Christina "Corky" Julien (2019) - JMU Athletics Hall of Fame

Christina "Corky" Julien

Induction:
2019
Class:
2010

One of the top scorers in JMU history, Christina "Corky" Julien continues to enjoy a professional soccer career, highlighted by her participation on the Canadian National Team. Ten years after her last game as a Duke, Julien still stands second in program history in goals (44) and points (102), including sharing the school record for career game-winning goals with 19.

She is also 21^st with 14 career assists. Julien was a three-time All-Region honoree, including Soccer Buzz Third Team All-America and Second Team NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-America honors as a junior, when she was also recognized as the CAA Player of the Year and VaSID State Player of the Year. That year she had 16 goals, 35 points and five game-winning goals, highlighted by a program-record stretch of nine consecutive games scoring a goal.

She was named to the CAA women's soccer Silver Anniversary Team, honoring the top 25 student-athletes in the league's first 25 seasons. Following her graduation with a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology, Julien made an immediate international impact after JMU, appearing on the Canadian National Team in the Cyprus Cup in 2009 and 2010 before earning a gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico and participating in the World Cup in Germany. She was then an alternate at the London Olympics in 2012. As a professional, she most recently competed for 1. FC Koln in Germany.

Her professional endeavors have shifted to include hockey, competing for the Melbourne Ice in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League and scoring 54 goals in three seasons.