2009-10 vanderbilt swimming & diving guide

2009-10Media Guide

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what’s insideTable of Contents/Quick Facts .................................... 12009-10 Season Outlook............................................. 2Head Coach Jeremy Organ ........................................ 3Assistant Coaches/Support Staff ................................. 4Team Roster ................................................................ 5Returning Commodores ........................................... 6-9 Brunk - Cohen.......................................................... 6 Cooper-Surma - Dillon ............................................. 7 Fargo - Molchan....................................................... 8 Voss - Woodworth .................................................... 9Newcomers........................................................... 10-11 Cornelson - Falcone .............................................. 10 Galenti - Salce ........................................................11Stratton Foster Academic Center .............................. 12On-Campus Living ..................................................... 13Commodore Snapshots ........................................ 14-15Record Book-Awards ........................................... 16-18Centennial Sportsplex ............................................... 19Administration ............................................................ 20Vanderbilt University ............................................. 21-28

Quick FactsLocation ............................................... Nashville, Tenn.Founded ................................................................1873Enrollment ............................................................6,584Nickname.................................................CommodoresColors .......................................................Black & GoldConference ................................... Southeastern (SEC)Chancellor ..................................... Nicholas S. ZepposVice-Chancellor ..................................David Williams IISenior Woman Administrator .........Candice Storey LeeAssociate Director of Student Athletics ..... Kevin ColonStudent Athletics Phone ....................... (615) 322-4727Home Swimming Facility ........... Centennial SportsplexYear Opened .........................................................1990

2009-10 schedule: date Opponent location10/10/09 at Alabama/Centenary Tuscaloosa, Ala.10/17/09 Southern Illinois Nashville, Tenn.11/6/09 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark.11/20-22/09 Hilltopper Invitational Bowling Green, Ky.1/23/10 at South Carolina/UNC-Wilm. Columbia, S.C.1/29/10 at Marshall Huntington, W. Va.1/30/10 at Kentucky/Cincinnati Lexington, Ky.2/6/10 at Tulane New Orleans, La.2/17-20/10 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.2/26-27/10 Last Chance Meet TBA3/12-14/10 NCAA Zone B Championships Atlanta, Ga. 3/18-20/10 NCAA Championships West Lafayette, Ind.

athletic cOMMunicatiOnsDirector of External Relations ..............Rod WilliamsonSwimming Contact ...................................Travis Young Office ................................................. (615) 322-4121 Cell .................................................... (641) 425-4767 E-mail ........................... [email protected] Fax ............................ (615) 343-7064Web site ...............................www.vucommodores.comMailing Address ........................ 2601 Jess Neely Drive .................................................Nashville, TN 37212

cOachinG staFFHead Coach ....................... Jeremy Organ, fourth year Alma Mater ................................ North Dakota, 1996 Swimming Office ............................... (615) 343-8098 Organ E-mail ............ [email protected] Coach ......... Krysten Nemecek, second year Alma Mater .................................North Florida, 2008 Nemecek E-mail .. [email protected] Coach ..........................................................TBA teaM inFORMatiOn2008-09 SEC Finish ...............................................10thLetterwinners Returning/Lost .................................8/10Newcomers..................................................................9

teaM histORYFirst Year of Swimming and Diving ................. 1977-78Overall All-time Record........................................ 79-89

Media Guide cRedits: The 2009-10 Vanderbilt Swimming and Diving Media Guide was written and edited by David Rutz and Travis Young. Editorial assistance provided by Ryan Schulz. Special thanks to the swimming coaching staff. Front and back cover was designed by Mike Smeltzer of Vanderbilt Creative Services. Media guide layout and design by Travis Young and David Lowry. Photos by John Russell, Steve Green, Zach Hardy and Neil Brake. Printing by Franklin Graphics, Nashville, Tenn.

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It’s onward and upward for the 2009-2010 Commodore swim-ming and diving team, as the squad welcomes back eight letter winners with valuable experience under their belts after a busy year. Vanderbilt is on the rise in just its fourth season since bring-ing the program back in September of 2006 after a 14-year ab-sence and looks to build off a record-breaking campaign.

This year’s team has three upperclassmen; Jennifer Molchan, Anna Fargo and Jess Cohen. Cohen is the team’s lone senior.

The third year since the return was a tremendous success as the Commodores re-wrote the school record books and improved across the board en route to putting up their best times of the season at the Southeastern Conference Championships hosted by Auburn. Vanderbilt set six school records and tied another in a landmark season despite having nine freshmen and 15 total underclassmen out of 19 on the roster. The Commodores also won their first meets since re-starting the program in December of 2006, capturing victories over Centre and Rhodes in a dual meet they hosted in October at the Centennial Sportsplex.

Head coach Jeremy Organ enters his fourth year in charge of Van-derbilt and expects to continue seeing what has come to mark this team over the past three seasons: progress.

“I think that we’ve just got to try keep getting better,” Organ said. “I’m not really sure if we need to worry about wins or losses so much as each individual getting better. Because of that, we should get more successful as far as the wins and losses go.

“The next goal is to hopefully, within the next year or two, have our first SEC win, which is going to be a difficult task. That’s a pretty big jump, a pretty big goal. But I think it’s one we have to strive for.”

The Commodores welcome eight new swimmers in this year’s freshman class that gives Organ the deepest team he’s had in his tenure.

Rose Cornelson, Erika Deardorf, Jessica Eccher, Betsy Galenti, Ellen Kilgore, Sarah Lynch, Chelsea Morey and Amelia Salce make up the team’s class of 2013, while sophomore Stephanie Falcone will join the Commodores after swimming for Loyola (Md.) last year. All nine of the newcomers boast top-notch resumes in competitive swimming for their high school and club teams.

