Mary Mazzio '83 – Athlete (Rowing)

(Presented by Cynthia Thornton)

Mary Mazzio competed on Team USA in double sculls at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, placing 11th. The year before, she rowed in quad sculls at the 1991 World Championships. Amid a career in law, her study of film production in graduate school at Boston University also led Mazzio into a career as an award-winning documentary filmmaker. For her filmmaking, Mazzio received numerous awards, including the Gracie Award, the Women's Sports Foundation Journalism Award, the Myra Sadker award, a Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship in Korea, and a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship in France. She also received first place for best documentary at the Rhode Island Film Festival.