The U.S. Olympic Education Center (USOEC) has received a verbal commitment from Helen Maroulis of Rockville, Maryland (Colonel Zadok Magruder High School). 

Maroulis, a member of the 2007 ASICS Girls High School All-American Team, will enter the USOEC resident athlete program as a high school senior and will attend Marquette Senior High School. 

The USOEC has a star studded 2008-2009 recruiting class that includes Amy Whitbeck, Adeline Gray, Emily Martin, Patricia Hill, Veronica Carlson, Melissa Apodaca, Erin Golston, and Brenda Mendoza. 

In February, 1989, the U.S. Olympic Committee named Northern Michigan University as the nation's only United States Olympic Education Center.  The USOEC's main focus is the resident athlete training program, where athletes actively train for the Olympic Games while also continuing their education. 

Generally, athletes in this program must be nationally ranked and also approved by their national governing body (NGB), the USOEC, and NMU.  The USOEC has resident athlete training programs in freestyle wrestling, short track speedskating, Greco-Roman wrestling, and weightlifting. 

USOEC women's freestyle wrestler profile:

Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md., Colonel Zadok Magruder High School, Junior
51 kg/112.25 lbs.
-	2007 ASICS Girls High School All-American Team
-	2007 USAW Junior National Champion
-	2007 FILA Cadet National Champion
-	2006 USGWA National Runner-up