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Teamwork and getting results is our mission at Top End. Our athletes work directly with us to continuously improve the products they use to get their winning results. You win too because we incorporate those athlete driven enhancements into our entire product line. Visit Athlete Bios to check them out.

Our Athletes

We are proud of the accomplishments of our elite athletes from around the world and are honored that they have chosen Top End to build the equipment that helps them win.

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Basketball Team

Paul Schulte
  Name: Paul Schulte
Sport: Basketball
Country: USA
Birthdate: 03/05/1979
Website: www.paulschulte.com

Titles and awards:
  • NWBA D1 National Champion 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003
  • NWBA Tournament MVP 2006, 2005
  • World Gold Cup Championships - Gold Medalist: 2002, 1998
  • World Gold Cup Championships - Silver Medalist: 2006
  • Tournament MVP: World Gold Cup Championships - 2002
  • Paralympics, Bronze Medalist - 2000
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End Paul Schulte Signature Series Elite Basketball Wheelchair and Invacare Top End Crossfire T6 Wheelchair
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Those who work hard, get rewarded.... Michael Jordan"
Team Invacare athlete since 1996
Patty Cisneros
  Name: Patty Cisneros
Sport: Basketball
Country: USA
Birthdate: 11/12/1977

Titles and awards:
  • 2011, Member of Denver Lady Rolling Nuggets - NWBA National Championship Team
  • 2010, Played with RSV Lahn-Dill Team from Germany
  • 2010, Pokal Champions
  • 2008, Paralympic Games, Beijing, Gold Medal
  • 2008, 1st, North American Cup
  • 2008, 1st, Roosevelt Cup
  • 2008, Final Four runner-up, Champaign Fire
  • 2008, Women's Sports Foundation, Sportswoman of the Year Award nominee
  • 2008, Women's Sports Foundation, Wilma Rudolph Courage Award nominee
  • 2008, ESPY nominee, Best Female Athlete with a Disability
  • 2007-2008, National Championship, University of Illinois (Head Coach)
  • 2007 Para Pan Am Games Gold Medalist
  • 2007 to Present, USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team Captain
  • 2005 National Championship Team Member-starter
  • 2004 Paralympic Gold Medalist
  • 2002 & 2003 Women’s National Basketball Championship Team Member-starter
  • 1999 to Present, USA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Member
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End Paul Schulte Signature Basketball Wheelchair and Invacare Top End Crossfire T6 Everyday Wheelchair
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Determination, dedication, and hard work pays off!"
Team Invacare athlete since January 2006
David Eng
  Name: David Eng
Sport: Basketball
Country: USA
Birthdate: Nov. 21, 1976

Titles and awards: 2009
  • Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association Athlete of the Year.
  • Team Canada-Silver Medal at America's Cup
  • Team Canada-Silver Medal at Rollers World Challenge
  • Quebec Provincial Team-Silver Medal and MVP @ National Championships
  • Laval Gladiateurs Club-1st Place and MVP @Provincial Championships
2008
  • Beijing Paralympics Games Silver Medal Team Canada
  • Good Luck Biejing Invitational Gold Medal Team Canada
  • Quebec Provincial Team-Silver Medal and All Star Award
2007
  • Parapanamerican Games Rio Brazil Silver Medal Team Canada
    • 2006
    • Gold cup World Championships, Gold Medal Team Canada
    Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
    • Invacare Top End Paul Schulte Signature BB Wheelchair
    Best advice on how to win:
    • "Dream big and train hard."
Becca Murray
  Name: Becca Murray
Sport: Basketball
Country: USA
Birthdate: March 15, 1990
Website: www.uww.edu/recsports/wcathletics

