Background
Peter Frates was born in Beverly, Massachusetts on December 28, 1984.
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He attended Saint John"s Preparatory School, graduating in 2003. Frates attended Boston College, graduating in 2007.
Career
He is credited as the creator of the Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one"s head to promote awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis that went viral on social media during the summer of 2014. He is the second of three children of John and Nancy Frates. College and baseball career
While at Boston college, he played baseball and majored in communications.
He became the captain in 2007.
He also played baseball during the summer in Maryland, Connecticut and Hawaii. After college, he went to Hamburg, Germany to play baseball in the German Baseball League while coaching German youth.
As of 2014, Frates is back at Boston College as the Director of Baseball Operations. Diagnosis with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Ice Bucket Challenge
Frates was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on March 13, 2012.
Since then he has lost most motor functions and the ability to speak.
Upon diagnosis, he immediately began advocacy and fundraising work for the disease. Both Frates and Quinn have been credited as the creators of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Achievements
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Inducted into the Saint John"s Preparatory School hall of fame on November 20, 2012. Awarded the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award in 2012 for his fundraising and advocacy work in increasing awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis . Frates" Boston College and sporting connections became an initial focus of the Ice Bucket Challenge and strengthened its focus on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis . Listed as number one on Eventcombo"s Top 50 Coolest People of 2014 Named one of Nature"s 10 "people who mattered" of 2014 on December 18, 2014, along with Maryam Mirzakhani, Radhika Nagpal, and others
Membership
On April 13th, 2015 Frates signed a special lifetime contract with the Boston Red Sox, making him an official member of the organization for life.
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Awards
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Inducted into the St. John's Preparatory School hall of fame on November 20, 2012. Awarded the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award in 2012 for his fundraising and advocacy work in increasing awareness of ALS. Frates' Boston College and sporting connections became an initial focus of the Ice Bucket Challenge and strengthened its focus on ALS. Listed as number one on Eventcombo's Top 50 Coolest People of 2014 Named one of Nature's 10 "people who mattered" of 2014 on December 18, 2014, along with Maryam Mirzakhani, Radhika Nagpal, and others.Inducted into the St. John's Preparatory School hall of fame on November 20, 2012. Awarded the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award in 2012 for his fundraising and advocacy work in increasing awareness of ALS. Frates' Boston College and sporting connections became an initial focus of the Ice Bucket Challenge and strengthened its focus on ALS. Listed as number one on Eventcombo's Top 50 Coolest People of 2014 Named one of Nature's 10 "people who mattered" of 2014 on December 18, 2014, along with Maryam Mirzakhani, Radhika Nagpal, and others.