By Emily Schumacher, Texas Athletics Communications
Longhorn Legend and Texas Athletics Hall of Honor member Sanya Richards-Ross predicted her Olympic Gold at age nine. When a primary school teacher asked the class what they wanted to be when they grew up, Richards-Ross wrote, "an Olympic champion."
Ten years later, after a UT career that included five national titles and 11 All-American honors, the class assignment materialized. At the 2004 Athens Games, Richards-Ross won her first Olympic Gold as a member of Team USA's 4x400m relay squad. Her childhood dream realized, she went on to compete in two more Olympic Games, winning a total of five medals, including four Gold and one Bronze.