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Julie Chu (born March 13, 1982 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team . Chu's hometown is Fairfield, Connecticut, although she resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts during her college years while playing hockey for Harvard University. She now lives in Minneapolis ??? Saint Paul, Minnesota where she trains and plays for the US national team . In 2007-08 she was an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth and helped the Bulldogs win their fourth NCAA Division I national championship . For the 2010-2011 hockey season, she will be joining the Union College Women's Hockey Team's coaching staff, serving as assistant coach. Chu's father, Wah, was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Wah and his mother moved to Hong Kong when he was one-year old. In 1967, they emigrated to New York City when Wah was 16. Shortly after arriving, he met his future wife, Miriam, at a youth group meeting at a neighborhood church. Miriam is half Chinese and half Puerto Rican . Chu has one sister, Christina, and one brother, Richard. She also has extended family, including cousins Nick and Elizabeth Chu. As a child, Chu participated in soccer and figure skating before transitioning into youth hockey. She graduated in 2001 from Choate Rosemary Hall. She deferred her acceptance into Harvard University until after the 2002 Winter Olympics. She graduated with honors in 2007 with a concentration in psychology. Chu is the first Asian American woman to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team and played in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2007 for best female collegiate hockey player. During her time at Harvard, Chu became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history and was also the team captain. World Championships
Chu was the leading scorer at the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships tournament with ten points (five goals, five assists). Professional hockeySince 2007, Chu has played forward for the professional hockey Minnesota Whitecaps of the WWHL . Accomplishments & Notes
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Julie Chu".
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