Famous / Notable Phis

Sports and Fitness

Christine Bannister (Gamma Pi-Arizona State)
Account executive for Brener Zwikel & Associates sports public relations and marketing firm.

Susie Maxwell Berning (Delta Delta-Oklahoma City)
Three time winner of the Women's U.S. Open. Inducted into OCU Sports Hall of Fame, Nevada Sports Hall of Fame in 1973, National Gold Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

Lourie Boike (Beta Tau-Indiana)
Director of ticket operations, DP Fox Sports and Entertainment.

Julie Clark (Gamma Beta-UC/Santa Barbara)
Awarding-winning veteran pilot and air show performer. North America’s only solo T-34 acrobatic performer. Captain for Northwest Airlines (since 1984). Inducted into the International Women’s Air and Space Museum.

Claire Waters Ferguson (Βeta Βeta-Michigan State)
First woman president of the U.S. Figure Skating Association. President during the 1994 Olympics and the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding incident. First woman elected to the International Federation for Figure Skaters. Serves on the International Skating Union Council, the first U.S. woman to do so. Recipient of Alpha Phi Frances E.Willard Award, 1994.

Michelle Freeman (Delta Pi-Indiana State)
Head football athletic trainer, Christopher Newport University.

Laura Gilpin (Τau-Oregon)
Created and heads Tri-Valley Sports Commission in San Francisco, one of only 11 sports commissions in California.

Stacia Hookom (Beta Gamma-Colorado)
First female on the National Snowboarding Team (1993). Six National Championship titles, nine World Cup podiums, seven trips to the world championships in 12 seasons.

Edean Anderson Ihlanfeldt (Βeta Upsilon-Oregon State)
Golfer. Accomplishments include: Champion of Women's National Senior Championship (1982), Canadian Women’s Open Champion (1952), five-time PNGA Women’s Amateur Champion and three-time PNGA Senior Women’s Amateur Champion. Inducted into Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame in 1985.    

Amie Kraft (Theta Xi-Shippensburg)
Massage therapist for the Philadelphia Eagles since 2001.

Michele McClinton (Delta Gamma-Northern Colorado) Professional ski instructor in Aspen, Colo., teaching more than 20 years and specializing in women's programs.

Wanda LaBounty Means (Βeta Εpsilon-Arizona)
Kicker, punter for the Austin Rangers, Women’s Professional Football League (1999-2001).

Brenna Miles (Pi-North Dakota)
Personal trainer and instructor. Appears in fitness videos and on Cory Everson’s Gotta Sweat fitness television show.

Kim Miller (Beta Alpha-Illinois)
Program director, USA Team Handball, the national governing body for the Olympic sport of handball in the U.S.

Eliza Orlins (Alpha-Syracuse)
competed on CBS television's reality series Survivor: Vanuatu.

Debby Pfaff (Omicron-Missouri)
Director of accounting for St. Louis Cardinals, L.P.

Portia Pollock (Eta Sigma-Lafayette)
High school coach.

Leila Pratt (Theta Nu-Appalachian State)
Assistant sports information director, Appalachian State University.

Mollie Quinn (Beta Delta-UCLA)
UCLA spirit squad advisor, co-creator of the nationally utilized Performance Enhancement Program for spirit leaders, Golden State Spirit Association associate director and choreographer.

Dana Roberts (Theta Alpha-Linfield)
Certified athletic trainer, Linfield College.

Melinda Erickson Roeder (Epsilon Iota-Duquesne)
Professional football player for Indiana Speed, a team in the Women's Professional Football League.

Marian Dale Roper (Βeta Delta-UCLA)
Bronze metal winner in platform diving, 1932 U.S. Olympic Team.

Katherine Ross Simard (Delta Epsilon-Iowa)
Professional horse trainer and instructor. Specializing in dressage, she is one of less than 150 United States Dressage Federation certified instructors in the U.S.. 

Courtney Jean Barfield Sparks (Delta Delta-Oklahoma City)
Cheerleader for Dallas Cowboys NFL football team (since 2000).

Karen Regan Toole (Βeta Αlpha-Illinois)
Assistant director of compliance for the Big Ten Conference (1994-2002).

Carolyn Burkett Muegge Vaughan
(Gamma Eta-North Texas) Co-leader of the Mount Vaughn Antarctic Expedition (1993-94). Participant in three Alaskan Iditarod dogsled races. Second degree black belt in Judo.

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