Named most improved swimmer for the Irish after having the best year of her career ... qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in her career ... won her first individual conference title taking first in the 50 freestyle ... was also a member of the BIG EAST winning 200 and 400 medley relay teams ... has won six BIG EAST titles in her career ... holds three Notre Dame records as member of 200 and 400 freestyle relay team and in the 100 backstroke ... also is a member of the BIG EAST Championship record-setting 400 medley relay.

AS A JUNIOR: Qualified for her first NCAA Championship, competing in the 50 freestyle and the 100 and 200 backstroke ... placed 24th in the 100 back, 29th in the 200 backstroke (2:00.09) and 40th in the 50 freestyle... won her first individual title at the 2003 BIG EAST Championships taking first in the 50 freestyle ... also was a member of the winning 200 and 400 freestyle relays at the BIG EAST meet ... set a Notre Dame record in the 100 backstroke on the leadoff leg of the 400 medley relay with a time of 54.83 ... broke Kelly Hecking's existing record of 54.98 ... was voted the most improved swimmer by her teammates ... won the 100 back and the 50 free and was a member of the winning 200 free relay against Michigan ... won the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle against Illinois ... won 100 back against Pittsburgh ... posted team-best times in the 50 free and 100 and 200 backstroke events.

AS A SOPHOMORE: One of the top freestyle sprinters and backstroke specialists on the Irish roster ... was a member of the 200 freestyle relay which won the 2002 BIG EAST Championship, setting a BIG EAST and Notre Dame record in the process ... earned all-BIG EAST honors with that swim ... posted best times of the season at the BIG EAST meet going 23.69 in the 50 free, 55.96 in the 100 backstroke and 2:00.21 in the 200 back ... finished third in both the 100 and 200 backstroke races at the conference meet as Notre Dame placed first, second and third in the events ... recorded the second-fastest 50 free time on the roster and the third-fastest 100 and 200 backstroke times in 2001-02 ... swam the anchor leg of the winning 400 free relay against Purdue and the 200 free relay at the Minnesota Invitational ... swam second leg on winning 150 backstroke relay team.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished second in the 100 backstroke and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay and the record-setting 400 medley relay team at the BIG EAST Championships ... won the 50 and 100 freestyle back-to-back against Miami ... took first in the 50 and 100 freestyle events against Iowa ... won the 100 freestyle in the quad meet ... was victorious in the 50 freestyle against Northwestern ... swam on the first place 400 medley relay against Miami . . . part of the win in the 400 medley relay in Notre Dame's victory over Michigan ... member of the second-place 200 and 400 medley relay teams at the Indiana Invitational ... part of the first-place 400 medley relay team at the Notre Dame Invitational ... finished second in the 100 freestyle and third in the 50 freestyle against Michigan ... runner-up in the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke at the Wolverine Invitational ... took second in the 100 freestyle against Northwestern ... had 16 top-five finishes for the Irish.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Earned four swimming letters at Galesburg High School ... was a four-year All-American ... earned Academic All-America honors her senior year ... set school records in 10 different events ... finished in the top three at the state championship meet on six separate occasions ... three-time YMCA state champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle ... two-time conference and regional champion ... was nationally ranked all four years ... also was a four-time all-conference and all-state selection ... named team MVP all four years at Galesburg ... served as team captain her senior year ... three-year letterwinner in soccer and was named Most Valuable Defender her sophomore year ... was a member of Student Council, Class Council, FCA, CARE, Peer Mediation, G-Club, National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society ... born May 13, 1982 in Galesburg, Ill. ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters majoring in anthropology ... was a member of the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team ... has a 3.470 overall grade-point average.