[4] After completing her studies in 1949 with a bachelor of arts degree,[6] she was selected as the first deaf American woman to compete for the United States track and field team in the 1957 Summer Deaflympics.

She also participated in the event's mixed double tennis competition alongside George Timchenko from Duarte, California,[6] where she earned a bronze medal.

[5] Seeger won her 300th gold medal at the Pittsburgh National Senior Games in 2005, and was later appointed as a commissioner with the Texas Commission for the Deaf.

In 1969, Seeger was named "Woman of the Year" at Gallaudet University by the college's Women's Recreation Association, an annual award given to the "devotion, encouragement and self-sacrifice in assisting the deaf".

[4] Texas Woman's University stated of her success: "Ruth Taubert Seeger’s contributions to sports, her students, and the role model she has established for thousands of deaf children, are immeasurable".