James Stuck
Weight: 190
Current Residence: Edmond, Okla.
PERSONAL: Born James Elliott Stuck on Jan. 14, 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pa.... Parents are Rosanne Stuck and the late Douglas Stuck... Has one younger brother, Jonathan... Graduated in 2002 from Valley High School in New Kensington, Pa.... Favorite food is pasta... Favorite music is metal and rock... Hobbies include playing sports and video games... James appears on a poster in the movie "The International" with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. James remembers taking the photo that is used, but did not know it was made into a poster; nor did he know that the poster was used in a movie until friends pointed it out to him. The poster is signed "James," but it is not his signature.. James lost most of his right leg in Iraq in December 2005, while assigned to the Army's 101st Airborne Division. He was driving a Humvee that struck a roadside bomb. It blew off his right leg just below the knee. He spent a year recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2011- Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico (silver)... Competed in July in the 2011 Continental Cup in Kettering, England… Competed in May with the U.S. Men’s Sitting Team in the Sarajevo Open in Bosnia-Herzegovina. James was part of the team that competed in two exhibition matches against Canada in a joint training camp that won both matches. 2010 – Helped the U.S. Men's Sitting Team to 10th place at Sitting World Championships in Oklahoma... Parapan American Championship in Denver, Colo. (Silver Medal)…WOWD World Cup in Said, Egypt (Fifth Place). 2009 – Parapan American Championship in Montreal, Canada (Gold Medal). 2007 – Parapan American Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Silver Medal).
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2010- James helped the U.S. men to an eighth-place finish at the Continental Cup in Kettering, England 2010 – James played in 24 matches throughout the course of the 2010 Sitting Volleyball World Championships and finished third on the team with 1.79 points per set. He tied for second with five service aces and added 28 kills, 1.7 per set. Stuck also tallied three digs and 10 stuff blocks.
Updated Sept. 14, 2011
