cup leader at the time, suffered a compound fracture of her right leg that took her out of the running for a 2006 Olympic bid as well. Parsley suffered soft-tissue injuries to her right leg that severely hampered her ability to compete in the US team trials less than 72 hours after the accident. She stayed with the team however as an assistant coach and was part of the 2006 US Olympic Skeleton Team coaching staff. Firefighting career Parsley began working as a volunteer firefighter in 1985 and earned top graduate honors from the Ohio Fire Academy as a professional firefighter cadet in 1995. She was named the State of Ohio Firefighter of the Year in 1999 for her part in the rescue of a mother and daughter during a residential house fire. During her career as a structural firefighter, she served the Licking County Ohio area as a member of the Specialized Rescue Team, Hazardous Materials Response Team and the Licking County Honor Guard. She is currently a member of the Ohio Interagency Wild Fire Crew. Academic career While attending Marshall University Parsley earned a bachelor of science degree in adult health education (1990) and later earned a second bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia (1992) in nursing. In 1994 she received a master's degree in nursing from The Ohio State University and went on to complete her doctoral degree in community nursing in 2003. Footnotes References Biographical profile Skeletonsport.com profile Sports Profile FIBT profile Corporate Artists profile Women's skeleton Olympic medalists since 2002 External links Rival Films Video Biography 1968 births Living people People from Logan, West Virginia American female skeleton racers Marshall Thundering Herd women's track and field athletes Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball players Ohio State University alumni People from Granville, Ohio Skeleton racers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in skeleton University of Virginia School of Nursing alumni Olympic skeleton racers of the United States Basketball players from West Virginia Track and field athletes from West Virginia Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics