Ginden is a trailblazing Georgia swimmer recognized for breaking records and recording firsts. A Georgia age group swimming phenom, Julie also set nine Georgia State High School records. She swam for Auburn University in the first SEC Women’s Championship in 1981, where she won two events, and in the first NCAA Women’s Championships in 1982, where she won All American honors. Julie later swam at Emory University and won four national titles in breaststroke and individual medleys.