A three-time Academic All-American, United States Olympian and New Jersey's NCAA Woman of the Year, Julie Culley was an NCAA Cross Country Championships participant in 2000, a 2002 NCAA Cross Country All-American and a 2003 NCAA qualifier in the 3000m. A Lebanon, New Jersey native, she still holds the Rutgers school records in the indoor 3000m and the outdoor 5000m, as well the Scarlet Knight benchmark with the distance medley relay team. Additionally, she brought home six Metropolitan Championship titles, one of which was in the 2002 Metropolitan Cross Country Championship, setting a new course record with her first place performance.
A three-time MVP of the cross country team and a two-time MVP of the track & field team, Culley was awarded the Headley Singer Award, given annually to one outstanding female RU student-athlete and recipient of the David A. "Sonny" Werblin Award, given to a national level accomplished RU athlete. Graduating cum laude from the State University of New Jersey with degrees in marketing and political science, she was also a five-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star and the Aeropostale Big East Scholar-Athlete.
Following her Rutgers career, Culley won the women's 5000m at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials to earn a trip to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she was a finalist in her event. She was also part of Team USA at the 2008 IAAF Indoor World Championships in 3000m, the 2009 IAAF Outdoor Track & Field in 5,000m and at the 2009 IAAF Cross Country World Championships in the 8000m. Culley is currently an assistant coach with the Georgetown track and field program and was just honored as the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year.
