Katie Philipp Class: Senior Hometown: Kingwood, TX High School: Kingwood Event: IM/Breast Birthdate: 11/23/1980

Has shown tremendous improvement over the last two seasons after she took a year off between her senior year of high school and her freshman year of college to do service work ... competes in the 400 individual medley and the two backstroke events ... can also swim butterfly if need be.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in both the 200 and 400 individual medleys ... swam her best times of the year in both events registering a 2:07.67 in the 200 and a 4:27.57 in the 400 IM at the BIG EAST meet ... was 11th at the BIG EAST meet in the 400 IM and 22nd in the 200 IM ... also added depth in the 200 back and butterfly events.

AS A FRESHMAN: Qualified and competed at the 2001 BIG EAST Championships in the 400 individual medley and 100 and 200 backstroke ... was 12th in the 400 individual medley at the quad meet against Miami, Pittsburgh and Kenyon ... was 10th in the 200 IM versus Purdue and Evansville ... finished third in the bonus final at the Indiana Invitational in the 400 IM ... also swam the 100 and 200 backstroke races at the Indiana Invitational ... also competed at Notre Dame Invitational ... was fifth in the 100 backstroke against Iowa in Hawaii ... competed in 200 and 400 IM and 200 backstroke at the Wolverine Invitational ... was sixth in 200 backstroke at Michigan dual meet and seventh in 100 back at both Michigan and Northwestern duals.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner at Kingwood High School ... earned all-state honors in the 200 IM all four years ... named All-American in the 200 IM her junior season ... qualified for Junior Nationals in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 backstroke ... named swim team MVP her senior year ... earned all-conference, all-city and all-state all four years at Kingwood ... set the freshman 200 IM record ... also hold the Kingwood record in the 200 IM ... named "Hardest Worker" on the swim team her junior and senior year ... member of the National Honor Society ... father, Joe, played basketball and lacrosse at Loyola (Md.) ... mother, Mary Beth, played tennis and was a member of the track and field team at Colgate ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a pre-professional and theology major... has an overall grade-point average of 3.355.