Liane Watkins Class: Senior Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Westlake Event: Freestyle Birthdate: 10/16/1980

AS A SOPHOMORE: Member of Notre Dame's school record-setting 200 freestyle relay team. . .swam third leg of relay team that set the record of 1:32.64 at the BIG EAST Championships. . .also swam on the second-place 400 freestyle relay at the BIG EAST Championships... finished third in the 50 freestyle against Miami completing Notre Dame's 1-2-3 sweep of the event... came in fourth in the 50 freestyle against Iowa...finished fourth in the 100 freestyle at the Wolverine Invitational... had three top-four finishes in 2001-02.

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed third in the 100 freestyle and fourth in the 50 freestyle against Metro State ... finished fourth in the 100 freestyle at the Shamrock Classic ... placed sixth in the 100 freestyle and seventh in the 50 freestyle against Colorado State ... finished eighth in the 50 freestyle against #8 Michigan and #11 Northwestern ... had two eighth place finishes in the 50 free against Illinois and TCU as well.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA:: Four-time letterwinner in swimming at Westlake High School ... four time all-state selection... 10-time high school All-American ... Texas state champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle in 1998 ... voted regional competitor of the year in 1998 ... regional record- holder in the 50 and 100 freestyle ... team captain her senior year ... qualified for the U.S. Senior Nationals in the 50 and 100 freestyle ... swims for Texas Aquatics under the direction of two-time Olympian Whitney Hedgepeth ... participated in the National Honor Society and the Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society ... born Oct. 16, 1980, in Boynton Beach, Fla. ...enrolled in the College of Engineering, majoring in mechanical engineering.