Athletes

Julie Foudy served as Public Policy Officer for the Women's Sports Foundation, working to address equity issues on all levels of sport (2005-06). She was the vice president at-large of the Women's Sports Foundation Board of Trustees (2000-05) and was a former president of the Foundation (2000-02). Foudy captained the U.S. National Women's Soccer Team for 13 of the 18 years in which she was a member. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2004), an Olympic silver medalist (2000) and a two-time Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup champion (WWC) (1991, 1999). Foudy also received bronze medals with the U.S. team at the 1995 and 2003 FIFA WWC's. She was the captain of the former Women's United Soccer Association's (WUSA) San Diego Spirit and was a founding player of WUSA. In 1997, Foudy became the first woman and first American to receive the FIFA Fair Play Award for her work against child labor. A four-time NCAA All-America selection at Stanford University, Foudy was named one of the "100 Most Influential NCAA Student-Athletes" in 2006 by the NCAA. Also in 2006, she founded the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, a camp for girls ages 12-18 that focuses on both soccer and leadership. In 2005, Foudy received an honorary doctorate of law degree from Smith College. . In 2007, she was elected into the National Soccer Hall of Fame alongside longtime teammate Mia Hamm as the first all-female induction class. She is one of the five players featured in the documentary entitled "Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team." She currently works as a broadcaster for ESPN/ABC.(11/07)