Danielle Krause, Devan Muller, Noa Ornellas, Jennifer Walters, and Stephan Zepeda-LeColst are five children with life-threatening medical conditions whose unique sports-related wishes granted by ESPN and the Make-A-Wish Foundation will be chronicled in the ESPN SportsCenter "My Wish" series – returning after its successful debut in 2006. Their experiences will be the subject of SportsCenter feature segments airing June 24-28.

The series will feature five prominent athletes – Jimmie Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Michelle Kwan, David Ortiz and Drew Brees.

“My Wish” will again be hosted by Emmy Award-winning reporter Chris Connelly and sponsored by The Walt Disney Company. With more than 6,000 granted each year, Disney-themed wishes continue to be the most popular requests by wish kids with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Each story and experience, taped and produced by SportsCenter's award-winning Features Unit, will be the subject of a lengthy segment, generally debuting on the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM EACH WISH (listed alphabetically by child’s name)

Danielle Krause – Ice Skating Lesson With Michelle Kwan

• Age – 10; Hometown – Chicago; Condition – medulloblastoma (brain tumor)
• Wish: Ice skating lessons with Kwan
• Joined Kwan on the ice for a lesson
• Kwan gave Danielle a personal tour of the displays of memorabilia from Kwan’s career

Devan Muller – Drew Brees’ Minicamp Guest

• Age – 5; Hometown – Mandeville, La.; Condition – heart defect
• Wish: To meet Drew Brees
• Joined the Saints quarterback for a day at minicamp
• Spent time in the Saints locker room where he met Brees’ teammates

Noa Ornellas – At Home With Dwyane Wade

• Age – 10; Hometown – Honolulu; Condition – liver transplant recipient
• Wish: To meet Dwyane Wade
• Noa and Wade ate lunch together
• Time at Wade's house, including playing a version of H-O-R-S-E titled H-E-A-T with Wade only using his right hand

Jennifer Walters – Jimmie Johnson's NASCAR Experience

• Age – 16; Hometown – Colesburg, Iowa; Condition – lymphoma
• Wish: To meet Jimmie Johnson
• Spent a weekend at Darlington Raceway with her favorite driver
• Took a 100-mph lap in a car with Johnson at the wheel

Stephan Zepeda-LeColst – David Ortiz's Fenway Park Guest

• Age – 12; Hometown – Middleton, Mass.; Condition – neurofibromatosis, type 2
• Wish: To meet David Ortiz
• Stephan, who had his own locker in the Red Sox clubhouse, met Ortiz for a personal tour of Fenway’s ‘Green Monster’

“My Wish” first aired in 2006 (July 9-23). The critically acclaimed series won a Gold Medal at the 2007 New York Festival Awards for Outstanding Sports Special. It offered an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the wish-granting experience with athletes such as Yankees captain Derek Jeter, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi. (click here to view some episodes from the 2006 series)

This year’s segments, much like in 2006, will be produced by SportsCenter’s award-winning Features Unit, which has been recognized with five Emmy Awards and five Edward R. Murrow Awards in its five years of existence. The series reflects SportsCenter’s ongoing desire to meet and interact with its fans. In September 2004, the ESPN signature sports news program originated live for one week from Camp Arifjan Army base in Kuwait. In 2005, in its most ambitious initiative to date, SportsCenter took to the road, reporting segments from a combination of mainstream and unique sports events in all U.S. 50 states in 50 days.

About the Make-A-Wish Foundation

The Make-A-Wish Foundation® grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Born in 1980 when a group of caring individuals helped a young boy fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, the Foundation is now the largest wish-granting charity in the world, with 69 chapters in the U.S. and its territories. With the help of generous donors and nearly 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants more than 12,600 wishes a year and has granted more than 150,000 wishes in the U.S. since inception. For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit www.wish.org and discover how you can share the power of a wish®.

About Disney’s Outreach

Disney brightens the lives of children in need around the world through global outreach programs, local community initiatives and the Disney VoluntEARS program. Last year, Disney donated more than $170 million in cash and in-kind support to various charities around the world. Disney VoluntEARS contributed more than 485,000 hours of service and the company drew upon its unique magic to make wishes come true for children and families. The Disney VoluntEARS program provides opportunities for Disney employees to contribute their time and expertise towards making a positive impact in the communities they serve while furthering the traditions and ideals of The Walt Disney Company. For more information on Disney’s outreach efforts, please visit www.disneyhand.com.