Greatest sporting achievement: Paralympic Silver Athens 2004 and Paralympic Bronze 2008
Greatest achievement off the field: Recreation, Sport and Tourism degree at University of Illinois on a wheelchair basketball scholarship
Who is your sporting heroine? Liesl Tesch, 5x Paralympian in wheelchair basketball going to London 2012 as a Australian Paralympic Sailor
How many hours per week to you train/exercise? 30hrs
What do you love about your sport? The International wheelchair basketball community. All over the world people are welcoming new people into the sport from all different backgrounds. I have played with and against some of the greatest people in the world and then had them to my house for Christmas and been to their houses for Thanksgiving dinner. I think the community is so tight-knit because the community is small compared to a lot of sports.
If you could change something about your sport, what would it be? The media exposure we get. I think that if more people had access to wheelchair basketball it would be a lot more popular but as it stands there is not enough exposure for us.
What motivates you? Paralympic Gold. I want to make my family and my friends proud.
Do you have a profession outside of your sport? I am a full-time athlete studying to become a primary school teacher
Three words that describe you: Competitive, Loyal, Generous
If I wanted to play your sport, what advice would you give me? Its not as hard as if first seems!! Keep at it
