Benita Fitzgerald Mosley (1984) won the Olympic gold medal in 100-meter hurdles in 1984. She was an All-America and NCAA champion. She is president of Women in Cable and Telecommunications.

Matthew H. Vogel, who attended UTK from 1975 to 1980 and 1984 to 1987, won the Olympic gold medal in 100-meter butterfly and the 400-meter medley relay.

Pat Summitt (1975) has won eight national championships as head coach of the basketball Lady Vols. She is in the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Summit is the all time winningest coach in the NCAA with more than 1,000 victories. She won a silver medal in the 1976 [...]

Melvin Stewart attended UT in Knoxville from 1989 to 1991. He was a swimmer and earned 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics.

William D. “Tripp” Schwenk was an All-America swimmer who attended UT Knoxville during the 1990s. He won both gold and silver medals in the 1996 summer Olympics.

Patricia Ann “Trish” Roberts was an All-America basketball player at Tennessee and an Olympic silver medalist. She also played professionally and is a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. She is women’s basketball coach at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Candace Parker (2008) plays for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks and is considered one of the best NCAA women’s basketball players of all time. She was a number one draft pick and recently won an Olympic gold medal. In 2008 Parker was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year as well as the Most [...]

Tim Mack (1996, 1998) won a gold medal in the pole vault in the 2004 summer Olympics. He won the 1995 NCAA indoor pole vault title while a student at UT.

LaVonna Martin-Floreal (1988) was a Lady Vol All-America in track and an Olympic silver medalist.

Jeremy Linn was a UT All America swimmer. He won the NCAA 100-meter breaststroke three years (1996, 1997, 1998) and also won the NCAA 200-meter breaststroke in 1997. He won a gold and silver medal in the 1996 Olympics.