Agatha Kwasnik Class: Junior Hometown: Lake Bluff, Ill. High School: Lake Forest Height: 5-8 Event: Middle Distance Free Club: Scout Aquatics

• Recipient of the 2007-08 Shilo Ayalon Most Valuable Athlete Award

• 2007-08 NCAA Participant

• 2007-08 All-Atlantic Coast Conference (100-free, 200-free)

• Named to the 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll

• 2008-09 Team Captain

In Tech's Record Books:

* 50-free (1st), 100-free (1st), 200-free (1st), 100-back (5th)

As A Sophomore In 2007-08:

Set three individual school records and was also a part of three record-setting relay teams ... Registered a NCAA "A" cut in the 100-free at the ACC Championships with a school-record 49.39 that automatically qualified her for the NCAA Championship ... It was the third fastest time in the ACC ... Also set a school record in the 50-free with a NCAA "B" cut 22.88, good for fifth in the league ... Touched the wall of the 200-free in a NCAA "B" cut time of 1:47.40, another new school record and the second-fastest in the ACC ... Swam the leadoff parts of both the 400-free and 800-free relays that set new school records at the ACC Championships ... They finished in 3:25.24 (eighth) and 7:24.03 (fifth), respectively ... Captured her sixth school record of the season swimming the final leg of the 400-medley relay that finished in 3:47.39 at the Georgia Tech Invitational, the seventh-best in the ACC of the season ... Was second on the team with a season-best time of 58.36 in the 100-back at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

As a Freshman in 2006-07:

Had an astonishing freshman season to begin Tech career ... Set four team-best times and swam the first leg on four relay teams that held team-best times on the season ... Swam a team-best, lifetime-best time of 23.93 in the 50 free at the Georgia Fall Invitational ... Set a personal-best time and new Tech school record in the 100 free event at the Georgia Invite, clocking a split time of 51.48 ... Posted her third personal-best time of 1:51.46 in the 200 free competition at the Georgia Invite ... Tallied a team-best time of 58.51 in the 100 back ... Swam the first leg of the 200 free relay team that posted a team-best time of 1:36.68 at the ACC Championships, finishing 11th ... Member of the 400 free, 800 free, and 200 medley relay teams that set team-best times at the Georgia Fall Invitational ... Awarded the J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity Award for the 2006-07 season.

High School:

Earned four letters in swimming ... Named team's most valuable performer as a senior and elected team captain ... Garnered All-America honors as a junior ... Finished fifth at the state championships in the 100 freestyle (51.94) and sixth in the 200 free (1:53.02) in her senior season ... Helped team to a third-place finish during her junior season ... Swam on the state champion 200 free and 400 free relay teams during freshman and sophomore seasons and helped team win the state championship during that span ... National Honor Roll.

Personal:

Born Agatha Anna Kwasnik on July 19, 1988 ... Parents are Richard and Joanna Kwasnik ... Has an older brother, Jacob, who graduated from Georgia Tech in 2008 and was a four-year letterwinner on the men's swimming team ... Enjoys photography and graphic design ... Plans to major biomedical engineering.