Glamour magazine names Warren Wilson graduate Katie Spotz one of its 2010 Women of the Year

Jason Sandford

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Glamour magazine has named Warren Wilson College graduate Katie Spotz one of its 2010 Women of the Year. Spotz is in grand company -other women on the list include Queen Rania, Mia Hamm, Julia Roberts and “Our World’s Female Heads of State.”

Here’s more on Spotz from Glamour:

When Katie Spotz launched her boat off the coast of Senegal, West Africa, the open seas seemed welcoming. It was January 3, 2010, and she had more than 2,500 miles ahead in her attempt to become the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and raise awareness for her cause: clean drinking water. … Spotz’s journey raised money for Blue Planet Network, which buys water purifiers and digs wells in Haiti, India and Kenya.

Congratulations to Katie Spotz for her adventuresome accomplishment and for representing Warren Wilson and WNC so well.