once before shooting.
There is more contact due to the
wheelchairs, and it is not uncommon
for the chairs to go crashing and fly-
ing."
Coach Diane Winterstein adds, "To
play defense against Daniel is deceiv-
ing. His abilities can give anyone a
run for their money." Winterstein is
special recreation coordinator in
Sterling Heights.

She says Ellman watches every part
of the game from the sidelines, "so he
knows exactly what buttons to push
when we bring him off the bench. He
is a strong part of the unit and a tena-
cious team player."
Ellman practices two times a week
in Sterling Heights, plays three to four
games a month, and in three regional
games a year in Arkansas, New Jersey
and Chicago. His mother Carol, a
para-professional at Way Elementary
in Bloomfield Hills, and father
Howard, an architectural designer in
Birmingham, drive or travel with him.
At the end of March, Ellman and
his team won their regional tourna-
ments and qualified for the eighth
national junior tournament at the
University of California-Berkeley.
The team finished fourth national-
ly, and Ellman earned the Scholar
Athlete Award and Academic All-
American recognition.
To heighten awareness of their
sport, Ellman and the Challengers
recently brought extra wheelchairs
and rim extenders and played
against the Fraser and Andover boys'
varsity teams, and the staff of
Berkley High School. They set up
Yost Field House at the University
of Michigan to play before a college
audience. "We charge admission and
sell candy and the proceeds benefit
the team," Ellman says. "We give
them 30 points to start, and we still
beat them every time."
A relentless supporter of the
March of Dimes, in April Ellman
hosted a 25-hour marathon on the
Andover radio station, earning $100
per hour for the March of Dimes.
And, as he has done for years, he par-
ticipated in the Walk America with
his best friend, Michael Stulberg, 17,
who came from Columbus, Ohio, to
walk the eight miles alongside
Ellman's wheelchair.
"He's hard-working and has had
more obstacles to overcome but has
never given up," says Stulberg, who
has known Daniel since fifth grade.
"He was discouraged from playing
basketball in middle school, but
played anyway. He's just that kind of
guy."
There is an assurance about Ellman
that is solid. When asked about a girl-
friend, he candidly replies, "I don't
want to hurt anyone, so I don't pick
just one:"
On the court and off, he is prov-
ing to be thorough in everything he
does. O