Julie Chu
| Julie Chu | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Chu at the 2010 Academy Awards | |||
| Born | (1982-03-13) March 13, 1982 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Played for | Harvard (2002–2007) Minnesota Whitecaps (2007–2010) Montreal Stars (2010–2015) | ||
| National team |  United States | ||
| Playing career | 1999–present | ||
Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and the position of defense on Les Canadiennes. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player while at Harvard University. She finished her collegiate career as the all-time assists leader and points scorer in NCAA history with 284 points until the record was snapped in 2011. She is tied as the second-most decorated U.S. female in Olympic Winter Games history. She was selected by fellow Team USA members to be the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Chu was an assistant coach for University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship in 2008 and served as coach at Union College in 2010–2013.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Playing career
2.1 International hockey
2.2 Professional hockey
3 Coaching career
4 Personal
5 Accomplishments and notes
5.1 Media/national publicity biography
5.2 Endorsement campaigns
5.3 Career statistics
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Julie Wu Chu was born in New York City in 1982. Her father Wah was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Wah and his mother moved to Hong Kong when he was one year old. In 1967, when Wah was 16, they emigrated to New York City. Shortly after arriving, he met his future wife, Miriam, at a youth group meeting at a neighborhood church.[1] Miriam's father is Chinese and her mother is Puerto Rican.[2] Chu has a sister, Christina, and a brother, Richard.
Chu grew up with her family in Fairfield, Connecticut. As a child, Chu participated in soccer and figure skating before transitioning into youth hockey. She attended Choate Rosemary Hall but graduated from Northwood School (Lake Placid, New York) in 2001.[3] She deferred her acceptance into Harvard University until after the 2002 Winter Olympics. She graduated in 2007 with a concentration in psychology.
Playing career
Chu is the first Asian American woman to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team; she competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics. She is tied as the second-most decorated U.S. female in Olympic Winter Games history.[4] The four-time Olympian was chosen through a vote of each winter sport's team captain to carry the American flag during the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.[5] Chu is the second ice hockey player to serve as flag bearer for Team USA.
During her time at Harvard, Chu became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history and was elected as team captain. In her four years at Harvard University, she was the all-time assists leader and obtained 284 points, the most in NCAA history. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player in the United States.
International hockey
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing United States | ||
| Women's ice hockey | ||
Olympic Games | ||
 | 2002 Salt Lake City | Tournament |
| 2010 Vancouver | Tournament |
| 2014 Sochi | Tournament |
 | 2006 Turin | Tournament |
IIHF World Women's Championships | ||
 | 2005 Sweden | Tournament |
| 2008 China | Tournament |
| 2009 Finland | Tournament |
| 2011 Switzerland | Tournament |
| 2013 Canada | Tournament |
| 2001 United States | Tournament |
| 2004 Canada | Tournament |
| 2007 Canada | Tournament |
| 2012 United States | Tournament |
| Women's 4 Nations Cup | ||
| 2003 Sweden | Tournament |
| 2008 United States | Tournament |
| 2011 Sweden | Tournament |
| 2000 United States | Tournament |
| 2002 Canada | Tournament |
| 2004 United States | Tournament |
| 2005 Finland | Tournament |
| 2006 Canada | Tournament |
| 2007 Sweden | Tournament |
| 2010 Canada | Tournament |
As a key member and assistant captain of National Hockey Team USA, Chu won Silver medals at the Olympic Games in 2002, 2010, and 2014 and a Bronze in 2006. She has recorded 40 goals and 83 assists in 150 games with Team USA.
- 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 & 2013 World Champion
- 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012 Silver Medalist
Chu was the leading scorer at the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships tournament with ten points (five goals, five assists).[6]
As of May 8, 2015, Chu had not decided on whether or not she will return to international competition.[7]
Professional hockey
From 2007 to 2010, Chu played forward for the professional hockey Minnesota Whitecaps of the WWHL and won the 2010 Clarkson Cup. In 2010–11, she joined the Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and claimed her second consecutive Clarkson Cup title, becoming the first player to win the Clarkson Cup with two different teams. In 2010–11 season, Chu was one of the top-5 leading scorers, racking up 35 points, 5 goals and 30 assists in only 19 games.
Chu has also participated in both the inaugural (2014) and second (2015–16) annual CWHL All-Star Games.
