Her state titles in high school included 1975 880y
(2:14.4), 1976 mile (4:50.8), 1977 880y (2:16.6) and
a national high school mile record (4:43.1).

As a runner for NC State Shea:
-Earned 11 All American Cross Country and Track titles.
-Won seven National Collegiate Championships.
-Was voted ACC Athlete of the Year in 1980 & 1981.
(The women's ACC award wasn't established until 1990).
-Was awarded The Broderick Cup; Outstanding
Collegiate Woman Athlete in the United States.

In 1980 she was ranked 3rd in the U.S. in the 3000m
by Track and Field News and won the 5000m
at the Olympic Trials that year in 15:44.12, with
her sister Mary second (16:07.50).

Shea has been inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame.

As Julie Graw, she was elected to the city
council of Raleigh in 1995, 1997, and 1999.