AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in three meets during the track and field season ... finished fourth in the 500 and the 4x400m relay at the season-opening Blue & Gold Invitational ... helped 4x400m relay team finish fifth at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Michelle Rotondo graduated from Garden City High School in the spring of 2011 ... lettered all four years in indoor and outdoor track and field and three times in soccer ... won the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x800-meter relay at the N.Y. State Outdoor Championships as a senior ... 4x800 relay team finished second at Nationals and third in the 4x400 relay as a junior ... helped 4x400 relay and sprint medley relay teams win Nationals as a junior ... 4x800 relay team placed second ... personal best in the 400m H is 1:00.44 ... team captain for both track squads as a senior ... named team MVP three times ... routinely earned all-conference, all-county, all-state and All-American honors, while racking up conference and region championships ... also earned several national rankings in events ... helped school win its first ever soccer state championship as a senior ... named all-conference as team won conference and region titles ... club team, Garden City Centennial soccer, claimed the division I and state cup championships, while earning the sportsmanship award ... other club team, LUJSL Select ODP, won a regional tournament ... also participated in the Girl Scouts of America, the Italian Club and St. Anne's youth group ... born to Ed and Susan Rotondo in Flushing, N.Y. ... has an older brother, Bobby, and an older sister, Allison ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies.