Stephanie Wheeler

Stephanie Wheeler (born in Norlina, North Carolina on January 16, 1981) is an American wheelchair basketball player who was on two gold medal-winning Paralympic teams.

[5] Several years later, she attended a sports camp at the University of Illinois, where she was able to compete in wheelchair basketball on a larger scale than her hometown of 1000 people in Norlina, North Carolina.

Spending time at the university exposed her to what she could achieve if she worked hard and received good grades.

[6] After undergraduate school, she relocated to the University of Alabama, where she received her master's degree in adaptive sport and pedagogy.

The position of head coach at the University of Illinois opened up at the same time as her retirement, so she applied for and received the job.