| School: Lincoln | Graduation Year: 1985 |
Year Inducted: 2013
Sports Played: Swimming
High School Honors: Swimming: 4-year letter winner; PIL and State Champion as a Freshman in 200 Yard Freestyle, 100 Yard Backstroke (State and National Records) and 200 Yard Medley Relay; PIL and State Champion as a Sophomore in 220 and 500 Yard Freestyle, and 200 Yard Medley; PIL and State Champion as a Junior in 220 and 500 yard Freestyle; PIL and State Champion as a Senior in 100 Yard Backstroke, 220 Yard Freestyle, 200 Yard Medley (State Record) and 100 Yard Backstroke (State Record). Two-time Scholar-athlete All-American in 100 & 200 Backstroke.
Post High School Career: Received a full Swimming scholarship to Stanford University and lettered all 4 years; 3-time Scholar-athlete All American in 100 and 200 Backstroke. US National Swimming Team and competed in the World University Games in both Kyoto, Japan and Zagreb, Yugoslavia (won a bronze medal) Participated in Olympic Trials twice. Currently (2013) in the process of earning her Master’s in Social Work from University of Southern California.
Commentary:
Participating in athletics gave me a work ethic from which I’ve never fully recovered. As a former athlete and now as a lifestyle and high school coach, I’m always wondering how we can improve upon our last achievement. I am grateful for the love, support, and encouragement I was given, and now try to pay it forward with my daughters, my team and my clients.
Vocationally, I work at the Indian Health Center of Silicon Valley in the Diabetes Prevention Program and am a seasonal junior varsity water polo and sometimes swim coach at Homestead High School in Cupertino.
I am an avid sports spectator including Stanford football, basketball, water polo, swimming, local pro hockey, baseball, and football, but for myself I just swim, walk, jog and hike or do a little qi gong. I look forward to trying many new sports now that my children have left for college.