Tamika Catchings (2001) of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Indiana Fever, was the 2002 WNBA rookie of the year. She was a four-time All-America as a Lady Vol. She won a gold medal in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

Douglas Charles Brown (1974) was the first UT athlete to qualify for Olympic competition in 1972. He also competed in 1976 and qualified in 1980. As head track coach at UT, his squad won the 1991 national championship and Brown was named national coach of the year.