Jence Ann Rhoads

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 .

Jence Ann Rhoads
Personal information
Born (1988-12-31) December 31, 1988
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Nationality  United States
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Center Back
Club information
Current club CB Atlético Guardés
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014-2019
 Team Rogue
2019-
 CB Atlético Guardés
National team
Years Team
2014-present
 USA
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's Handball
Nor.Ca. Handball Championship
2015 Salinas Team competition

Basketball career
Career information
High schoolSlippery Rock
CollegeVanderbilt (2007–2011)
WNBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–2014
PositionPoint Guard
Number10, 22
Career history
2011–2012 Haukar
2012–2013 Sepsi SIC
2013–2014 ICIM Arad
Career highlights and awards

Personal life

Rhoads 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

College

Rhoads 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 schools history to have at least 1100 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds.[4]

Club career

Rhoads signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Haukar in August 2011.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8][9] In the finals, Haukar lost to Njarðvík 3–1.[10] For the season, she led the league with 7.5 assists per game.[11]

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.[12] She helped ICIM Arad win the Cupa României[13] and finish second in the league.[4] After the season she retired from professional basketball to fully focus on her handball career.[14]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards
  • First-team All-SEC: 2010, 2011

Titles

Accomplishments

Handball

As 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.[16]

In 2015, she helped the team win bronze at the Nor.Ca. Handball Championship.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19]

Academic

During 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.[20]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Vanderbilt Women's Basketball - Jence Rhoads". vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. "Jence Rhoads". seniorclassaward.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. Scridon, Daniel (30 December 2017). "A scris istorie în două discipline sportive!". aradon.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (10 August 2011). "Haukar búnar að semja við fjölhæfan leikstjórnanda". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (2 October 2011). "Haukakonur Lengjubikarmeistarar í körfunni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  7. "Haukar sendu KR-inga úr leik". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 January 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. Sigurðsson, Skúli B. (29 March 2012). "Gjörsigraðar í sínu eigin sláturhúsi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 3. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  9. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (28 March 2012). "Íslandsmeistarar Keflavíkur sendar snemma í sumarfrí". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  10. Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (14 April 2012). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Haukar - Njarðvík 62-76 - Njarðvík Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  11. "Tölfræði leikmanna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  12. Aradului, Glasul (30 August 2013). "Rhoads, noua coordonatoare de joc a ICIM-ului". glsa.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  13. 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.
  14. "A scris istorie în două discipline sportive!". jurnalaradean.ro (in Romanian). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  15. "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.
  16. "USA Handball - Part 2/3 - Jence Rhoads". Athlete Minded (Podcast). 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  17. Gascon, Dave (6 April 2015). "Team USA Wins Nor.Ca Bronze with Stunning Comeback". teamusa.org. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  18. Rhoads, Jence (2018-07-21). "Back 2 Back!". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  19. "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.
  20. Rhoads, Jence. "Jence Rhoads". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
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