Dan

Rose

Quick Facts

• Born in Janesville, WI in 1985
• Moved around a few years before settling down in Tomah, WI when he was 8 years old
• Dan is the middle child with two sisters and was adopted and raised by Mike and Nancy Roush and gained two brothers in the process
• He grew up playing hockey and is still close friends with many of his teammates
• Dan joined the U.S. Army Reserves after graduating high school in 2003 and went on to get a Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in 2008
• He volunteered for a deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 as a combat engineer doing route clearance
• Seven months into the deployment his truck was hit by an IED and the resulting injuries left Dan paralyzed from the chest down
• Luckily, he was the worst injured in the truck, and his driver and gunner also survived
• During his rehabilitation, Dan was introduced to a variety of adaptive sports
• The sense of community and influence of positive minded individuals is what pulled Dan out of the struggles of dealing with a life altering injury and made his life worth living again
• Dan moved to Denver in 2016 and married his partner Lisa in 2019
• After attending a Veterans Curling Camp in 2019, Dan was selected to the Developmental Program and later made the National Team in 2021 and 2022.

Career Highlights

• First made the National Team in 2021