[2] While attending Jacobs High School, Orr joined the wrestling team with his twin brother and played non-competitive soccer and basketball.

[1] The following year, Orr competed against older athletes in the Men's Division of the Michigan Avenue Mile Wheelchair Race and finished third with a time of 5 minutes, 29.89 seconds.

[7] As a result, Orr also qualified for the United States Nation Team to compete at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, Korea.

He later credited the University of Illinois wheelchair basketball coach and head of recreation and athletics, Brad Hedrick, for helping him with his success.

[10][11] After graduating in 1990 with a degree in therapeutic recreation, Orr moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he started a wheelchair rugby program at Lakeshore Foundation.