NORMAL, Ill. – Bill Asbury of Du Quoin has joined the Special Olympics Illinois Board of Directors and will serve on the Area Management Committee. Asbury has been a longtime supporter of Special Olympics Illinois (SOILL) and is a SOILL Southern/Area 15 key volunteer and coach. He coaches his daughter Brenna in various sports throughout the year including athletics (track & field), bocce, aquatics, snowshoeing and softball and is an assistant coach with the Southern Illinois Lightning Bolts. In 2010, Asbury established the Girls Winter Indoor Softball Tournament which has raised more than $310,000 for Special Olympics Illinois. Asbury also established the Beaver Rice Boys Baseball Winter Indoor Class in 2015 and raised more than $20,000 in its first year. Asbury was named Special Olympics Illinois Volunteer of the Year in 2012 and his family received the Family of the Year award in 2014. He serves on the SIU Campus Polar Plunge Planning Committee. The event has raised more than $150,000 for Southern/Area 15. He serves on the Southern/Area 15 Spring Games Planning Committee and is an event director overseeing set up and logistics.