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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