August 23, 2009

Ruggiero: Miles to Go Before I Sleep

The following article featuring former Harvard standout Angela Ruggiero appeared August 20 on the USA Hockey Web site.

 

By Aimee Berg
USA Hockey


What more could Angela Ruggiero want?

After winning an Olympic hockey gold medal in 1998 as an 18-year-old prep school student, carrying the World Trade Center flag into the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Salt Lake Games and leaving with a silver medal, graduating from Harvard in 2004, writing an autobiography in 2005, capturing a bronze medal at the 2006 Torino Games as the tournament's "Best Defenseman," becoming a TV reality show star by outsmarting MBA's and entrepreneurs on NBC's "The Apprentice," and - most recently - being enshrined in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame - all by age 29 - it seems there is nothing she can't do.

And on Monday, one of the best defensive players in the world is likely to be called up for her fourth Olympic hockey team when the 23-player roster is announced.

Complete article can be accessed via the USA Hockey Web site by clicking here.