Chicago Wheelchair Bulls

Meet the Players

Sue Haddick, #11

Years With The Bulls -11

Hometown - McHenry

Marital Status - Single

Children - 110lb Golden Retreiver Hank

Other Teams Played For - RIC Chicago Sky, Hearts in Motion, USA Women's National Team

Awards - Most Improved Player, National Women's Basketball Tournament, RIC, Sky MVP

Favorite Basketball Moment - Women's National Championship - 2005 />

Josh Fabian #22

Years With The Bulls - 12

Hometown - Buffalo Grove

Marital Status - Married (Honey Mooning)

Children - 3

Other Teams Played For - Golden State Warriors, Fighting Illini, USA National Teams

Awards - Numerous, and World's Greatest Dad (awarded by Jaime)

Favorite Basketball Moment - Winning Collegiate National Championship

Joe Gerardi, #24

Years with the Bulls - 18

Hometown - Addison

Marital Status - Single

Other Teams Played For - Fighting Illini

Awards - 2 -time most improved player, collegiate division

Favorite basketball moment - 1998 Final Four (we lost)

Alex Parra, #34

Years With The Bulls - 8

Hometown - Columbia, South America

Marital Status - Married Karen

Children - 5

Other Teams Played For - Hearts In Motion

Awards - Represented The Bulls twice in NWBA/NBA All Star Games

Favorite Basketball Moment - Michael Jordan's Championships

Other Sports - Swimming many gold and sliver mdeals in swimming for Columbia.  MVP for National Softball Championship

Eduardo Rivera, #5

Years With The Bulls - 8

Hometown - Hammond, IN

Marital Status - Single

Other Teams Played For - RIC Hornets, Hearts in Motion

Awards - Mid-America Wheelchair Basketball All-Conference Team

Other Sports - Tennis

Favorite Basketball Moment - Columbian National Team in 1988 Paraolympics, Seoul Korea

Curtis Lease, #3

Years With The Bulls - 7

Hometown - Naperville

Marital Status - Married

Children - Morgan, Ryan

Other Teams Played For - Golden State Warriors, Fighting Illini

Awards - 4-time member USA National Team

Other Sports - Sitting Volleyball

Favorite Basketball Moment - Winning 2001 National Championship with the Warriors

 

David Radbel, #22

Years With The Bulls - 4

Hometown - Munster, IN

Marital Status - Single

Other Teams Played For - RIC Hornets, Rollin Rebels, Univ Wisc - Whitewater, Music City Lightning, Orlando Magic Wheels

Favorite Basketball Moment - Michael Jordan schooling Craig Ehlo to win NBA Finals

Ted Beck, #21

Years with the Bulls - 21

Hometown - Montgomery

Marital Status - Married, Cami

Favorite basketball moment - Hitting game winning shot against Indiana Pacers

Occupation - Chief Technology Officer, City of Aurora

Children - Joelle

Chuck Wyder, #40

Years With The Bulls - 2

Hometown - Cincinnati

Marital Status - Happily Engaged

Favorite Basketball Moment - My first basket

Tom Daily, #44

Years With The Bulls - 3

Hometown - Animosa, Iowa

Marital Status - Married

Children - 2

Occupation - Program Coordiantor, Great Lakes Adpative Sports Assocation

Other Teams Played For - Iowa State Cyclones

Favotie Basketball Moment - Larry Bird beating the Lakers in the NBA Finals

Other Sports - Hockey, Golf

Michah Slater, #54

Years With The Bulls - 3

Hometown - McHenry

Other Teams Played For - Mchenry East

Favorite Basketball Moment - First time I got in a game

Jon Ruiz #20

Years With The Bulls - 3

Hometown - Carol Stream

Marital Status - Single

Other Teams Played For - Windy City Warriors

Awards - MVP Midwest Conference Jr. Divison

Favorite Basketball Moment - Beating Seattle Supersonics at 2009 Western Regional

Other Wheelchair Sports - Softball, Sled Hockey, Track and Field

Seth Goldberg #25