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The Tyee Difference: Winter 2020

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Health Care Huskies

A botched operation on his broken leg, and the high-tech procedure to rectify it, solidified then 13-year-old Ian Engstrom’s determination to become a doctor. “I was in agonizing pain,” remembers the UW Rower and 3.58 GPA biochemistry major. FULL STORY

Coaches and Staff

Conversation with Coach: Jody Wynn, Women’s Basketball

Being able to play to our potential to finish last year, upsetting two teams in the Pac-12 tournament to go to the semifinals, carried us into a good spring and off-season of training. We have more depth and experience now... FULL STORY

Donors and Difference-Makers

Kari’s Legacy

Kari Osterhaug had always loved the water, sailing and canoeing and swimming with her parents and four older siblings. But she’d never rowed crew until she showed up as a walk-on for UW Rowing tryouts her freshman year in 1989. FULL STORY

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Setting the table for success

From team travel to high-tech equipment, leading-edge training to scholarships, the generosity of Tyee Club members paved the way for proud achievements in fall sports. Washington was one of just three Division I schools to... FULL STORY

Donors and Difference-Makers

There’s no place like home

Three-point record-holder Ryan Appleby returned to Washington and now gives back to support today’s student-athletes. FULL STORY

Donors and Difference-Makers

Cohn Award honoree Pete Shimer lauds ‘the opportunity to give back’

Every day during his more than 35-year career with Deloitte, now as Chief Operating Officer, Pete Shimer says he employs the values and skills he honed as a UW student-athlete... FULL STORY