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Originally from Estonia, Julia Terenjuk came to Independence in 1994 on a basketball scholarship. She was excited at the opportunity of getting a higher education in the United States while playing her favorite sport. Under the direction of coach Jeff Tadtman, Terenjuk had a successful basketball career at ICC. As a freshman, she averaged 18.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists in leading the Lady Pirates to the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division and Region VI championships. She was named to the Jayhawk East All-Conference First Team and was the conference’s Freshman of the Year. The ultimate honor came when Terenjuk was awarded the WBCA Junior College All-American and Kodak All-American honors in 1994-95 while maintaining her 4.0 GPA. After Independence, she continued her basketball career as a Lady Titan at the University of Detroit Mercy. She started 21 games for the Lady Titans, including the final 17 games of the 1995-96 season. She hit an even 50 percent from the floor and reached double figures in scoring 12 times. After the completion of her playing career, Terenjuk moved to Kansas City to be a graduate assistant women’s basketball coach for the University of Missouri in Kansas City while continuing her education. In 2003, she and her husband Salil started their own software development company. They currently reside in Overland Park.