Matt Hedden Class: Senior Hometown: Westerville, Ohio High School: Westerville South Event: Breaststroke/Freestyle Birthdate: 04/30/1979

AS A JUNIOR: Will serve as team co-captain for the 2000-01 season ... currently leads the team academically with a 3.97 cumulative grade point average ...presented the results of his research in physics at the fall meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society ... swam the 50 freestyle in addition to the 100 and 200 breaststroke ... placed second in the 50 freestyle against Niagara ... swam on the 400 freestyle relay team that placed eighth at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... also competed on the eighth place 200 freestyle relay team at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... swam in the 100 breaststroke at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... competed in the 200 breaststroke at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships, recording a career-best 2:08.74 ... tallied a career best in the 100 breaststroke (58.39) at the 1999 Notre Dame Invitational ... swam a career-best time in the 50 freestyle (21.43) at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ...tallied 10 top-five finishes for the Irish in the 1999-2000 season.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed mainly in the 100 and 200 breaststroke ... best finish was a second in the 100 breaststroke at Shamrock Classic in 59.03 ... finished third with a career best time of 2:11.65 in the 200 breaststroke at the Shamrock Classic ... recorded another third place against Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the 200 breaststroke ... earned a sixth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke against defending NCAA national champion Stanford.

AS A FRESHMAN: Highest placing was third in the 200-yard backstroke against Wisconsin-Milwaukee ... finished fourth in the 200 individual medley against Western Ontario ... placed sixth in the 100 breaststroke at Shamrock Classic ... earned seventh place at the Shamrock Classic in the 200 breaststroke.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Won five letters at Westerville South High School, four in swimming and one in tennis ... set four school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay ... two-time team MVP ... earned Academic All-America honors ... club team was Westerville Aquatic Team ... father, David, played football at Case Western Reserve ... one of five team members on the 2000-01 men’s swimming and diving squad from Ohio ... born April 30, 1979, in Columbus, Ohio ... enrolled in the College of Science with a major in physics and math.