Betty (Mullen) Brey, the mother of Notre Dame men's basketball coach Mike Brey, died on Saturday, March 21, of a heart attack. She was 83.

Born in Weissport, Brey's aquatic career began in 1947 when she won her first race at the Old Home Week celebration in Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Her first big competition was a one-mile Lehigh River swim in Allentown where she finished second.She represented the U.S. in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She swam for the silver medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x100 meter freestyle relay.She was not eligible to receive a medal under the 1956 Olympic swimming rules, however, because she did not swim in the relay final. In addition to her Olympic appearance, Brey also competed in the 1951 and 1955 Pan American Games and won two gold and silver medals.Following her Olympic experience, she became the swim coach at George Washington University.She was a 1953 graduate of Purdue University and served as an officer in the U.S. Army.Brey was a 1993 inductee into the Carbon County Sports Hall of Fame along with her brother Charles "Jack" Mullen.