Carol Menken-Schaudt

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Olympic medal record
Women's basketball
Gold 1984 Los Angeles Basketball
Competitor for  United States
World University Games
Gold 1983 Edmonton, Canada Team Competition

Carol Menken-Schaudt (born November 23, 1957) is a former American basketball player from Jefferson, Oregon who won a gold medal on the U.S. team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

She played college basketball at Oregon State University from 1979-1981. She was All-Conference three years, and was an All-American her senior year, leading the Nation in field goal percentage at .750. She still holds Oregon State's career records for points (2,243), rebounds (901) and field goal percentage (.692).[3]

Menken-Schaudt played on the 1983 World University games team, coached by Jill Hutchison. She averaged 11 points per games, and had a 25 point contribution in the semi-final against Yugoslavia, a game the USA won by only a single point. She helped the team go on to the win the gold medal for the USA team.[4]

She was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and currently lives in Philomath, Oregon with her husband Ken and her two children.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Carol Menken-Schaudt". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
  2. ^ "Carol Menken-Schaudt - Basketball". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Best of the Century - Top Oregon State coaches, games, teams and athletes of the last 100 years". Oregon State Alumni Association. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
  4. ^ "TWELVTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 1983". USA Basketball. Retrieved 03 May 2013.