Mary Ormsby
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Mary Ormsby (born 1960) is a Canadian sports editor for the Toronto Star. She appears on the sports talk radio show Prime Time Sports approximately once a month as heard on the Sportsnet 590 The Fan.
Background and education
She was born in Toronto, Ontario, where she attended St. Richards Catholic Elementary School and Senator O'Connor High School.[citation needed] After completing grade 12, she received a full scholarship to Ohio State University as a member of the Women's volleyball team.[citation needed] She achieved All-American honors in volleyball throughout her career at Ohio State. She graduated with a degree in journalism and returned to her native Toronto in the early 1980s to begin a career in sports journalism with the Toronto Sun.[citation needed]
Career
She was subsequently hired by the Toronto Star, Canada's most widely circulated newspaper.[citation needed] Mary then married Paul Hunter and had four children.
She was among the inaugural inductees into the new Ohio State University Sports Hall of Fame. She continues to work as an assistant sports editor at the Toronto Star, as well as a columnist at that same paper.