Julie Hornsby began an outstanding collegiate athletic career at Durham College in 1986. The two-sport athlete in basketball and fastball was the most valuable player in two of her three years with each team.

Prior graduating in 1989, she was named an OCAA basketball all-star twice, an OCAA fastball all-star twice and captured several OCAA championship medals over three-year period.

She led the women's fastball team to an Ontario silver medal and a bronze medal in back-to-back years while captaining the women's basketball team to three straight productive seasons.

The talented athlete was named Durham College's female athlete of the year in 1988-89.

In addition to her college sport success, Julie was also one of the top ringette players in the country while in college and led Ontario to many championships in the ringette world.

Julie was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball all-millennium team.