Now a story about a designated free throw shooter in a competitive basketball game may have some faithful followers of "60 Seconds on Officiating" cringing a bit, but the INSPIRATION 60 link of our site is guided by a different calling, and shares lessons about life that won't be found in any rulebook...

With that in mind, take a moment to read the story of a night in the life of high school senior Matt Steven who was born with two permanently detatched retinas and had both eyes removed as a young boy, but nevertheless found himself standing at the foul line in a regulation CYO high school game...

There were ten seconds left, his team trailing by one, and Matt took the ball....For the first time in his life, Matt got to be treated like a normal kid...

The opposing team's fans were no longer cheering for Matt to make his free throws... 

Matt smiled and took his first free throw...

In that moment, Matt was just one of the guys...   

To read Matt Steven's inspiring story, CLICK HERE