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Olympic Alumna

CLEARWATER NATIVE and USF St. Petersburg campus alumna Paige Railey, Management ’10, competed in her third Olympics in Tokyo this summer as a member of the U.S. Sailing Team. While Railey didn’t bring home a medal this year, she has amassed an impressive array, including a gold from the Sailing World Championship and two from the Pan American Games. Railey, who’s been sailing since she was 8, participated in the Laser Radial, an endurance sport that entails long races over six days. The one-person Laser dinghy is a single-handed sailboat created for lighter-weight sailors.

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Bulls’ own crown jewels

THE YEAR JASON “MUTT” HUBBARD GRADUATED USF with a degree in studio art, the Alumni Association released its first collectible members-only Homecoming bead.

Hubbard joined the association that year, so he got the bead. And every one that followed. Today, he and his signature necklace, hand-crafted from 17 years’ worth of unique beads, is such a familiar sight that for some grads, it’s not Homecoming until they spot him.

“We’re a little dopey for USF Football,” admits Hubbard, Life Member, an art teacher at Tarpon Springs High School in Pinellas County. “I have a tattoo and everything.”

The Alumni Association’s Homecoming beads feature a new design each year and are only available, free of charge, to paid members. The only thing better than snapping up his 2021 bead, Hubbard says, would be being the guy who designs it.

“I’m an artist!” he notes. “I’d love to draw something up!”

- PENNY CARNATHAN, Life Member, ‘82 | USF Alumni Association