Thursday, April 17, 2008

Amy Van Dyken Makes USO Hall of Fame

Amy Van Dyken, the Cherry Creek High School grad who won four Olympic gold medals in Atlanta (pictured left) and two in Sydney, was officially named to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame this week.

Selections to the USO Hall of Fame were based on voting by the public and members of the Olympic family. Apparently only more than 100,000 people voted online.

Van Dyken will be inducted in a formal ceremony in Chicago on June 19.

Hall of Fames are nothing new to this swimming champ. As a former Colorado State swimmer, she was named NCAA swimmer of the year in 1994 and has been already inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. In May 2007, she was the only American that year to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

A true champ indeed! Congrats Mrs. Rouen.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Way to go, Amy! Too bad yo hubby ain't in the pro football hall of fame. You can rub that in to him for the rest of his life. He was a decent punter for the Broncos.