Invisible Women In Sport

Prior to her professorship, DR. WOODSON-SMITH was a Division I basketball student-athlete at James Madison University for three years, while consistently suffering through three hip fractures and chronic severe osteoarthritis. However, post college, she received an invite to try out for the American Basketball League (ABL) and also tried out for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 2004, DR. WOODSON-SMITH was selected as a member of the USA Paralympic women’s wheelchair basketball team. She participated on the 2006 World Cup team (Silver), 2010 World Cup team (Gold), 2011 Parapan American team (Gold) and finished her career on the 2012 U.S. Paralympic team (4th).  Currently, DR. WOODSON-SMITH is on the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) Board of Directors as the Vice Chair of the Athlete Advisory Council.  She is a member of the Move United Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force, the largest Disability Sport Organization in the U.S., and she serves as a Sports Envoy for th