Athlete of the Month: Joe Lingle

Athlete of the Month: Joe Lingle

Joe Lingle was born on February 25, 1992 in Philadelphia, PA. He’s completely deaf and has been playing ice hockey for 9 years. He played for his high school Varsity team, the North Penn Knights. In 2009, he played on Team USA in the World Deaf Ice Hockey and Curling Championships, bringing home a bronze medal. He received the Most Improved Player award 2 years straight from the American Hearing Impaired Ice Hockey Organization.

Joe is majoring in Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology, but plans to transfer into the Environmental Science program.

Joe spent his summer training with us at APC in the College Prep daily training program. We recently got an email from him that said:

“Guess that training this summer paid off. I made the Deaf Olympic team roster and will be going to Slovakia this coming February. I also made the RIT ACHA Division 1 team and am currently playing with them. Thanks for the help!”

Congratulations Joe from all of us at APC- Keep up the hard work!