Harold Dennis, originally from Radcliff, KY, is a motivational speaker and one of the survivors of our nation’s deadliest drinking and driving related crashes – the Carrollton Bus Crash in Carrollton KY, May 14, 1988 – which killed 27 people. Harold was 14 years old when the crash occurred. Harold graduated from North Hardin High School in 1992, where he was All-State in soccer and track. He was recruited to play soccer at the University of Louisville where he stayed for one year, before transferring to the University of Kentucky. It was there that Harold received a full athletic scholarship (1994-1996) as a wide receiver on the University of Kentucky football team and earned his B.A. in Kinesiology.

As a result of both Harold’s personal and athletic success, he has been rewarded several national awards in college sports such as the Arete Award (broadcast nationally on ESPN and presented to him by Ahmad Rashad and Evander Holyfield), the Gene Autrey Award for Courage in Sports, and the Johnny Unitas Courage Award in Sports. Harold was selected to run the Olympic Torch for the 1996 Olympics and has been featured on television shows such as The Montel Williams Show, Sally Jesse Raphael, SportsCenter, and CBS This Morning. His story has been covered in a number of major publications, including People Magazine and Sports Illustrated.

Harold is a producer on the feature-length documentary IMPACT: After the Crash, and the subject of an upcoming feature film in pre-production that will be based on his true story. He has spoken at events for a variety of major companies and foundations; including Humana, Prime For Life, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), as well as to a number of high school, collegiate and professional sports organizations.