USA Wheelchair Rugby National Team Announced

U.S. Paralympcs held a four-day selection camp at Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama. 20 Dec 2011

USA faces off against Australia in Beijing.

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By IPC

U.S. Paralympics announced its 2011-12 Wheelchair Rugby National team this week, naming 19 athletes to the squad following a four-day selection camp at Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama.

The team will eventually be cut to 12 members before the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

USA is both the defending world and Paralympic champion in Wheelchair Rugby, having defeated Australia for gold at both the 2010 World Championships in Birmingham, Great Britain, and at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

The 19-man roster consists of:

• Travis Anderson

• Jason Regier

• Jeromy Brown

• Chad Cohn

• Scott Hogsett|

• Adam Scaturro

• Joe Delagrave

• Derrick Helton

• Nick Springer

• Seth McBride

• Andy Cohn