Video: Ruggiero Tutors "Today Show" Host
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Former Harvard standout Angela
Ruggiero (Harper Woods, Mich.), who is seeking to play for her
fourth U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team in 2010, appeared on
NBC's Today Show on Thursday and taught Today Show host Meredith
Vieira on the ice at Rockefeller Center.
Thursday's Today Show celebrated the one-year out mark from the
start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and will
feature other Olympic-related segments.
Ruggiero is currently part of a women's residency program
established by USA Hockey in Blaine, Minn., for post-NCAA players.
There, she is training with the 2008-09 U.S. Women's Select Team in
hopes of making her fourth Olympic appearance in 2010. She is a
three-time Olympic medalist (gold-1998, silver-2002, bronze-2006)
and has also represented the United States in eight International
Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championships, including in
2005 and 2008 when Team USA captured gold medals. She has been
named the top defenseman in the world six times.
Ruggiero graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 2004 with
a bachelor’s degree in government. She was a four-time
All-American and four-time finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial
Award, including when she won the award in 2004.
In addition to her extraordinary athletic accomplishments,
Ruggiero is the founder and president of a girl’s hockey
school; the author of “Breaking the Ice,” her
inspirational autobiography; and previously served as the director
of the New York Islanders’ Project Hope - an organization
that provides young Chinese athletes with access to educational
opportunities. In addition, Ruggiero appeared on the sixth season
of NBC's 'The Apprentice' with Donald Trump.
Click here to access video via the NBC Web site.
