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Kennesaw State alumna to compete in international Deaflympics games in Tokyo
Tawnecia Rush ’24 has worn hearing aids since she was 9 years old. In conversation, she focuses intently on the people she’s speaking with, supplementing what she hears with expert lip reading.
Occasionally, she says “Pardon?” when she needs a speaker to repeat what they’ve said. On the basketball court, communication was always much more fluid.
Since she began playing with her father and brothers as a child at the Boys and Girls Club, Rush’s hearing impairment has never hindered her. A native of Lawrenceville, Georgia, she went on to play for the Black Knights of Central Gwinnett High School. Two decades later, her abilities have earned her a spot on the USA Deaf Women’s Basketball team, which will compete in the Deaflympics in Tokyo over two weeks in November.
