Payton McNabb, a former high school volleyball player, joined President Donald Trump for his speech at Congress on Tuesday evening.
McNabb was 17 years old when a ball pointed out with a trans opponent with force struck her in the face, threw her on the ground and left her unconscious while she was playing a volleyball match in September 2022.
She has since campaigned to prevent trans athletes who participate in female sports, which won her two presidential honors.
McNabb was one of the many female athletes gathered inside the White House last month to see President Trump sign the decree “No Men in Women’s Sports” at the White House last month.
She was a guest of the commander -in -chief during her speech at the Congress and was held with delighted applause of the Republicans when he mentioned her name.
Here, Dailymail.com brings you everything you need to know about the 19 -year -old activist.
Payton McNabb, a former high school volleyball player, was left with brain lesions after being struck in the face by a peak of a transgender opponent in 2022
President Donald Trump invited McNabb to his spouse in Congress on Tuesday evening
Who is Payton McNabb?
Payton McNabb of County Cherkee, North Carolina, was a junior in Hiwassee Dam High School when a volleyball match changed his life.
During a confrontation in high school, the 17 -year -old was struck in the face by a bullet traveling to 70 mph.
The tip came from a 5 -footer -11 -inch player on the Lycée des Highlands opposing and its power sent McNabb to the ground.
McNabb was struck unconscious for 30 seconds on the ground, the vertical locked arms in a “fence” position – an involuntary posture which is often a sign of concussion or a brain damage.
The trans opponent and some of his teammates have categorized pleasure, previously said McNabb in Dailymail.com.
It was his last day playing volleyball.
The image shows the moment when Payton was struck and remained unconscious during the volleyball match
What happened to Payton McNabb?
Doctors have diagnosed McNabb with a traumatic cerebral lesion, a concussion, a paralysis on its right side, its cervical boost and its vision problems.
The physical damage ended his dreams of obtaining a volleyball scholarship and made walking difficult without falling.
McNabb says that she continues to fight to move the right side of her body – the lover to lose her balance regularly and suffer from falls.
But physical effects are not the only lasting damage that McNabb had to endure.
Now a communication student at Western Carolina University, her mental acuity is also damaged.
She said that her academic performance had been injured and that she now needs school accommodation for tests. “She said that she was unable to” learn, keep, understand “as before.
And she fought with a very worse vision, anxiety and depression while she is fighting to recover from her injuries.
Doctors diagnosed him with a traumatic brain lesion, a concussion and a paralysis on his right side
McNabb, joined by Riley Gaines (R), testified to the General Assembly of Caroline du Nord in 2023
Why was she invited to the White House?
Having known in the first hand the dangerous advantage of physical imbalance that biological men have, McNabb has since devoted itself to denouncing the trans athletes that participate in female sport.
Now ambassador of the independent women forum, McNabb alongside his compatriot Ambassador Riley Gaines was a frank voice in the cause.
In April 2023, Payton decided to testify to the General Assembly of North Carolina in favor of equity in the Women’s Sports bill, sharing its history publicly for the first time.
“I may be the first to come before you with an injury, but if it does not pass, I will not be the last,” she said at the time, calling a bill preventing men born to participate in women’s sports competitions.
Shortly after, North Carolina prohibited Trans athletes from participating in female sports at college, high and college levels.