Titles and awards:
  • 2011: Made the 1st U25 USA Women's Team
  • 2011: Player of the Year - Women's College Division
  • 2010: All Tournament Team - World Championships - Birmingham, England
  • 2010: Gold Medal - World Championships - Birmingham, England
  • 2008: Gold medal, U.S. Paralympic Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
  • 2008: First place - North American Cup, Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2008: First place - Joseph F. Lyttle World Basketball Challenge, Warm Springs, Georgia
  • 2008: First place, All-Tournament Team member - Osaka Cup, Osaka, Japan
  • 2007: Gold medal - Parapan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2007: Junior League National Champions - Milwaukee Wheelin' Wizards
  • 2005: Member of the U.S. U-20 Team - Australia Games
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End Paul Schulte Signature Basketball Wheelchair and Invacare Top End Crossfire T6 Wheelchair
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Always give it all you got."
Team Invacare athlete since 2010
Mary Allison Milford
  Name: Mary Allison Milford
Sport: Basketball
Birthdate: 03/28/1986
Website: http://www.usparalympics.org/athletes/mary-alison-milford
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#!/mamilford

Titles and awards:
  • 2010: Gold medal - IWBF Gold Cup, Birmingham, England
  • 2010: 1st place - North American Cup, Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2010: 2nd place - Joseph F. Lyttle World Basketball Challenge, Warm Springs, Georgia
  • 2009: National Champion - The University of Alabama Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team
  • 2009: Captain - The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team
  • 2008: Gold medal - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
  • 2008: 1st place - North American Cup, Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2008: 1st place - Joseph F. Lyttle World Basketball Challenge, Warm Springs, Georgia
  • 2008: 1st place - Osaka Cup, Osaka, Japan
  • 2007: Gold medal - Parapan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2007: 3rd place - Osaka Cup, Osaka, Japan
  • 2006: Silver medal - IWBF Gold Cup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2005: Gold medal - America's Zone Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End Paul Schulte Signature Series Basketball Wheelchair
  • Invacare Top End Crossfire Titanium Everyday Wheelchair
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." – John Wooden
Team Invacare athlete since 2011
Jeremy Lade
  Name: Jeremy Lade
Sport: Basketball
Birthdate: 01/06/1981
Website: www.uww.edu/recsports/wcathletics

Titles and awards:
  • 2011: Intercollegiate National Champion (UW-Whitewater) - head coach
  • 2010: Bronze medal - IWBF Gold Cup, Birmingham, England
  • 2009: Intercollegiate National Champion (UW-Whitewater)- head coach
  • 2008: U.S.Paralympic Team member, Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
  • 2008: First place - North American Cup, Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2007: Gold medal - Parapan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2006: Silver medal - IWBF Gold Cup (World Championships), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2004: Member of U.S. Paralympic Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team
  • 2004: Intercollegiate National Champion (UW-Whitewater)
  • 2003: Intercollegiate National Champion & MVP (UW-Whitewater)
  • 2002: Gold medal - IWBF Gold Cup, Kitakyushu, Japan
  • 2002: Intercollegiate Championship, MVP
  • 2001: Intercollegiate Championship
  • 2001: NWBA Championship, MVP
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Those who believe they can do something, and those believe they can't are both correct."
Team Invacare athlete since 2010

French Men's Basketball Team

French Men's Basketball Team

French Women's Basketball Team

French Women's Basketball Team

U of WI Warhawks Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team

U of WI Warhawks Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team

Basketball/Tennis Team

Dylan Levine
  Name: Dylan Levine
Sport: Basketball & Tennis
Country: USA
Birthdate: 07/04/1992

Titles and awards:
  • 2010: Sports n' Spokes Junior Athlete of the Year
  • Junior team for world team cup from 2005-2010
  • 2009: Paul Schulte Shootout Winner
  • 2008, 2007, 2006: World Team Cup US Jr. Wheelchair Tennis Team
  • 2008, 2007: Top 8 Wheelchair Tennis Juniors in world selected to play in Tarbes France
  • 2007: Under 20 United States Wheelchair Basketball Team
  • 2008, 2007: All Star Team-Eastern D2 men’s’ Division
  • 2009, 2008, 2007: Varsity Nationals Wheelchair Basketball All-Tournament Team
  • 2006, 2005: Prep Wheelchair Basketball National Champions and MVP
  • 2006: Wheelchair Basketball Division 2 East Coast Rookie of the Year
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End Schulte Signature Titanium BB Wheelchair, Invacare Top End T-5 Tennis Wheelchair and Invacare Top End Terminator Titanium Wheelchair for everyday
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Keep practicing there's always room for improvement."
Team Invacare athlete since 2005

Tennis Team

Robin Ammerlaan
  Name: Robin Ammerlaan
Sport: Tennis
Country: The Netherlands
Birthdate: 02/26/1968
Website: www.robinammerlaan.nl

