On Sunday, the Colorado Buffaloes women’s volleyball hosted the No. 21 University of Washington Huskies.
Before the game even started, there was a special energy in the air this homecoming weekend. Frankie Newhart, a developmentally challenged young man from Boulder, belted out “The Star Spangled Banner” in true Jimi Hendrix fashion with a left-handed electric guitar. Newhart performed the national anthem to open the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles in 2015. Finally, he got the opportunity to do it in his hometown. Soon after the Hendrix-styled anthem, the game was ready to begin, and that special energy did not disappear.