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Wayte graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in 1989.<ref>''University of Florida Alumni Directory'', University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2000).</ref> She retired from competition swimming following the 1988 Olympics, and worked as a fund-raiser for the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]].<ref>Joe Williams, "[http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-01-20/news/9001203392_1_mary-wayte-gold-medals-competitive-swimming Reflections Of A Swimmer Olympic Champion Speaks For Her Mother, Hall Of Fame]," ''Orlando Sentinel'' (January 20, 1990). Retrieved January 25, 2015.</ref> She became a celebrity promoter and endorsed products and services on behalf of [[Alamo Rent a Car]], the National Spa and Pool Institute, and [[Speedo]].<ref name=saaprofile>Swim Across America, Olympians, [http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Olympians_Mary_Wayte_Bradburne Mary Wayte Bradburne]. Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> She later worked as a television broadcaster for the Sports Channel network, covering NCAA and international swimming competitions and interviewing fans at NBA games.<ref name=ishofprofile /> For the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain, Wayte worked as [[NBC]]'s women's swimming color commentator, and later covered the NCAA women's swimming championships for [[ESPN]].<ref name=saaprofile /> She also served on the U.S. Olympic Committee's athletes advisory council.<ref>Jere Longman, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/sports/olympics-usoc-experts-call-drug-testing-a-failure.html Olympics; U.S.O.C. Experts Call Drug Testing a Failure]," ''The New York Times'' (April 9, 1995). Retrieved January 25, 2015.</ref>
Wayte was inducted into the [[List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members|University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame]] as a "Gator Great" in 1998,<ref>F Club, Hall of Fame, [http://www.gatorfclub.org/hall-of-fame/greats Gator Greats]. Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref><ref>Pat Dooley, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5UVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4623,573655&dq=university-of-florida-athletic-hall-of-fame&hl=en Honored for the Effort]," ''The Gainesville Sun'', p. 1C (April 3, 1998). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] in 2000,<ref name=ishofprofile /> and the Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004.<ref>Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame, [http://www.teamunify.com/pnws2/__doc__/halloffame_04_index.html Class of 2004]. Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> The community swimming pool where she formerly trained in Mercer Island, Washington was renamed "Mary Wayte Pool."<ref>Elizabeth Celms, "[http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/mir/news/94847169.html Mary Wayte Pool key to school plans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123195026/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/mir/news/94847169.html |date=November 23, 2010 }}," ''Mercer Island Reporter'' (May 26, 2010). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref>
Wayte married business executive Jim Bradburne in 1995, and they have two daughters, Grace and Audrey Bradburne.<ref name=peterson10142003 /> She currently lives in [[Seattle, Washington]], and works in corporate communications.<ref name=stafford5102010 /><ref>Cisco.com, "[http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/914067/Cisco-Communications-Manager-Recalls-Olympic-Memories-in-L-A- Cisco Communications Manager Recalls Olympic Memories in L.A.]," The Newsroom (June 25, 2012). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> Wayte participates in [[Swim Across America]], a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research.<ref name=saaprofile />
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