Rhoads mother, Melinda Rhoads, played for the United States national handball team for 10 years[1] and was a member of the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Handball Team. Her father, Robert Rhoads, is a former professional basketball player who played college basketball at Wake Forest University.[2]
Basketball
College
Rhoads played for Vanderbilt from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, she garnered first-team All-SEC honors and second-team all-conference honors by the Associated Press.[3] She was the only player in the school's history to have at least 1100 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds.[4]
Rhoads signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Haukar in August 2011.[6] On October 2, 2011, she helped Haukar win the Icelandic Company Cup by defeating Keflavík, 63–61, in the cup finals. In the game, Rhoads had 34 points and 10 rebounds.[7] In the final 16 of the Icelandic Basketball Cup, she scored 6 unanswered points during the last 20 seconds of Haukar's game against KR, sending the game to overtime. She ended having 23 points in Haukar's 78–73 victory.[8] During the Úrvalsdeild playoffs, she helped Haukar sweep defending champions Keflavík in the semi-finals, 3–0, scoring 31 points in the third and deciding game.[9][10] In the finals, Haukar lost to Njarðvík 3–1.[11] For the season, she led the league with 7.5 assists per game.[12]
Rhoads spent the 2012–2013 season with Sepsi SIC of the Romanian Liga Națională, averaging 11.7 points and 5.8 assists. In August, 2013, Rhoads signed with rivals BC ICIM Arad.[13] She helped ICIM Arad win the Cupa României[14] and finish second in the league.[4] After the season she retired from professional basketball to fully focus on her handball career.[15]
In March 2019 she received a contact to play until the end of the season for the Spanish handball club CB Atlético Guardés with an extension option.[20]
Academic
During her Basketball college career she did at Vanderbilt University a Bachelor in Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies. At the Residency Program at Auburn University she started with a master's degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science which she finished in 2015. In 2016 she started on a PhD in Kinesiology.[21]