Titles and awards:
  • Won single's tournaments in 2010: Sydney, Pensacola, Antwerp
  • Won double's: Sydney, Pensacola, Wimbleton, US Open, Beligum Open
  • Has won over 50 international tournaments, included Wimbledon, Australian Open and the US Open
  • 2008 Paralympics, Beijing: Bronze - Men Singles
  • 2006 ITF World Champion
  • 2004 Paralympics - Gold Men’s Singles
  • 2000 Paralympics - Gold Men’s Doubles
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End T-5 Tennis Elite Titanium Wheelchair and Invacare Top End Crossfire Titanium Wheelchair for everyday
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Be steady in body and mind."
Team Invacare athlete since January 1999
Nick Taylor
  Name: Nick Taylor
Sport: Wheelchair Tennis, Quad division
Country: USA
Birthdate: 11/12/1979

Titles and awards:
  • 2008 Paralympics, Beijing: Gold - Quad Doubles
  • 2004 Paralympics, Athens, Gold, Quad Doubles
  • Member of Team USA for World Team Cup 2009-2000
  • 2009 USTA Missour Valley Hall of Fame
  • U.S. Open-Quad Singles-Champion 2000, 2002, 2005
  • U.S. Open-Quad Doubles-Champion 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
  • British Open-Quad Doubles-Champion 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
  • U.S. Open Masters, Flushing Meadows-Quad Doubles-Champion 2007
  • Australian Open-Doubles Champion 2008, 2009, 2010
  • I.T.F. Doubles Masters-Quad-Champion 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Swiss Open-Quad Singles-Champion 2001, 2002, 2004
  • Over 100 other wheelchair tennis tournament titles in various divisions 1995 - current
  • United States Tennis Association Wheelchair Player of the Year 1999
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invcare Arrow Power Wheelchair for competition and for everyday
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Never give up."
Team Invacare athlete since 2002
Michael Jeremiasz
  Name: Michael Jeremiasz
Sport: Tennis
Country: France
Birthdate: 15/10/1981

Titles and awards:
  • 2008 Paralympics Beijing GOLD in Doubles
  • 2004 Paralympics Athens
    BRONZE in Singles and SILVER in Doubles
  • 2005 World Champion in Singles and Doubles
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End T5 Tennis Elite Wheelchair
Best advice on how to win:
  • "Train hard, never give up and find the right chair"
Team Invacare athlete since 2003
Korie Homan
  Name: Korie Homan
Sport: Tennis
Country: Netherlands
Birthdate: 09/07/1986
Website: www.koriehoman.nl
Titles and awards:
  • royal decoration,
    -medal of honeur municipality De Wolden,
    -Nomination sportswoman Province Drenthe 2008 - 2009,
    -nomination sportswoman Municipality Utrecht,
    -ambassador Ronald McDonald Hoeve Beetsterzwaag.
  • silver medal singles paralympics Beijing
  • gold medal doubles paralympics Beijing
  • singles highlights: finalist Australian Open 2008 - 2009, finalist Roland Garros 2008 - 2009, finalist US Open 2008 - 2009, finalist masters 2007 - 2009
  • doubles highlights 2009: winner Australian Open, winner Roland Garros, winner Wimbledon, winner US Open
  • .
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End T5 Titanium Wheelchair and Invacare Top End Terminator Titanium Wheelchair
Team Invacare athlete since 2010
Maikels Sheffers
  Name: Maikels Sheffers
Sport: Tennis
Country: Netherlands
Birthdate: 6/16/1986
Website: www.maikelscheffers.nl
Titles and awards:
  • Australian Open, semi finals singel, finals doubles
  • ABN Amro tournament, semi finals, singles
  • Japan Open, finals doubles
  • Roland Garros, finals doubles
  • Wimbledon, finals doubles
  • US Open, finals singles and doubles
  • NEC Tennis Masters singles, winner
  • NEC Tennis Masters doubles, winner
Top End product(s) used to compete and chair used for everyday:
  • Invacare Top End T5 Titanium Wheelchair and Kuschall KSL Wheelchair
Team Invacare athlete since 2010
 
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