She and Forward Natalie Spooner, from the Toronto Furies, were voted captains by the public for the second annual CWHL All-Star Game, taking place January 23, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. More than 33,000 votes were cast during the public voting period, with Chu leading the polls, receiving 34% of the votes and Spooner coming in second with 23% in the public poll, which ran Dec. 15-Jan. 15 at www.CWHL.ca.[8] The event makes Chu the first non-Canadian CWHL All-Star Captain and the first visible-minority player to be named captain at an All-Star Game. Chu's Team Black went on to defeat Spooner's Team White by a score of 5–1.[9]
Coaching career
In 2007–08 Chu was an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship. In the 2010–2011 hockey season, she joined the Union College women's hockey coaching staff, serving as assistant coach. She stepped down after the 2012–2013 season to focus full-time for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Chu currently coaches the Concordia Stingers' women's ice hockey team.[10]
Personal
Chu is married to Canadian hockey player and Olympic gold-medalist Caroline Ouellette.[11] Chu and Ouellette were both teammates for Les Canadiennes de Montréal and served together as assistant coaches of the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the Concordia Stingers. They previously captained their respective national women's hockey teams which have a huge rivalry, and skated against each other in three Olympic gold medal finals (2002, 2010, 2014) and over half a dozen world championships.[12] Chu and Ouellette announced the birth of their daughter Liv on November 5, 2017.[13]
Accomplishments and notes
- 2014 US Olympic Team Flag Bearer – Closing Ceremonies
- 2014 Competed in her 4th Olympic Games for the United States (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014)
- 2011 Clarkson Cup
2010 Clarkson Cup Tournament Most Valuable Player
2007–08 Assistant coach of the University of Minnesota-Duluth women's ice hockey team, which won its fourth NCAA national championship that season. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Chu stepped down to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
2007 Patty Kazmaier Award winner (equivalent to the Heisman Trophy for NCAA women's ice hockey)[14]
2007 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award – Awarded by USA Hockey[15]
2005 USCHO.com Defensive Forward of the Year [16]- Four-time All American at Harvard
- Four-time finalist for Patty Kazmaier Award
- All-time NCAA scoring leader (284 points in four seasons)
- All-time NCAA assist leader (197 points in four seasons)
- Three-time All American
- Three-time NCAA Frozen Four finalist
- Four-time USA Hockey Girls national champion (Connecticut Polar Bears)
Media/national publicity biography
- Off The Podium.com Torino 2006 Screensaver
- February 13, 2006 -People Magazine
- February 2006 -Glamour Magazine
- US Anti-Doping Agency 2006 Campaign
ESPN Magazine Body Issue, October 2011 edition[17]
Endorsement campaigns
- Procter & Gamble / Bounty – 2014
- BP – 2014
- Ralph Lauren – 2014
- Citi – 2014
- Highmark Insurance / Blue Cross Blue Shield – 2014
- Easton Hockey – 2009 to present
- Upper Deck Trading Cards – 2010 and 2014
- Panini Trading Cards – 2014
- Procter & Gamble / Crest – 2010
- Nike – 2010
- Sega / Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games – 2010
Career statistics
| | | Regular season | | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | |||
| 1999 | US Under −22 Team | Nat-Tm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2000 | US Under-22 Team | Nat-Tm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2000 | US Four Nations Cup Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 2000–01 | US Women's National Team | Nat-Tm | 33 | 17 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 2001 | US World Championship Team | Nat-Tm | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 2000–01 | US Visa Skate to Salt Lake Team | Nat-Tm | 29 | 11 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 2002 | US Under −22 Team | Nat-Tm | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2002 | United States Olympic Team – Salt Lake City | Nat-Tm | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
2002–03 | Harvard University Crimson | NCAA | 34 | 42 | 51 | 93 | |||
| 2003 | US Four Nations Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2003 | US Under −22 Team | Nat-Tm | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
2003–04 | Harvard University Crimson | NCAA | 32 | 15 | 41 | 56 | |||
| 2004 | US Four Nations Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2004 | US World Championship Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
2004–05 | Harvard University Crimson | NCAA | 33 | 13 | 56 | 69 | |||
| 2005 | US Four Nations Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | US World Championship Team | Nat-Tm | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 2005–06 | US Hilton Family Skate Team to 2006 | Nat-Tm | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 2006 | US Four Nations Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2006 | United States Olympic Team – Torino | Nat-Tm | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||
2006–07 | Harvard University Crimson | NCAA | 30 | 18 | 48 | 66 | |||
| 2007 | US Four Nations Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | US World Championship Team | Nat-Tm | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2007–08 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 2008 | US World Championship Team | Nat-Tm | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 2008–09 | Minnesota Whitecaps | WWHL | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 2010 | United States Olympic Team – Vancouver | Nat-Tm | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 2010–11 | Montreal Stars | CWHL | 16 | 5 | 27 | 32 | |||
| 2011 | US Four Nations Team | Nat-Tm | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | US Twelve Nations Invitational Series Team | Nat-Tm | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 2011 | US World Championship Team | Nat-Tm | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 2011–12 | Montreal Stars | CWHL | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 2012–13 | Montreal Stars | CWHL | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 2013–14 | Montreal Stars | CWHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | United States Olympic Team – Sochi | Nat-Tm | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | Montreal Stars | CWHL | 20 | 2 | 15 | 17 | |||
| NCAA totals | 129 | 88 | 196 | 284 | |||||
| WWHL totals | 18 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||||
| CWHL totals | 67 | 14 | 59 | 73 | |||||
| Team USA totals | 155 | 40 | 84 | 124 | |||||
References
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^ Manic, Amanda (February 21, 2014). "Julie Chu Selected As Closing Ceremony Flag Bearer For 2014 U.S. Olympic Team". Team USA. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
^ Conley, Mikaela (February 21, 2014). "Hockey player Julie Chu to be flag bearer in Olympic Closing Ceremony". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
^ "IIHF World Womens Championship : Scoring Leaders" (PDF). Stats.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
^ "Interview: Julie Chu on Her Olympic Hockey Journey and 'Breaking Down Walls'". Asia Society. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
^ "Chu and Spooner to Captain All-Star Teams". thecwhl.com. Jan 19, 2016.
^ "Team Black win 2016 CWHL All-Star Game | Canadian Women's Hockey League – Pointstreak Sites". www.cwhl.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
^ "Concordia coaching staff welcomes a winner". The Concordian. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41977355
^ Kassam, Ashifa (15 November 2017). "Canada-US ice hockey rivalry thaws as former captains have child together". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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^ "Annual Awards – Through the Years". USA Hockey. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
^ "USCHO.com's 2004–05 D-I Women's Year-End Honors". 22 March 2005. Retrieved 28 November 2016.|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help)
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External links
Julie Chu at the United States Olympic Committee- NBCOlympics.com profile
- Julie Chu blogs from 09 Worlds
- Minnesota Whitecaps bio
- Montreal Stars bio
Julie Chu Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
