Durham College Athletics

Julie Hornsby was born in Cambridge in 1967 and began an outstanding collegiate athletic career at Durham College in 1986. The two-sport athlete in Basketball and Softball was the most valuable player in two of her three years with each team. Prior to graduating in 1989 she was named an OCAA Basketball All-Star twice, an OCAA Softball All-Star twice and captured several OCAA Championship medals over the three year period. She led the Women's Softball team to an Ontario Silver medal and a Bronze medal in back-to-back years while captaining the Women's Basketball team to three straight productive seasons. The talented athlete was named Durham College's Female Athlete of the Year in 1988-89. In addition to her college sports success, Julie also was one of the top ringette players in the country while in college and led Ontario to many Championships in the ringette world.