Mary Whipple Murray

A three-time Olympic medalist (two golds and one silver in the women's eight), Murray coxed the Huskies' varsity eight to NCAA championships in both 2001 and 2002, after having the varsity four to the title in 1999.
 
Following her UW career, she earned the job as the United States' primary coxswain, leading the eight in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. After winning silver in 2004, she brought home gold medals from Beijing and London. Murray was also the coxswain for U.S. eights that won five gold medals at World Championships, in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011.
 
A Sacramento, Calif., native, Murray (under maiden name Mary Whipple) was a four-time letter winner for the Washington women's rowing program from 1999-02. While at the UW, Whipple received many honors that included All-Pac-10 in 2002, first-team All-Academic All-Pac-10 in 2001, and CRCA first-team All-American from 2000-02.