Carol Menken-Schaudt (born November 23, 1957) is a former American

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 basketball player from Jefferson, Oregon

Jefferson, Oregon

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 who won a gold medal on the U.S. team at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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She played college basketball at Oregon State University

Oregon State University

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 from 1979-1981. She was All-Conference three years, and was an All-American her senior year, leading the Nation in field goal percentage at .750. She still holds Oregon State's career records for points (2,243), rebounds (901) and field goal percentage (.692).

She was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame

Oregon Sports Hall of Fame

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in 1993 and currently lives in Philomath, Oregon with her husband Ken and her two children.