Rose Marie Hollermann (born December 25, 1995) is an American 3.5 point wheelchair basketball player and member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team. She who won gold at the 2011, and 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, the 2011, 2015 and 2023 Parapan American Games, and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also won bronze at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.
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| Full name | Rose Marie Hollermann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 25, 1995 Mankato, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas at Arlington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Christina Schwab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editRose Hollermann was born in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 25, 1995, the daughter of John and Michelle Hollermann. She had three brothers: Shane, Ethan, and Seth.[1]
On August 10, 2001, Rose, her mother and three brothers were in a motor vehicle accident outside their home in Elysian, Minnesota. Her two older brothers Ethan and Shane were killed.[2] She had bruising to her spinal cord around the T11 and T12 thoracic vertebrae, leaving her partly paralyzed from the waist down.[3] She can stand, and walk a little, but spends much of her time in a wheelchair.[4]
After the accident, she was sent to the Courage Center in Minnesota, where swimming was part of her therapy. Soon she was swimming competitively.[3] She also took to sled hockey, archery, tennis, cross-country skiing,[2] and track and field sports, including discus, shot put, and distance races while at Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School.[4] Then she discovered wheelchair basketball, playing with the Courage Center Rolling Timberwolves. In this sport, in which she is classified a 3.5 point player,[5] she was a National Junior champion in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She won a gold medal in 2010 at the U20 World Championship, and then another at the 2011 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in St. Catharines, Canada.[3]
Career
editIn 2011, Hollermann became the youngest person to ever make the national team, and won a gold medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The following year she made her Paralympic debut at the 2012 London Paralympics. In 2014 the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) awarded her a full athletic scholarship to play on its new Lady Movin' Mavs wheelchair basketball team.[2] She won gold again at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada.[2] The Lady Movin' Mavs won their first national title in 2016, defeating the top-seeded University of Illinois team 65–51 in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association intercollegiate tournament in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Hollermann, who contributed 35 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, was named the 2015–16 NWBA Collegiate Player of the Year.[6] In 2016, still the youngest player on the USA team, she won gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[3]
Hollermann continued to play with the Movin' Mavs. On March 17, 2018, they capped off an undefeated season by beating their arch-rivals, the University of Alabama 65–55 to win the national championship.[7] In 2018, she was one of three UTA students selected for the national team at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg, Germany,[8] where Team USA came sixth.[9]
On March 16, 2019, the Movin' Mavs once again faced the University of Alabama in the national championship final, but this time fell short, losing 82–76 in extra time.[10] In May 2019 she won a gold medal with the U25 Women's side at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.[11][12] Team USA defeated Australia in the final 62–25. She was selected as one of the All-Star Five, along with her Movin' Mav teammates Abby Dunkin and Annabelle Lindsay.[13][14]
She represented the United States at the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and won a bronze medal.[15]
In November 2023 she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games in the wheelchair basketball tournament and won a gold medal.[16] As a result, the team earned an automatic bid to the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[17] On March 30, 2024, she was named to Team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Rose Hollerman". Team USA. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Rose Hollermann – 2016 US Paralympian, Wheelchair Basketball". The U.S. Olympians & Paralympians Assoc. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Jones, Jayla (November 1, 2017). "Senior's leadership drives success on, off court". The Shorthorn. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ a b Olson, Dan (January 12, 2012). "Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Rose Hollermann, wheelchair basketball star". MPR News. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "United States". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "UTA's Lady Movin' Mavs win first national title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ Mody, Abhijit (March 17, 2018). "Lady Movin' Mavs claim national title". The Shorthorn. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Lady Movin' Mavs chosen for women's national teams, prepare for world competition". UTA News Center. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Canada beats USA and secures fifth place - news". ZaDonk! Rollstuhlbasketball Weltmeisterschaft 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ Coyle, Robert (March 16, 2019). "Lady Movin' Mavs lose national championship final in overtime thriller". The Shorthorn. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ "USA crowned 2019 Women's U25 World Champions". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ "USA's Dunkin aims high at 2019 Women's U25 World Championship". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Lady Movin' Mavs players help USA win world championship". UTA News Center. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ "Women's Team – Movin Mavs". The University of Texas at Arlington. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ^ Goldberg, Steve (June 9, 2023). "U.S. Squads Enter Postponed Wheelchair Basketball Worlds With Medal Hopes". teamusa.org. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Parapan American Games Roster Selected for 2023 USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". nwba.org. July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ "Ticket Punched: We're Going to Paris! Team USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Defeats Rival Canada, 62-56, to Secure Gold at the 2023 Santiago Parapan American Games". nwba.org. November 24, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
- ^ "Paralympics Games Roster Selected for 2024 U.S.A Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team". nwba.org. March 30, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
External links
edit- Rose Hollermann at the International Paralympic Committee
- Rose Hollermann at Team USA (archived)
