Paul Schulte (basketball)

Paul Schulte (born 1979) is an American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player.

Biography
Schulte was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. When he was 10 he got into a car crash and was paralyzed since then. At the age of 14, he participated in his first wheelchair basketball game and by 2002 received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. After college, he joined the Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks.

In 1995 he was an NWBA Junior Division Champion and in 1997 won a silver medal at Under 23 World Championship. In 1998, Schulte was awarded with a gold medal at the IWBF World Championship while in 2006 he became a silver medalist and later in 2010 got a bronze medal all of which were in the same place. A year later, he was awarded a gold medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games and during the 2000 and 2012 Summer Paralympics he was awarded with some more bronze medals. He was also a four-time NWBA Champion in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009. Currently he is married to a woman named Meghan and has a son, Brady.

In 2021, Schulte was an NBC commentator for the Tokyo Paralympics.

U.S. Men's National Team, Paralympic Games

 * 2000: Bronze Medal - Paralympic Games, Sydney Australia
 * 2008: Paralympic Games, Beijing China
 * 2012: Bronze Medal - Paralympic Games, London England

U.S. Men's National Team, IWBF World Championships

 * 1998: Gold Medal - IWBF World Championships, Sydney Australia
 * 2002: Gold Medal - IWBF World Championships, Kitakyushu Japan
 * 2002: Most Valuable Player - IWBF World Championships, Kitakyushu Japan
 * 2006: Silver Medal - IWBF World Championships, Amsterdam Netherlands
 * 2010: Bronze Medal - IWBF World Championships, Birmingham England
 * 2014: Silver Medal - IWBF World Championships, Incheon South Korea

Men's Championship Division, National Wheelchair Basketball Association

 * 4x National Champion, Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks, Championship Division I
 * 1x National Champion, Orlando Wheelchair Magic, Championship Division I
 * 3x Most Valuable Player, Championship Division I, National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
 * Hall of Fame, Class of 2022

Intercollegiate Division, National Wheelchair Basketball Association

 * 1999: Most Valuable Player, Intercollegiate National Tournament
 * 2002: National Champion, Intercollegiate National Tournament
 * 2002: Most Valuable Player, Intercollegiate National Tournament
 * 2002: Sportsmanship Award, Intercollegiate National Tournament
 * 2002: Academic All American, Intercollegiate National Tournament
 * Retired Jersey #20, University of Texas at Arlington

Junior Division, National Wheelchair Basketball Association

 * 1995: National Champion, Junior National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
 * 1997: National Champion, Junior National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
 * 1997: Most Valuable Player, Junior National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament

Other

 * 2002: ESPY Award Nominee, Best Male Athlete with a Disability, Los Angeles USA
 * 2002: Laureus Award Nominee, Best Male Athlete with a Disability, Monaco
 * 2016: Sports Analyst for NBC Sports, 2016 Paralympic Games, Rio De Janeiro
 * 2021: Sports Analyst for NBC Sports, 2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo
 * Video Sydney Bronze Medal Shot. https://www.facebook.com/TheWillWaller/videos/462538217267091/