Mary Osborne Andrews is US Olympian — Business Owner — Professional Coach & Performance Consultant. Coupled with her heart-felt presence, Mary’s coaching rigor makes her the perfect choice for people wanting to play big in their lives and leadership. Mary likes to introduce herself as a basketball player who became an Olympian as a javelin thrower. She is a proud member of the 1980 United States Olympic Team and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement. She is a graduate of Stanford University with a BA in Sociology, with distinction, and a Master’s in Social Sciences of Education with a focus on organizational theory. She holds the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation. Mary continues to hone her craft as a professional coach through the pursuit of current wisdom, including inquiry based on neuroscience, trauma coaching, and the concept of crucial conversations. Her life is blessed with a wonderful family embodying love and excellence. Mary and her husband, Michael, are known for their community leadership uplifting youth through sport and opportunities for excellence. Mary enjoys the beauty of living in San Diego while keeping ties with her native Montana which feeds her soul.

Mildred Ella Didrikson was born on June 26, 1911, in Port Arthur, Texas. She was one of seven children born to Norwegian immigrant parents, her mother a laundress and father a furniture maker. A natural athlete, as a child she played on a neighborhood baseball team; legend has it that her many homeruns earned her the nickname “Babe” after the great Babe Ruth (another version of this story says that her mother had called her “Bebe” from the time she was a toddler.) In high school Didrikson played multiple sports, excelling at them all. She was particularly adept at basketball and was recruited to play for a corporate-sponsored team. While on that team, Didrikson became inspired to train to compete in the 1932 Olympics, where she received a gold medal and set a new record in the javelin throw as well as in the 80-meter hurdle. She also won a silver medal that year in the high jump. Didrikson is the only track and field athlete – male or female – to win individual Olympic medals in separate running, throwing, and jumping events. After her victorious Olympic performance, Didrikson went on to excel at golf, winning 82 tournaments, and co-founding the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). A voracious competitor, Didrikson was voted “Woman Athlete of the Half-Century” in 1950 by the Associated Press, which followed up 50 years later by voting her the “Woman Athlete of the 20th Century.” Didrikson had married George Zaharias in 1938, and at the time of her premature death from cancer in 1955 at age 45, she was one of the highest paid female athletes, earning an estimated $100,000 annually (equivalent to $1 million in today’s dollars). “She is beyond all belief until you see her perform,” famed sportswriter Grantland Rice wrote. “Then you finally understand that you are looking at the most flawless section of muscle harmony, of complete mental and physical coordination, the world of sport has ever seen.”