Jence Ann Rhoads

Rhoads mother, Melinda Rhoads, played for the United States national handball team for 10 years{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Jon|title=USA women's Team Handball squad to play in Dothan during Alabama State Games|url=http://www.dothaneagle.com/sports/local/usa-women-s-team-handball-squad-to-play-in-dothan/article_f9f9ad10-0291-11e6-8d65-abea7f99ecc9.html|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Dothan Eagle|date=14 April 2016}} 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.{{cite web|title=Vanderbilt Women's Basketball – Jence Rhoads|url=http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/rhoads_jence00.html|website=vucommodores.com|accessdate=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402225533/http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/rhoads_jence00.html|archive-date=2 April 2018|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|title=Jence Rhoads|url=http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/jence_rhoads/|website=seniorclassaward.com|accessdate=2 April 2018}} She was the only player in the school's history to have at least 1100 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds.{{cite news|last1=Scridon|first1=Daniel|title=A scris istorie în două discipline sportive!|url=http://www.aradon.ro/a-scris-istorie-in-doua-discipline-sportive/1959950|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=aradon.ro|date=30 December 2017|language=ro}}

Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-27}}

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|+{{{caption|Ratios}}}

!YEAR

!Team

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FG%|Field goal percentage}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}}

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! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|SPG|Steals per game}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|PPG|Points per game}}

|-

||2007–08

|Vanderbilt

|34

|38.8%

|23.1%

|62.2%

|2.82

|3.35

|0.03

|0.85

|3.82

|-

|2008–09

|Vanderbilt

|35

|49.7%

|25.0%

|83.9%

|2.31

|3.77

|0.34

|1.20

|6.31

|-

|2009–10

|Vanderbilt

|32

|47.1%

|47.4%

|72.7%

|3.34

|5.03

|0.31

|1.44

|13.78

|-

|2010–11

|Vanderbilt

|29

|45.0%

|20.0%

|61.2%

|4.93

|4.83

|0.45

|1.03

|11.72

|-

|Career

|

|130

|45.8%

|32.6%

|69.7%

|3.28

|4.21

|0.28

|1.13

|8.71

}}

| Ratios

| {{wikitable| class="wikitable"

|+{{{caption|Totals}}}

!YEAR

!Team

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FG|Field goals made}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FGA|Field goal attempts}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3P|3-point field-goals made}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|3PA|3-point field-goal attempts}}

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! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|FTA|Free-throws attempted}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|REB|Total rebounds}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|A|Assists}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|BK|Blocks}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|ST|Steals}}

! scope{{=}}"col"|{{abbr|PTS|Points}}

|-

|2007–08

|Vanderbilt

|34

|52

|134

|3

|13

|23

|37

|96

|114

|1

|29

|130

|-

|2008–09

|Vanderbilt

|35

|84

|169

|1

|4

|52

|62

|81

|132

|12

|42

|221

|-

|2009–10

|Vanderbilt

|32

|188

|399

|9

|19

|56

|77

|107

|161

|10

|46

|441

|-

|2010–11

|Vanderbilt

|29

|139

|309

|2

|10

|60

|98

|143

|140

|13

|30

|340

|-

|Career

|

|130

|463

|1011

|15

|46

|191

|274

|427

|547

|36

|147

|1132

}}

| Totals

}}

Rhoads signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Haukar in August 2011.{{cite news|author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson|title=Haukar búnar að semja við fjölhæfan leikstjórnanda|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2011110819926/haukar-bunar-ad-semja-vid-fjolhaefan-leikstjornanda|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Vísir.is|date=10 August 2011|language=is}} 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.{{cite news|author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson|title=Haukakonur Lengjubikarmeistarar í körfunni|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2011111009857|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Vísir.is|date=2 October 2011|language=is}} 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.{{cite news|title=Haukar sendu KR-inga úr leik|url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2012/01/09/haukar_sendu_kr_inga_ur_leik/|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Morgunblaðið|date=9 January 2012|language=is}} 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.{{cite news|first1=Skúli B.|last1=Sigurðsson|title=Gjörsigraðar í sínu eigin sláturhúsi|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6014044|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Morgunblaðið|date=29 March 2012|page=3|language=is}}{{cite news|author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson|title=Íslandsmeistarar Keflavíkur sendar snemma í sumarfrí|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2012120328938|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Vísir.is|date=28 March 2012|language=is}} In the finals, Haukar lost to Njarðvík 3–1.{{cite news|author1=Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson|title=Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Haukar – Njarðvík 62–76 – Njarðvík Íslandsmeistari|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2012120419501|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Vísir.is|date=14 April 2012|language=is}} For the season, she led the league with 7.5 assists per game.{{cite web|title=Tölfræði leikmanna|url=http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Tolfraedi-leikmanna?league_id=undefined&season_id=11963|website=kki.is|accessdate=2 April 2018|language=is}}

