Sam Corprew was named SOVA’s Athlete of the Month for April 2004. The Virginia Beach athlete has been involved with Special Olympics Virginia for over 20 years, during which he has experimented with almost every sport offered. Although almost everyone in the SOVA community knows that he excels in soccer, basketball, and track and field, he has also trained in swimming, ice skating, bowling, and volleyball.

Sam is the consummate athlete. His fellow athletes take many cues from Sam including attitude, commitment, style and skills While at practice, Sam has taken on the responsibility of leading warm-ups. He does exercises that suit the needs of our highest functioning athletes as well as our lower-functioning ones. When there is a half court basketball coach absent, he comes to practice early to take over those coaching tasks. He has also been part of an athlete panel that was held by SOVA to discuss unified sports in Area 2.