• Meet Team USA

  • Eagles Eye Another Title In 2022

    One of the sport’s most successful teams, the USA Eagles have finished on the podium at every World Wheelchair Rugby Championships and/or Paralympic Games to date.

    Keep an eye on Team USA stars Chuck Aoki (3.0) and Josh Wheeler (2.5) who form one of the sport’s top duos and who will be key leaders for their former teammate and new coach Joe Delagrave.

    This year’s American squad has quite a bit of a different look with more than half the team set to make their Canada Cup debuts. Among the American rookies are two female athletes in Sarah Adam (3.0) and Liz Dunn (0.5) who both played significant roles in the Eagles gold medal victory at the 2021 Americas Championship in March!

    Team Highlights

    1st – 2021 Americas Championship – Medellin, Colombia
    2nd – 2020 Paralympics – Tokyo, Japan
    1st – 2019 Parapan Am Games – Lima, Peru
    3rd – 2018 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Sydney, Australia
    2nd – 2016 Paralympic Games – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    3rd – 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Odense, Demark
    3rd – 2012 Paralympic Games – London, Great Britain
    1st – 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Richmond, Canada

Roster

  • Joe Jackson

    Age:
    32
    Class:
    1.0
    Hometown:
    Maricopa, Arizona
    On National Team Since:
    2017
    Club Team:
    Phoenix Heat

  • Lee Fredette

    Age:
    38
    Class:
    1.0
    Hometown:
    East Moriches, New York
    On National Team Since:
    2016
    Club Team:
    University of Arizona Wildcats

  • Josh O’Neil

    Age:
    33
    Class:
    1.5
    Hometown:
    Lakewood, Colorado
    On National Team Since:
    2021
    Club Team:
    Denver Harlequins

  • Eric Newby

    Age:
    33
    Class:
    2.0
    Hometown:
    Nashville, Illinois
    On National Team Since:
    2013
    Club Team:
    Denver Harlequins
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    Chuck Aoki

    Age:
    31
    Class:
    3.0
    Hometown:
    Minneapolis
    On National Team Since:
    2009
    Club Team:
    Denver Harlequins

  • Kory Puderbaugh

    Age:
    25
    Class:
    3.0
    Hometown:
    Tuscon, Arizona
    On National Team Since:
    2016
    Club Team:
    University of Arizona Wildcats

Staff and Support

  • Joe Delagrave

    Head Coach

  • Jim Murdock

    Medical

  • Michael Klonowski

    Assistant Coach

  • Chuck French

    Equipment

  • Megan Smith

    Sport Psychologist

  • Melinda Earnest

    Medical

  • Jenn Allred

    Team Manager

  • Meaghan Rowe

    Support

  • Brian Nicholson

    Support

Relevant Statistics

  • 6

    Canada Cup Titles (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018)

  • 3

    Paralympic Gold Medals (1996, 2000, 2008)

  • 6

    Returning Paralympians from Tokyo 2020

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