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  Jill Sterkel

Jill Sterkel

Player Profile

Sport: Swimming (1979-83; 1992-2006)
Inducted: 2000
Hometown: Hacienda Heights, Calif.

  • Four-time Olympian (two gold medals and two bronze in freestyle and relays)
  • Earned 27 All-America honors and won 16 individual national championships
  • Recipient of the Honda Award as National Female Swimmer of the Year twice (1979-80; 1980-81)
  • Earned the 1980-81 Honda-Broderick Cup as National Female Athlete of the Year
  • Head coach of the UT women's swimming team from 1992-2006
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