Growing up in the Bond County, Illinois and Osceola County, Florida regions, Scott 's reputation as a premier athlete was established at an early age. A sensation as a baseball pitcher, he grew to 6'5" in high school and earned letters as a star football, basketball and baseball player. By developing his talents as a fabricator, heavy equipment operator, master welder and foreman, he became a superintendent on numerous multimillion-dollar construction projects.  In 1991, at the age of 27, he suffered a life-altering spinal injury.  Since then, as a resourceful, ambitious, independent C-5/6 quadriplegic who has counseled medical professionals, others with spinal injuries and their families, he has transformed his experiences and dreams into numerous inventions aimed at helping create important new mobility options for wheelchair-bound individuals.  Scott remains an avid sports fan, and is also an expert on adaptive mobility systems.