He is still one of the most recognized and celebrated people in greater Rochester - Jason McElwain, better known as J-Mac.

He was "hot as a pistol" that day on the court back in 2006 when he came off the bench in the final minutes to score 20 points. That video of J-Mac, who is autistic, went viral, drew national attention, honors, a book deal and future movie. Now, J-Mac finds himself behind the camera.

"This morning I was at Brockport College and this past weekend I was at the U of R doing field hockey," said McElwain.

He is putting in more miles now than he did running 16 marathons. You’ll find him at high school and college campuses all over our region. He was recently at his alma mater, Greece Athena, for his latest gig, the JMAC Show, where he interviews high school and college athletes and coaches. He sure is passionate about it.

"Now I can teach kids how to deal with the media and ask them questions and how to speak out. Then I went to the college level, which I am just fascinated about the support that I have gotten from all those schools," said J-Mac. "I just want to shine a light on others that I didn’t get until I was thrown into it back in 2006. It's been a year since I started and it’s been a blessing."

The JMAC Show airs on Facebook, Instagram and X, formerly Twitter. The show has given J-Mac the positive focus he needs after he nearly died in a bike crash a year ago.

"It really hit me with the lights to not take anything more for granted and what can I do with less stress and less pressure," said J-Mac. "That’s the bottom line is I’m going to do everything 1000%."

J-Mac is hoping you make room for prayer and give the JMAC Show a follow and, of course, continue to cheer on student-athletes in your hometown.

He is also a motivational speaker and a school bus attendant for the Greece Central School District. He says the movie about his 2006 game is still in the works.