Spencer Larimore #8 Class 1.0a
Spencer Larimore is the team captain of the Boise Bombers wheelchair rugby team. He started playing wheelchair rugby in 2008 for the North Texas Cowboys when he was living in Texas. He moved back to Boise in 2011 and started the Boise Bombers Wheelchair Rugby Team. His other interests are hand cycling, weight training, no limit Texas Holdem, RC car racing, photography, shooting video and editing. He is a C-6 incomplete quadriplegic as a result of a mountain bike accident in 2000.
Tracy Lewis #13 Class 1.5
Tracy Lewis started playing quad rugby with the Bombers on their very first day of practice. He enjoys the intensity of the game. “We hit hard and we play hard.” He earned an AAS Degree in Technical Drafting from Boise State University in 2008. He is a full-time parent that also enjoys concerts, museums, road trips and shooting pool. He also enjoys the camaraderie and exercise with the team. He has learned a lot on and off the court, which has made him more independent. Tracy is a C 6/7 quadriplegic as a result of a rollover car accident in August of 1996.
Jeff Christensen #21 Class 1.0a
Jeff Christensen was born and raised in Southern California, north of LA in the San Fernando Valley. Jeff married Pamela Zeyer of Melba Idaho in 1980 and established their home in Santa Clarita CA, where they raised 4 children. Jeff was in a construction accident where he fell 18 feet breaking his neck, severing the spinal cord paralyzing 80 percent of his body.Currently Jeff spends his time volunteering in his community and church,and speaks often to people and groups about facing and overcoming trials and challenges in life.
Nicholas Miller #22 Class NA
Nick Started playing with the Bombers in 2015
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Josiah Sullivan #11 Class 0.5
Josiah Sullivan is the coach of the Boise Bombers and started playing wheelchair rugby in late 2011. Josiah graduated in the Spring of 2014 from Boise State University with a Business degree. After earning his degree Josiah worked at Mission Aviation Fellowship as a Business Analyst but is now focusing on being a motivational speaker inspiring students to overcome life’s struggles. He is a C-5 quadriplegic after being involved in a rollover car accident in 2007.
Steve Baxter #14 Class 2.5
Steve Baxter has participated in the rugby event at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games multiple times, as well as attending several practices of other USQRA teams. He is also actively playing wheelchair tennis. Steve is a C 6/7 quadriplegic as a result of an accident in the summer of 2004.
Megan Zusne #5 Class 1.0a
Megan Zusne was recruited in the YMCA while rehabbing from a lengthy hospitalization in Seattle, WA after retiring from a 15-year career in book selling. Megan is now webmaster for the Idaho Jazz Society, performs improv comedy and studies jazz singing & piano. Wheelchair swing dancing places second only to wheelchair rugby as her favorite sport. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1989, she now lives with Secondary Progressive MS..
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