My wife Teresa and I had the pleasure of meeting and visiting with former Cowgirl basketball player Nichole Rider Tuesday in Teresa's hospital room in Denver.
Nichole is truly an inspiration. During her senior year with the Cowgirls in the mid 1990s, Nichole was in an automobile accident that left her partially paralyzed. She went from a 50 percent chance of not making it through the night to where she is today. Again, truly an inspiration.
Although they had never met each other until Tuesday, Teresa and Nichole have a lot in common. Both played for the Cowgirls and both have gone through life and death medical issues that no one can really understand unless you go through it.
As it turned out, we visited for 5 1/2 hours and if not for the lateness, I think we could have talked all night. We both enjoyed her visit tremendously and I know Teresa benefited from it emotionally as well.
In early August Nichole was featured on the UW athletics website on their "Where Are They Now? segment.
Nichole Rider, Where Are They Now?
You can also read about Nichole's sailing adventures, with this link on her sailing from the site cleverpig.
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