Debbie Antonelli is still training to be the best free-throw shooter that she can be.
"I learned how to shoot as a Kay Yow camper, and I do have muscle memory and the ability to self-correct," Antonelli said while shooting free throws at NC State's practice facility.
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And for the last seven years, she's been shooting free throws at 93% all for her son, Frankie.
"And we all know as parents how important sport is," Antonelli said. "There's no reason why people with intellectual disabilities shouldn't have a place to play and the resources to do so."
Frankie Antonelli was born with Down's Syndrome and has competed in the Special Olympics.
"(Special Olympics) gives kids and young adults a chance to compete and play and all the things that you learn," Antonelli said.
Every Mother's Day weekend since 2019, Antonelli puts on her "24-Hour Nothing But Net" fundraiser where she shoots 100 free throws every hour on the hour for 24 hours. Something she trains all year for even while calling basketball games on the road for ESPN.
"It requires a lot of work to get ready, so I might be in a hotel room across the college basketball landscape, watching film, doing squats today," she said.
Antonelli has helped to raise over $1.4 million. She says the real win is in the support system that Special Olympics and other programs with intellectual disabilities.
"I've seen them make good healthy choices because of it," she said. "I've seen them commit and show discipline in their training. I've seen them have a goal and reach their goal and be excited about it, and then when it comes to the pure joy of competing, they just love the competition of it."
Frankie is a success story. He lives on his own in Clemson, working two jobs, and he's a graduate of Clemson thanks to their LIFE program. Antonelli wants that for others.
"We all have a platform, and it's how you go about using it," Antonelli said. "I'm just fortunate that, you know, I had great mentors, including Kay Yow, who taught me to be a really strong servant leader."
And don't think she's going to stop shooting anytime soon.
"If you know what I say on the air, I say, shoot until your arm falls off. Well, I am literally doing that. I am shooting until my arm falls off."