Anna Tunnicliffe isa two-time Olympian and three-time ICSA Singlehanded Collegiate Sailing national champion from 2002-04. The three-time All-American was the 2005 National Collegiate Sailor of the Year, the Norfolk Sports Club Tom Scott Award winner, the Portsmouth Sports Club Female Athlete of the Year and the ODU Alumni Association’s Female Athlete of the Year.
Tunnicliffe was honored by the University in 2012 with a Distinguished Alumni Award. Ranked as the No. 1 Women’s sailor in the world in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Tunnicliffe was the 2009 and 2011 Rolex World Sailor of the Year and the 2010 US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year. Tunnicliffe captured gold in 2008 Olympics for Team USA in Laser Radial competition.
Tunnicliffe graduated with a double major degree in Decision Sciences and accounting. She was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 5, 2013.