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.{{cite news|first1=Glasul|last1=Aradului|title=Rhoads, noua coordonatoare de joc a ICIM-ului|url=http://glsa.ro/arad/118436-rhoads-noua-coordonatoare-de-joc-a-icim-ului.html|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=glsa.ro|date=30 August 2013|language=ro}} She helped ICIM Arad win the Cupa României{{cite news|first1=Cezar|last1=Romaniuc|title=Cupa Romaniei la baschet feminin merge pentru a doua oara in vitrina Univ. Goldis ICIM Arad!|url=https://sptfm.ro/2014/03/28/cupa-romaniei-la-baschet-feminin-merge-pentru-a-doua-oara-in-vitrina-univ-goldis-icim-arad/|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=sptfm.ro|date=28 March 2014|language=ro}} and finish second in the league. After the season she retired from professional basketball to fully focus on her handball career.{{cite news|title=A scris istorie în două discipline sportive!|url=https://www.jurnalaradean.ro/sport/2018/01/03/a-scris-istorie-in-doua-discipline-sportive.aradean|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=jurnalaradean.ro|date=4 January 2018|language=ro}}

• First-team All-SEC: 2010, 2011

• Cupa României: 2014
• Icelandic Company Cup: 2012

• Romanian All-Star: 2014{{cite news|title=Sud-Nord, scor 68–61, în All Star Game la baschet feminin de la Târgovişte (video)|url=http://www.stiridb.ro/sud-nord-scor-68-61-in-all-star-game-la-baschet-feminin-de-la-targoviste/|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=stiridb.ro|date=29 March 2014|language=ro}}
• Úrvalsdeild kvenna assists leader: 2012

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.{{cite podcast |url=http://athleteminded.libsyn.com/usa-handball-part-23-jence-rhoads |title=USA Handball – Part 2/3 – Jence Rhoads |website=Athlete Minded |date=2017-02-16 |access-date=2018-07-23 }}

In 2015, she helped the team win bronze at the Nor.Ca. Handball Championship.{{cite news|last1=Gascon|first1=Dave|title=Team USA Wins Nor.Ca Bronze with Stunning Comeback|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Team-Handball/News/2015/April/06/2015-NorCa-M6-USA-GRL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410074136/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Team-Handball/News/2015/April/06/2015-NorCa-M6-USA-GRL|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2015|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=teamusa.org|date=6 April 2015}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BjBPxCOHKLK/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BjBPxCOHKLK |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Back 2 Back!|last=Rhoads|first=Jence|date=2018-07-21|website=Instagram|access-date=2018-07-23}}{{cbignore}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://balonmanatleticoguardes.com/la-estadounidense-jence-ann-rhoads-se-une-al-guardes-hasta-el-final-de-temporada/|title=La estadounidense Jence Ann Rhoads se une al Guardés hasta el final de temporada|date=2019-03-12|language=es|trans-title=The American Jence Ann Rhoads plays until the end of the saison for Guardés|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314113630/http://balonmanatleticoguardes.com/la-estadounidense-jence-ann-rhoads-se-une-al-guardes-hasta-el-final-de-temporada/|archive-date=2019-03-14|url-status=live|access-date=2019-03-14}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jence-rhoads-487b0271/|title=Jence Rhoads|last=Rhoads|first=Jence|website=LinkedIn|access-date=2018-07-23}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150306190321/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-team-handball/athletes/Jence-Rhoads Profile] at [https://www.teamusa.com teamusa.org]
• [http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=undefined&season_id=11963&player_id=465943 Icelandic statistics] at [http://kki.is kki.is]
• [http://www.frbaschet.ro/jucatori/jence-ann-rhoads Romanian statistics] at [http://www.frbaschet.ro frbaschet.ro]
• [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jence-Rhoads/Romania/BC-Univ-Goldis-ICIM-Arad/139586?Women=1 Profile] at [http://basketball.eurobasket.com eurobasket.com]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180402225533/http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/rhoads_jence00.html College Bio] at [http://www.vucommodores.com vucommodores.com]
• [http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/draft/2011/profiles/prospect_rhoads_jence.html WNBA Prospect profile]

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