Will you accept this Gold Medal?

Over the weekend the Special Olympics Hudson Valley chapter hosted the Hudson Valley Region – Regional Unified Basketball Competition on the grounds of SUNY New Paltz.

Special Olympic athletes took to the court to play some ball and they had some help from one reality show contestant.

Olumide Onajide was vying for the heart of Michelle Young on Season 25 of The Bachelorette on ABC. Sadly, Onajide didn't win Michelle's heart, which went to Nayte Olukoya (which didn't end well).

While he may not have ended up with Michelle, Olumide did end up winning in the Hudson Valley. The Bachelorette alum was spotted balling out with his friends on Team Anderson at the basketball competition.

He wrote:

Yesterday I got invited to volunteer at the HV Special Olympics unified tournament.

Our team “Anderson Blue Knights” won gold

Positive environment with talented individuals

Onajide is a former D-1 basketball player for Rutgers University in New Jersey.

You can learn more about the Hudson Valley chapter of The Special Olympics at specialolympics-ny.org. 

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