The UP Alumni page boasts 15,424 graduates who call the city of Portland home, pursuing life and careers in the Portland area. Of course there are also regional alumni chapters across the country. And special Affinity Chapters promoting continuing connections between Nursing graduates, ROTC cohorts, Villa Maria survivors, and Salzburg dreamers. But who would have guessed that from our alumni we have produced athletes enough to propose a Pilot Affinity Chapter for our International Olympians.
List of Known University Olympians
1908
Dan Kelly, Silver medal, Long Jump, U.S. Team
(at Columbia University for freshman year only 1904-05)
1920
Rudolph (Rudy) Scholz, Gold medal, U.S. Rugby Team
(at Columbia University Preparatory School, 1911-12)
John Murphy, ’17, High Jump, U.S. Team, 5th place
(Columbia University Preparatory School)
1924
Rudolph (Rudy) Scholz, Gold medal, U.S. Rugby Team
(at Columbia University Preparatory School, 1911-12)
1992
Yari Alnutt ’92, U.S. Men’s Soccer Team
1996
Shannon MacMillan ’97, Gold medal, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Tiffeny Milbrett ’95, Gold medal, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Kasey Keller ’96, U.S. Men’s Soccer Team
2000
Clive Charles, Coach, U.S. Men’s Soccer Team, 4th place
Conor Casey ’02, U.S. Men’s Soccer Team, 4th place
Shannon MacMillan ’97, Silver medal, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Tiffeny Milbrett ’95, Silver medal, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Michelle French ’00, Silver medal, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
2008
Stephanie Lopez-Cox ’07, Gold Medal, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Sophie Schmidt ’10, Canada Women’s Soccer Team
Christine Sinclair ’06, Canada Women’s Soccer Team
Derek Mandell ’08, Guam Men’s Track Team (men’s 800m)
2012
Christine Sinclair ’06, Bronze medal, Canada Women’s Soccer Team
Sophie Schmidt ’10, Bronze medal, Canada Women’s Soccer Team
Megan Rapinoe ’08, Gold medal, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Derek Mandell 08, Guam Men’s Track Team (men’s 800m)
2016
Christine Sinclair ’06, Canada Women’s Soccer Team
Sophie Schmidt ’10, Canada Women’s Soccer Team
Megan Rapinoe ’08, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Josh Ilustre ’16, Guam Men’s Track Team (men’s 800m)
Who’d a thunk?