| Jonathan Pierce |
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2001-02 Team Captain
AS A JUNIOR: Named Most Valuable Player in 2001 ... recorded 11 first place times in five different events for the Irish ... turned in Notre Dame‚s top times of the season in four different events ... shaved nearly three seconds off his own school record in the 500 freestyle and swam an NCAA Championship consideration time of 4:27.39 at the BIG EAST Championships ... posted career-best times in the 500 freestyle and 400 Individual Medley ... set a pool record in the 500 freestyle against St. Bonaventure ... finished fourth in the 1650 freestyle, fourth in the 400 Individual Medley, and third in the 500 freestyle at the Big East Championships ... won the 1650 and 500 freestyle against Oakland ... won the 500 free against Virginia Tech* won the 200 individual medley against Kalamazoo ... won the 1650 freestyle and finished top five in the 500 free and 400 IM at the Notre Dame Invitational ... won the 200 freestyle at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Cleveland State ... won the 500 and 1000 freestyle against Ball State ... netted 19 top-five finishes and 11 wins.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Won the 1,650 freestyle at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships, swimming a personal-best and school record time of 15:33.16 ... placed second in the 500 freestyle at the BIG EAST Championships in a career-best 4:30.96 ... placed ninth in the 400 individual medley at the BIG EAST Championships, posting yet another career-best time (4:01.84) ... tallied ten first-place finishes during the 1999-2000 season ... won both the 500 and 1650 freestyle at the Notre Dame Invitational ... placed in the top three all eight times he competed in the 500 freestyle ... swam in the 1000 freestyle in four dual meets this season, placing in the top two every time.
AS A FRESHMAN: One of three freshmen to earn a monogram in 1998-99 ... also, one of three swimmers to be awarded the team‚s most improved award ... became the first Notre Dame men‚s swimmer to win an individual event title at the 1999 BIG EAST championships, winning the 1650 freestyle in school-record time of 15:35.65, with his 1000-yard split also setting a school record of 9:24.29 ... earned all-BIG EAST honors for his finish in the 1650 free ... competed in the 500 freestyle at the conference meet, where he placed fifth with a career-best time of 4:32.77 ... took eighth in the 400 individual medley at the BIG EAST meet ... had top team times in the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle events ... had seven top-five finishes, including six in the top three, in the 500 freestyle ... posted five wins in the 1000 freestyle in eight chances ... was the runner-up twice in the 200 backstroke.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Swam freshman and sophomore year at Castle High School ... swam on the 200 medley relay team that qualified for state meet his sophomore season ... set the school record in the 200 breaststroke in 1994 ... Indiana state champion in the 1,000 freestyle in 1998 ... competed at the Speedo Junior Championships, finishing 13th in the 1,000 free ... sister, Jamie, graduated from Ashland in 2001 and is a swimmer at Ashland University ... born June 8, 1980, in Evansville, Ind. ... enrolled in the College of Engineering.
