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Champaign
Parkland College
Jennifer Ruddell has established herself as one of the top women's wheelchair basketball players in the world and she has experienced no shortage of team success along the way. She helped lead the U.S. to the gold medal at the 2007 Parapan American Games and was also part of the team that won gold at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. In 2008, Ruddell was co-captain of Team USA as they won the gold medal for the second consecutive Paralympic Games.
As a member of the University of Illinois Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, she competed in five consecutive national championship games (2002-2006) and won four titles (2002-2004, 2006). Ruddell played a key role in all five playoff runs and was named first team All-Tournament in four of those seasons. Off the court in Champaign, she earned her Ph.D. in sports management with an emphasis on disability sport.
Ruddell works full-time as an Assistant Professor of Sport Management of Online Education at Shorter College (Rome, Ga.). Prior to her move, Ruddell lived in Champaign, Ill., where she was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois' Recreation, Sport, and Tourism Department and a part-time faculty member at Parkland College in the area of kinesiology.
Ruddell and her husband, Ben, recently welcomed their first child, a son, Isaac.
Major Achievements:
PARIS — Three-time Paralympian Brian Bell sparked Team USA’s fire with consecutive baskets, both coming off nice Jake Williams assists early in the second quarter. The 35-year-old veteran drew a foul on the second, converted the free throw and propelle...
PARIS – Ixhelt Gonzalez converted an uncontested lay-up off a sweet backdoor pass from Becca Murray to give Team USA a 53-50 lead over Great Britain. It was a defining moment and a lead that the U.S. wouldn’t relinquish over the final two minutes in a ...
PARIS – The U.S. men’s wheelchair basketball team’s quest for an unprecedented three-peat started off with a bang.Fending off a Spanish team that boasts a threatening offense, the U.S. capitalized on a two-minute Spain scoring drought late in the fourt...
A gold medal in Paris would make the U.S. wheelchair basketball team the first to win three straight golds in the sport.
Nate Hinze will share new experiences in France, while his wife and three children have joined him overseas
