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Mary Gruzalski                  Class: Senior Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tenn. High School: Oak Ridge H.S. Height: 5-8 Position: Rower Birthdate: 12/14/1981

"Mary is a natural athlete. If she continues to work through the winter with the kind of unsatisfied determination she is showing right now, it will benefit her and the team in the spring. I expect her to approach every day with race mentality so that she can reach her goals by becoming a tougher competitor."

FALL 2002: Rowed on squads that placed second behind other UT boats in the Championship 8+ and 4+ races at the Chattanooga Head Race...Member of the Lady Vol 8+ boat that claimed victory in a 59-team field in the Club 8+ race at the Head of the Charles...Member of the 8+ shell that placed second in the Club 8+ race at the Head of the Chattahoochee...2001-02: Rowed with 4+ and 8+ boats during the fall, winning gold at the Chattanooga Head Race, Head of the Tennessee, Head of the Schuylkill and Head of the Chattahoochee...Spent the spring season on UT's 2nd Varsity 8+...Shell placed first in a dual meet against Notre Dame...Won a silver medal in the 8+ race at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships and placed second in the Petite Final of the Lexus Central/Southern Sprints...Named to the Lady Vol Honor Roll for outstanding academic achievement...2000-01: Rowed with the Varsity 4+ during the spring season...Boat finished fifth in the Grand Finals of the SIRA Championships...Member of the victorious Varsity 4+ shell at the Indiana Cup...Her Novice 8+ crew captured first in a dual meet with Louisville...

Graduated from Oak Ridge H.S. in 2000 after playing soccer for four years...Served as the squad's captain her senior year...Her team was district champs all four years...Graduated with honors...Member of the National Honor Society and Youth Advisory Board...

A logistics and transportation major, she wants to be successful in the business world when she graduates...Cites Mia Hamm as the biggest influence on her life...Her sister, Anna, 23, played soccer for Old Dominion University...Also has one brother, Jacob, 28...Mary Margaret Gruzalski was born Dec. 14, 1981, in Oak Ridge, Tenn...Her parents are Greg and Peggy Gruzalski.