Zeta Chi's most famous alumna is Maria Maunder, '92. Maria rowed for Western's Women's Crew team while she was a student and undergraduate member of Zeta Chi Chapter. She and her teammates on the Canadian Women's Eight Crew brought SILVER back to Canada from the 1996 Summer Olympiad in Atlanta. Maria truly lives the Alpha Gamma Delta Purpose "To develop and prize health and vigor of body". CONGRATULATIONS MARIA! Your Sisters in Zeta Chi salute you for your strength and motivation. You are an inspiration for us all!
Maria is shown here as the guest speaker at International Reunion Day for Zeta Chi March 1998. She earned her MBA at Concordia in Montreal, Quebec. She is Marketing Manager for eNorthern Online Investing, based out of Toronto Canada.

Maria won a Sport Newfoundland and Labrador Scholarship in 1998. Maria is a native of Pouch Cove, NF.

Maria has been swimming for seven years (starting in Ridley College) but it is her 10 years of rowing that has brought her significant recognition. Maria has rowed in the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, the World Championships, the World's University Games and numerous well known regattas. In the Olympic Games, Maria was a silver medalist in the Women's Eight. At the head of the Charles Regatta she was a gold medalist in Women's Championship Singles. At the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, Maria took gold in both the women's singles and doubles.

She is shown below with a student from a Newfoundland elementary school. She gave the school children a motivational talk about setting goals. They were learning about the Olympics in preparation for the Nagano games in 1998.