after the 2006 Winter Olympics ended, and was married in 2007. She graduated from Bemidji State University with a degree in graphic design. She enjoys fishing and listening to music when she's not curling, and is a big fan of the Minnesota Twins. When she was 12, Potter was diagnosed with a heart murmur due to a congenital heart defect in her tricuspid valve, but the condition is not severe and does not interfere with her daily life. Potter's biography page at NBC's Winter Olympics website was among the most-viewed of any U.S. athlete, and she received countless marriage proposals from men all over the world at the U.S. Women's Curling Team's official blog, which crashed early in the Games after receiving 12.9 million hits in one day. Potter comes from a curling family; she played together with older sister Jamie for many years, her parents Liz and Tim have won the U.S. Mixed Curling Championships four times, and her grandparents and great-grandparents were curlers as well. Her father Tim is also a two-time Men's National Champion and 1993 World bronze medalist. Teams Women's Mixed doubles Awards Frances Brodie Award: 2005 USA Curling Female Athlete of the Year: 2005 USA Curling Team of the Year: 2005, 2002 WJCC All-Star Skip: 2002 Winner, Curtis Cup (team sportsmanship award) at U.S. Junior Nationals in 1999 and 2000 References External links 1981 births Living people People from Bemidji, Minnesota Olympic curlers of the United States Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics American curling champions American female curlers 21st-century American women