Julie Chu

Julie Chu
Chu at the 2010 Academy Awards
Born	(1982-03-13) March 13, 1982 (age 42) Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Right
Played for	Harvard Crimson (2002–2007) Minnesota Whitecaps (2007–2010) Montreal Stars (2010–2015)
Current coach	Concordia Stingers
Coached for	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (asst.) Union Dutchwomen (asst.)
National team	United States
Playing career	1999–2017
Coaching career	2007–present

Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an American-Canadian former Olympic ice hockey player who played forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and defense with Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). 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 broken in 2011. She is tied as the second-most decorated US woman 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 has served as head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of U Sports since 2016. She was previously an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship in 2008 and served as an assistant coach with the Union Dutchwomen of Union College in 2010–2013.