Jence Ann Rhoads (born 31 December 1988) is an American professional handball player, a member of the United States women's national handball team and former professional basketball player .
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Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania | December 31, 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Center Back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editRhoads mother, Melinda Rhoads, played for the United States national handball team for 10 years[1] and was a member of the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Handball Team. Her father, Robert Rhoads, is a former professional basketball player who played college basketball at Wake Forest University.[2]
Basketball
editCollege
editRhoads played for Vanderbilt from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, she garnered first-team All-SEC honors and second-team all-conference honors by the Associated Press.[3] She was the only player in the school's history to have at least 1100 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds.[4]
Vanderbilt statistics
editSource[5]
YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
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2007–08 | Vanderbilt | 34 | 38.8% | 23.1% | 62.2% | 2.82 | 3.35 | 0.03 | 0.85 | 3.82 |
2008–09 | Vanderbilt | 35 | 49.7% | 25.0% | 83.9% | 2.31 | 3.77 | 0.34 | 1.20 | 6.31 |
2009–10 | Vanderbilt | 32 | 47.1% | 47.4% | 72.7% | 3.34 | 5.03 | 0.31 | 1.44 | 13.78 |
2010–11 | Vanderbilt | 29 | 45.0% | 20.0% | 61.2% | 4.93 | 4.83 | 0.45 | 1.03 | 11.72 |
Career | 130 | 45.8% | 32.6% | 69.7% | 3.28 | 4.21 | 0.28 | 1.13 | 8.71 |
YEAR | Team | GP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | REB | A | BK | ST | PTS |
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2007–08 | Vanderbilt | 34 | 52 | 134 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 96 | 114 | 1 | 29 | 130 |
2008–09 | Vanderbilt | 35 | 84 | 169 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 62 | 81 | 132 | 12 | 42 | 221 |
2009–10 | Vanderbilt | 32 | 188 | 399 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 77 | 107 | 161 | 10 | 46 | 441 |
2010–11 | Vanderbilt | 29 | 139 | 309 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 98 | 143 | 140 | 13 | 30 | 340 |
Career | 130 | 463 | 1011 | 15 | 46 | 191 | 274 | 427 | 547 | 36 | 147 | 1132 |
Club career
editRhoads signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Haukar in August 2011.[6] On October 2, 2011, she helped Haukar win the Icelandic Company Cup by defeating Keflavík, 63–61, in the cup finals. In the game, Rhoads had 34 points and 10 rebounds.[7] In the final 16 of the Icelandic Basketball Cup, she scored 6 unanswered points during the last 20 seconds of Haukar's game against KR, sending the game to overtime. She ended having 23 points in Haukar's 78–73 victory.[8] During the Úrvalsdeild playoffs, she helped Haukar sweep defending champions Keflavík in the semi-finals, 3–0, scoring 31 points in the third and deciding game.[9][10] In the finals, Haukar lost to Njarðvík 3–1.[11] For the season, she led the league with 7.5 assists per game.[12]
Rhoads spent the 2012–2013 season with Sepsi SIC of the Romanian Liga Națională, averaging 11.7 points and 5.8 assists. In August, 2013, Rhoads signed with rivals BC ICIM Arad.[13] She helped ICIM Arad win the Cupa României[14] and finish second in the league.[4] After the season she retired from professional basketball to fully focus on her handball career.[15]
Awards, titles and accomplishments
editIndividual awards
edit- First-team All-SEC: 2010, 2011
Titles
edit- Cupa României: 2014
- Icelandic Company Cup: 2012
Accomplishments
edit- Romanian All-Star: 2014[16]
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna assists leader: 2012
Handball
editAs she went back from Romania in 2014 and she was searching for another basketball club her mother a 1984 Olympian was at the 30th Olympic reunion. There USA Team Handball told her mother about the USA Team Handball Residency Program at the Auburn University. A few months later Rhoads attended the tryouts for the program and was named to the United States women's national handball team in 2014.[17]
In 2015, she helped the team win bronze at the Nor.Ca. Handball Championship.[18]
She has won with Team Rogue which is basically the national team the National Championships twice 2017 and 2018. In 2018 she was the top scorer of the Nationals.[19]
In March 2019 she received a contact to play until the end of the season for the Spanish handball club CB Atlético Guardés with an extension option.[20]
Academic
editDuring her Basketball college career she did at Vanderbilt University a Bachelor in Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies. At the Residency Program at Auburn University she started with a master's degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science which she finished in 2015. In 2016 she started on a PhD in Kinesiology.[21]
References
edit- ^ Johnson, Jon (14 April 2016). "USA women's Team Handball squad to play in Dothan during Alabama State Games". Dothan Eagle. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Vanderbilt Women's Basketball – Jence Rhoads". vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Jence Rhoads". seniorclassaward.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ a b Scridon, Daniel (30 December 2017). "A scris istorie în două discipline sportive!". aradon.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (10 August 2011). "Haukar búnar að semja við fjölhæfan leikstjórnanda". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (2 October 2011). "Haukakonur Lengjubikarmeistarar í körfunni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Haukar sendu KR-inga úr leik". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 January 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Sigurðsson, Skúli B. (29 March 2012). "Gjörsigraðar í sínu eigin sláturhúsi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 3. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (28 March 2012). "Íslandsmeistarar Keflavíkur sendar snemma í sumarfrí". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (14 April 2012). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Haukar – Njarðvík 62–76 – Njarðvík Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Tölfræði leikmanna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Aradului, Glasul (30 August 2013). "Rhoads, noua coordonatoare de joc a ICIM-ului". glsa.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Romaniuc, Cezar (28 March 2014). "Cupa Romaniei la baschet feminin merge pentru a doua oara in vitrina Univ. Goldis ICIM Arad!". sptfm.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "A scris istorie în două discipline sportive!". jurnalaradean.ro (in Romanian). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Sud-Nord, scor 68–61, în All Star Game la baschet feminin de la Târgovişte (video)". stiridb.ro (in Romanian). 29 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "USA Handball – Part 2/3 – Jence Rhoads". Athlete Minded (Podcast). 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ Gascon, Dave (6 April 2015). "Team USA Wins Nor.Ca Bronze with Stunning Comeback". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Rhoads, Jence (2018-07-21). "Back 2 Back!". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ "La estadounidense Jence Ann Rhoads se une al Guardés hasta el final de temporada" [The American Jence Ann Rhoads plays until the end of the saison for Guardés] (in Spanish). 2019-03-12. Archived from the original on 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ Rhoads, Jence. "Jence Rhoads". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2018-07-23.