UCO to Host 26th Annual Endeavor Games, June 5–8

June 4, 2025

An individual participating in the 2024 UCO Endeavor Games.

The University of Central Oklahoma will host the 26th annual UCO Endeavor Games, an opportunity for athletes with physical disabilities to compete in various sporting events, June 5-8, on Central’s campus and throughout the Edmond, Oklahoma, community. 

The UCO Endeavor Games is the nation’s largest multi-sport, multi-disability event. The 2025 games include 11 sports—air rifle, archery, cycling, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field, table tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair softball and, for the first time since 2009, boccia.

“We are thrilled to welcome athletes and their families from across the nation for this great event,” said Leigha Pemberton, assistant director of partnerships and events at UCO.

“We look forward to celebrating 26 years of community, sportsmanship and competition at UCO.”

The games open Thursday, June 5, with a day of sports clinics and camps for aspiring athletes. The competition kicks off Friday, June 6, with powerlifting, archery, cycling and wheelchair basketball in the morning, air rifle shooting throughout the day and an evening of swimming at the Edmond Mitch Park YMCA.

Saturday’s events feature track and field at Edmond North High School, followed by boccia and sitting volleyball at the UCO Wellness Center and an athlete celebration at the UCO Nigh University Center. The games conclude Sunday, June 8, with wheelchair softball at the Hamilton Field House parking lot and indoor archery and table tennis at the UCO Wellness Center on Central’s campus.

Competitions will be at seven sites across UCO and Edmond. All events are free and open to the public. 

UCO is an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site and host training site for the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Sitting Volleyball teams.

For a complete schedule of events and information on athlete and volunteer registration, visit www.endeavorgames.org/edmond/.

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Cutline: The University of Central Oklahoma will host the 26th annual UCO Endeavor Games, an opportunity for athletes with physical disabilities to compete in various sporting events, June 5-8, on Central’s campus and throughout the Edmond, Oklahoma, community. 

Devan Wielgos

Devan Wielgos

Communications and Marketing Coordinator, UCO University Communications

 

 

 

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The University of Central Oklahoma is a campus community in motion—leading, innovating and creating transformative learning opportunities that foster success for our students. As Oklahoma’s largest metropolitan university, we provide high-quality, nationally recognized programs that are always evolving and adapting to the needs of our students and the community. This commitment is rooted in our founding in 1890 as the state’s teacher’s college, training those who would educate the next generation of leaders and innovators. We remain dedicated to offering an accessible, affordable education, earning national accolades for social mobility, veterans’ outreach and first-generation student programs.

Guided by the motto “ubi motus est” – which translates to “where movement is” – the university continues to evolve and grow, offering 119 undergraduate and 81 graduate programs to our more than 12,000 students from our main campus in Edmond, Oklahoma, and facilities throughout the Oklahoma City metro. Our colors were the first adopted of any university in the state, and our Bronze and Blue symbolize our greatest strengths—the illumination of new ideas and the endless expanse of a clear sky above. At UCO, anything is possible.

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