Colleen Schneider (born March 12, 1982, in Syracuse, New York) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist.
[1] She attended Cicero-North Syracuse High School in New York, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in physics.
While at Berkeley, Schneider competed in and taught taekwondo, which led her to discover mixed martial arts.
In May 2013, Dave Meltzer released a list of rumored participants on the upcoming The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs.
[7] In the elimination fight to get into the TUF house, Schneider faced Shayna Baszler and lost via an armbar submission in the first round.