Mike Koss Class: Senior Hometown: Aurora, Colo. High School: Smoky Hill Event: Breaststroke/Freestyle Birthdate: 11/03/1979

2001-02 Team Captain

AS A JUNIOR: Won the 200 breaststroke against Kalamazoo ... finished fourth in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Notre Dame Invitational ... swam on the 400 freestyle relay which won at Western Ontario ... finished fourth in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Notre Dame Invitational ... finished fourth in the 100 freestyle against Wisconsin-Milwaukee ... recorded six top-five finishes.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Placed fifth at the BIG EAST Championships in the 100 breaststroke, swimming a career-best 57.09 ... placed tenth in the 200 breaststroke at the BIG EAST Championships, recording a career-best 2:06.13 ... swam a career-best 22.07 in the 50 freestyle at the BIG EAST Championships ... won the 100 breaststroke at both the Shamrock Classic and the Bill Ritter Invitational ... placed second in the 100 breaststroke at both the LSU and Oakland dual meets ... finished third in the 200 breaststroke at the Notre Dame Invitational ... tallied 17 top-five finishes in the 1999-2000 season.

AS A FRESHMAN: One of three freshmen to earn a monogram in 1998-99 ... awarded the Meghan Beeler & Colleen Hipp Award for the freshman who best exemplifies the vitality, competitiveness and love for Notre Dame shown by Beeler and Hipp ... competed in the 50 freestyle and the 100 and 200 breaststroke at his first BIG EAST championship meet in 1999 ... recorded a season- and career-best time of 2:09.63 in the preliminaries of the 200 breaststroke at the BIG EAST meet ... posted his first collegiate win at the 1999 Shamrock Classic in the 100 breaststroke ... placed second in the 100 freestyle at the Shamrock Classic

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Five-time All-American as a member of two relays and in the 100-yard breaststroke ... Colorado state champion in the 100 freestyle ... also most valuable swimmer as a junior and a senior at Smoky Hill High School ... named best All-Around Male Swimmer by the Denver Post ... recognized as one of the top-five student-athletes in the state of Colorado ... won Colorado Most Valuable Swimmer given by the Colorado Coaches Association ... father, John, graduated from Notre Dame in 1962, while brother, Mark, graduated from Notre Dame in 1998 ... born Nov. 30, 1979, in Des Moines, Iowa ... enrolled in the College of Science.