Emily Hoskins
{{short description|Canadian wheelchair basketball player}}
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Emily Hoskins is an American wheelchair basketball player. As a member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team, she has won two gold medals at the Summer Paralympic Games.
Early life
Hoskins was born in 1983 in Streator, Illinois to parents Greg and Linda.{{cite news |last1=Olsen |first1=Harold |title=Bringing home the gold |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80429720/bringing-home-the-gold/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=The Times |date=October 11, 2004|via=newspapers.com}} Her father Greg was the advertising manager at The Times-Press and general manager at papers in West Frankfort and Marion, Illinois.{{cite news |last1=Olson |first1=Harold |title=Above everything, Hoskins is a winner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80429140/above-everything-hoskins-is-a-winner/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=The Times |date=June 20, 2000|via=newspapers.com}} Hoskins was born with Neuroblastoma, which merged into her spinal cord and permanently damaged the nerves in her legs.{{cite news |last1=Perlman |first1=Judi |title=St. Jude offering hope for Emily |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80428746/st-jude-offering-hope-for-emily/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=The Times |date=April 25, 1984|via=newspapers.com}}
At age 14, Hoskins became involved in wheelchair basketball while in high school and joined the St. Louis Junior Rolling Rams. While competing with them, she also represented the St. Louis Wheelchair Athletic Association in track and field during her junior year. Although she qualified for the nationals in all of her events, Hoskins was unable to compete due to a spinal fusion.
Career
Upon graduating from Mascoutah Community High School, Hoskins enrolled at Parkland College and became the youngest team member selected for the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team for the 2004 Summer Paralympics.{{cite news |last1=Isbell |first1=Gene |title=Hoskins has her eyes on Athens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80429961/hoskins-has-her-eyes-on-athens/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=The Herald |date=April 10, 2003|via=newspapers.com}} Hoskins was originally named an alternate for the team but a week before the competition she was asked to replace a teammate.{{cite news |last1=Marion |first1=Scott |title=Hoskins makes her mark on U.S. national teams |url=https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/illinois/hoskins-makes-her-mark-on-u-s-national-teams/article_5e23fff2-a374-5110-a385-db5e2437789a.html |access-date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=February 4, 2009}} With her help, the U.S. women's wheelchair basketball team won their first gold medal since 1988. She was also named the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Women's Most Improved Player.{{cite web |title=EMILY HOSKINS |url=https://www.teamusa.org/para-wheelchair-basketball/athletes/emily-hoskins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101053303/http://www.teamusa.org/para-wheelchair-basketball/athletes/Emily-Hoskins |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |publisher=Team USA |access-date=June 28, 2021}} Upon returning to North America, Hoskins transferred to the University of Illinois in 2004.
Hoskins graduated from the University of Illinois in 2007 and began playing with the Phoenix Banner Mercury Wheelchair Team. As a result of her play, Hoskins was again selected to compete for Team USA at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.{{cite news |last1=Gillett |first1=Keith |title=Going for the gold as Emily Hoskins heads for Paralympics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80429116/going-for-the-gold-as-emily-hoskins/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=The Herald |date=September 4, 2008|via=newspapers.com}} She helped the team beat Germany 50–38 to repeat as the women's wheelchair basketball champions.{{cite news |last1=Gillett |first1=Keith |title=Tears of joy and relief as Emily wins gold in Beijing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80431979/tears-of-joy-and-relief-as-emily-wins/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=The Herald |date=September 18, 2008|via=newspapers.com}} Following her second gold medal, Hoskins continued to play with the Mercury Wheelchair Team and competed for the 2010 Friendship Games Osaka Cup.{{cite news |title=Hoskins competes in wheelchair basketball tourney in Japan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80432398/hoskins-competes-in-wheelchair/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=The Herald |date=February 25, 2010|via=Friendship.com}}
Personal life
By 2013, Hoskins had moved to Nashville, Tennessee, with her then-boyfriend Cody Campbell and began working with an advocacy group that helps find housing for disabled and elderly citizens.{{cite news |title=Congratulations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80432174/congratulations/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=The Herald |date=January 3, 2013|via=newspapers.com}} She eventually retired from playing and began coaching the Music City Thunder in the Junior Division.{{cite web |title=The Junior Division Elects Elliston as New President and Re-Elects Winterstein and Hoskins |url=https://www.nwba.org/news_article/show/1039024 |publisher=National Wheelchair Basketball Association |access-date=June 28, 2021 |date=August 3, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{IPC athlete|emily-hoskins}}
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Category:Women's wheelchair basketball players
Category:Wheelchair basketball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
Category:Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball