The Celebrity Apprentice

NBC Reality
Angela Ruggiero
Angela Ruggiero, 26 "The Olympian" Oyster Bay, NY Three-time Olympic Ice Hockey Player Angela grew up in Los Angeles as well as Harper Woods, MI. She attended Harvard University where she graduated cum laude with a degree in government, and was also an NCAA First Team Academic All-American and one of the top eight student athletes in the entire NCAA at the time. She was a star player on the U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team where she won a Gold medal in 1998, a Silver in 2002, and a Bronze in 2006. She was the first woman non-goalie to play in professional men's hockey and earned a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame for the first brother-sister duo to play pro hockey together. She was voted USA's Woman's Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004, and in 2003 was ranked #1 female hockey player in the world by "The Hockey News". She currently is the founder and president of a girl's hockey school, an author, and the director of the New York Islanders' Project Hope that helps young Chinese athletes with access to educational opportunities. She is a contestant on The Apprentice Season 6 where she says "I should be the next Apprentice because I achieved success on a world platform as a result of my strong work ethic, determination and commitment - the same traits needed to success in business." BuddyTV's exclusive interview with Angela Ruggiero Angela The Apprentice Angela Ruggerio The Apprentice Angela Ruggerio The Apprentice (Photos courtesy of NBC and angelaruggiero.com)