Noelle Lambert, who lost her leg in a moped accident on Martha’s Vineyard, spoke to Island students on Wednesday about her long journey from a near-death accident to Paralympian athlete.

Noelle Lambert, who lost her leg in a moped crash on the Vineyard in 2016, will head to the Paris Paralympics next month to compete in the 100-meter dash and long jump.

The junior attacker from Londonderry, N.H., scored in her first game since the day she lost her leg in a moped accident on Martha’s Vineyard.

Reversals of fortune. Institutional turmoil. Environmental stress. This could be a pencil sketch of 2017 in America — and a way to envision the year on Martha’s Vineyard as well.

Noelle Lambert returned to the Vineyard to thank first responders who stabilized her after a moped accident in which she lost her leg.