W. Mace Brady, an active alum in the BHS class of 1965, is usually called by his middle name – Mace – but throughout his life he was addressed as both “colonel” and “mister” during his dual careers in the military and public education. Mace can also be called “champion,” because he won the Washington state vault and trampoline titles as a high school senior on the ‘now defunct’ Cougar boys gymnastics team. He was also called “coach” because he coached gymnastics at Bellevue and Mercer Island high schools, and for several years he assisted the legendary Dr. Eric Hughes with coaching gymnastics at the University of Washington. Mace’s family moved from the Montlake area of Seattle to Lake Leota in Woodinville when he was in the fifth grade. Mace and his wife, Janet, still live on the family property in a home they had built in 2008. Mace’s father, who had 15 siblings, was a Merchant Marine officer in World War II and later was chief engineer on the charity hospital ship Hope for three years.   After high school, Mace enrolled at Everett Community College, where he is in the Athletic Hall of Fame because of his gymnastics success while a student there (see photo). The next stop was Eastern Washington University, where he competed in nationals in five events. It was while he was at Eastern that he signed up for ROTC and met Janet, who had grown up in the farming community of Rosalia between Spokane and Pullman.