Garrison Beach (Number 6) is a quarterback for Snow College in Utah and was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 14 when he was in 8th grade.
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Adrianna Rigau was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 5. She currently attends Florida Gulf Coast University where she is a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority she also makes fun T1D related videos on the app tik tok to make light hearted jokes and educate people about T1D with her account @adriannarigau.
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Austin Coldsnow (left) was diagnosed at the age of 5 with type 1 diabetes and is currently a Division II soccer player for Malone University in Canton, Ohio and is also a Team Type 1 Global Ambassador.
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Guy Junkins is a senior Division III basketball player at Trinity University in Hartford, Connecticut. Guy is originally from Rye, New York and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 15. Guy is also running the Chicago Marathon in October 2021 as part of team JDRF.
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Sean Ryan was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 11. He currently is a junior men’s volleyball player at Ohio State University where he studies economics and is minoring in city and regional planning. Sean is originally from Countryside, Illinois and was one of 12 to play for the US youth national volleyball team when he was a junior in high school.
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Kirya Kingery is a Division 1 softball player for Morehead State University. She has been T1D for almost 6 years.
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Cyrine Farhat is a Type 1 Diabetic from Lebanon who is a global advocate for T1 International and runs her own online diabetes community called PositiveonGlucose as well as a support group for parents who have lost their babies named Babyloss Support Group LB.
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Brandon A. Denson is a former D1 college football player for Michigan State University who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during his senior year of high school. Brandon currently lives in San Diego, California and is the co-founder of Bolus Maximus with fellow T1Dlikeme contributor Matt Tarro.
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Jordan Williams is a UFC fighter that has been Type 1 diabetic since he was 19 years old.
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Dub Jellison is a junior at Purdue University who runs the sports themed podcast Dub Jellison Podcast which can be found in our “Interesting Stuff For T1D’s page.”
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Sofie Schunk is a former Division 1 women’s soccer player for Marquette University, A very talented and Avid runner and a Co- Founder of the Diabetes Sports Project which can be found in our “Interesting Stuff For T1D’s” Page.
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Moe Ederer is a rising sophomore at the University Of Delaware studying Biological Sciences education and Spanish and has been Type 1 Diabetic for three years.
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Zoey Dean was diagnosed with T1D 3 years ago during her freshman year of college. She is currently a senior at Western Carolina University where she is studying to be a health and physical education teacher.
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Jessi Baney is a 15 year old type 1 diabetic dancer who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2017.
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McKenna McKee is a 16 year old track cyclist from Portland Oregon. McKenna is currently on the ambassadors program with the hopes of becoming a professional track cyclist for Team Novo Nordisk which is an all-diabetic cycling team.
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Sam Tullman is a former division I college football player who currently lives in Seattle and runs meditation classes for people affected by diabetes. The links for the classes can be found in our “Interesting Stuff For T1D’s Page.”
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Leah Gibson is a 15 year old dancer and cheerleader who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes 11 years ago.
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Shannon O’ Brien is a special education teacher and a huge Carolina Hurricanes fan who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just 5 weeks old.
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Lauren Hinton is a Division I women’s soccer player for the University Of Virginia who was diagnosed at the age of 12.
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Sophie Folgheraiter was diagnosed at the age 13 with T1D. SInce then she has performed at Royal Albert Hall and her majesty’s theater in England.
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