COURTNEY RYAN



WOMEN’S WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA



HEIGHT: 5’4

DATE OF BIRTH: September 21, 1990

HOMETOWN & TRAINING RESIDENCE:  San Diego, CA / Tucson, AZ

CAREER: Volunteer Basketball Coach, University of Arizona Women’s Wheelchair Team

POSITION and #: Guard, 55

SPORT CLASSIFICATION: 2.0

SOCIAL MEDIA: @CourtneyRyan_55 - Instagram


# OF YEARS ON THE US NATIONAL TEAM:


2018

PARALYMPIC SUMMER GAMES

  • Paris 2024 - has been named to the team

  • Tokyo 2020 - Bronze Medal

PAN AMERICAN GAMES

  • Santiago 2023- Gold Medal

  • 2019 - Silver Medal

IBWF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL:

  • BRONZE (2023)

  • NOTE: Courtney was named to the 2022 World Championship Team, but the event was cancelled due to COVID.

NOTES:

  • 2024 WNBA Draft (New York) - Attended as a guest of the WNBA

  • 2024 NCAA Women’s Final Four (CLEVELAND) - During the Division 1 National Championship Game [Iowa v South Carolina], the USWNT Wheelchair Basketball Team played the College All Stars

  • 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four (DALLAS) - Courtney and other members of the USWNT Wheelchair Team had 2 exhibition games vs College All Stars. This was the first time that the NCAA hosted an event like this.

  • 2023 IBWF All-Tournament Team - Guard, Courtney Ryan

  • Following Tokyo 2020 in December 2021, Courtney & a collection of team leaders led a revolt to challenge their federation, National Wheelchair Basketball Association on how and why their head coach was retained for the Paris 2024 cycle when the players reported emotional misconduct and harassment in advance of his renewal. Ultimately, the head coach and executive director of NWBA resigned as a result of their actions to advance ATHLETE RIGHTS and to make sure that the PLAYERS VOICE was heard and to EXPOSE ABUSE that had been swept under the rug allegedly

  • Tokyo 2020

  • STATS: FIRST OVERALL in Assists Per Game averaging 8 (56 in total) in 7 games, FIRST OVERALL in Fouls with 22 in total (3.1 Average per Game), SEVENTH OVERALL in Total Field Goals % with 38 of 86 shooting (44.2%), SEVENTH OVERALL in 2 Point Field Goals with 38 made, this was an average of 5.4 per game, EIGHTH OVERALL in Minutes Played with 4:05:16 Total Minutes for 35:02 average per game, EIGHT OVERALL in Total Field Goals made 5.4 average 38 in total, TENTH OVERALL in 2 Point Field Goal Attempts with 85 shots average of 12.1 per game, TENTH OVERALL in Total Points with 76 this was 10.9 average per game. EIGHT - TOP 10 CATEGORIES