Courtesy Tracey Quist(BOSTON) — A high school sophomore from Wyoming recently had a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience, all thanks to an essay he’d written about baseball legend Jackie Robinson.
Jesse Quist was recognized on Oct. 24 at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, as one of two winners in Major League Baseball’s 2018 “Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life” essay contest.
Quist, 15, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is a Korean adoptee with two parents and seven siblings. He was born missing most of both of his arms. He has no hands but uses what he calls “nubbins” — two fingers on his
