Kalei Walker Class: Senior Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FL High School: Pine Crest Event: Free Birthdate: 11/28/1984

Swam the middle and distance freestyle events for the Irish last season ... will be an important part of Notre Dame's middle distance group in 2003-04 ... qualified for the BIG EAST meet.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Was an All-American in 200 and 500 freestyle and 200 and 500 freestyle relay at Pine Crest High School ... achieved U.S. Open cut in the 200 freestyle ... three-time letterwinner in swimming and diving...was conference champion her freshman, sophomore and junior year...team captain her junior year....all-city three times ... ...former 15- and 16-year-old national record holder in 200 and 400 meter freestyle....went on Mare Nostrum tour - visiting Rome, Canet, France, and Monte Carlo - in 2000 and 2001...member of the National Beta Club and Pine Crest Community Foundation which is a high school charity for under-privileged children....oldest of two children to Karen Hooks and Steve Walker...mother is a professor at Florida Atlantic University ... born Nov. 28, 1984, in Tampa, Fla. ... enrolled in tthe College of Science, majoring in biology ... has a 3.409 overall grade-point average.