“It’s a very balanced class, and I think it’s one that’s going to be very competitive all four years,” Organ said. “I think we can go out with a pretty solid team now. We don’t give up anything anymore because of being so young.”

Despite having one of the youngest teams in the nation last year, Vanderbilt still enjoyed considerable success.

Sophomore Jennifer Molchan, freshman Allie Voss and freshman Laura Dillon all set school records in their events at the Vander-bilt’s final event of the year, the SEC Championships, demonstrat-ing the level of progress the team made during the season.

Molchan broke a 19-year Vanderbilt mark in the 100-yard free-style, swimming a remarkable time of 52.21. Dillon broke an old record in the 100-yard breaststroke in the fall but Voss topped it at the SEC’s with a 1:05.78. Dillon also set the 200-yard breaststroke school record in the fall and then broke her own mark at the SEC’s with a 2:19.56, beating her old time by nearly three seconds.

Two 19-year relay records also fell at the SEC’s. The team of Molchan, Voss and freshmen Kelly Obranowicz and Zoe Cooper-

Surma, broke the school record in the 200-yard medley relay by nearly a full second with a 1:46.31. Molchan, Voss, Obranowicz and sophomore Anna Fargo also topped the 400-yard freestyle relay school record at the SEC’s with a 3:30.66.Diver Nicole Woodworth made her presence known in her fresh-man season, breaking Patti Woodcock’s 22-year old school re-cord in the one-meter dive against South Carolina with a score of 288.53. She also tied Woodcock’s 1987 mark in the three-meter dive in the same meet.

The youngest team in the powerful SEC wasn’t fazed by the level of competition, and their hard work during the year was evident as the Commodores constantly broke their own best times and competed closely with elite swimmers and divers from around the country. As well as hosting two meets, Vanderbilt also went to Houston for the Phil Hansel Duals and to Western Kentucky for the Hilltopper Invitational. The team also locked horns with SEC teams Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and South Carolina in hard-fought meets, all on the road.

At the SEC Championships, Vanderbilt shined, with 17 swimmers setting at least one personal record in the final meet of the sea-son. The Commodores also posted team-best times of the season in eight different events. Riding that wave of momentum into this season, the team has both the ability and the desire to make the program one of the conference’s best.

In addition, Organ expects the Commodores to continue to have a strong camaraderie that he has seen grow from season to season while coaching in Nashville.

“I really think this class of kids coming in, that this group that we now have, that team is going to be very close, which is only going to help us when times get tough,” Organ said. “In some of those dual meets or tough times during the season when the academic part is stressing on everybody and the swimming part is starting to get hammer-down on them, that group cohesiveness is really going to start to pay off.”

To that end, the many returning Commodores are going to be looked to for guidance by the team’s new swimmers.

“I think that’s huge, especially with the size of the group coming in. These girls that now have now a year or two years under them are going to help that transition for the freshmen, because it is pretty tough,” Organ said. “It’s not easy to just walk in and go to school here, and the first semester is pretty important as far as training goes for the swimming. We get going right away. It’s a pretty tough adjustment, so I think that with those girls that have been here, done that, now it’s going to make that transition easier for those freshmen.”

If they make as good a transition as Vanderbilt’s other swimmers did in their first seasons, then this could be a special season for the Commodore program.

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Jeremy Organ enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Vanderbilt swimming and diving team. Constant improvement has been the theme of the Commodores under Organ, as nearly every team member posted their season-best marks at the end of the season in the SEC Championships. Vanderbilt finished 10th but strides were made across the board. Three years of hard work have laid the foundation for what Or-gan hopes to be a landmark 2009-2010 season. The Commodores captured their first dual meet victories since resurrecting the team three years ago when they defeated Centre and Rhodes last fall. Organ welceomes seven recruits to this year’s team to join an ex-perienced roster that has re-written the record books, breaking six schools marks last season alone. Now, his goal is for Vanderbilt to have more success in the Southeastern Conference, which features some of the toughest opposition in the country year in and year out. “We’ve come a long way,” Organ said. “This is our third recruiting class coming in. Now we’ve really got to start looking at the highest levels in the sport. Now we should be at a point where we can start looking at the next block. I think we’ve got to start looking at a bigger picture, instead of just saying, ‘Oh, we’re new.’” In 2006, Organ directed the first swim team at Vanderbilt since the 1992 season when the university was forced to drop the team. The Commodores finished the season with an 0-3 dual meet record and finished 10th at the team’s first Southeastern Conference meet since 1992. Before coming to Vanderbilt, Organ served as the head senior assistant/head masters coach of the Nashville Aquatic Club, one of swimming’s most competitive club teams. While coaching the NAC, Organ mentored six national championship qualifiers in addition to assisting 20 swimmers earn Division I scholarships. Organ also served as the senior coach at the Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club. While in Pensacola, the club produced several na-tional qualifiers and national age group top-16 swimmers. Organ enjoyed a highly successful collegiate career, swimming at the University of North Dakota. While at UND, Organ was a six-time All-American. Organ also earned North Central Conference Swim-mer of the Year honors in 1995. Following graduation, Organ stayed with North Dakota to become Head Assistant Coach from 1996-2000. He helped establish the swimming strength and conditioning program, supervising student-athlete’s academic progress and implementing community service programs. While working as a coach at UND, Organ also served as the head coach for the Forks Area Swim Team. During that time, he garnered North Dakota Age Group Coach of the Year honors in 1998 and 1999. Organ also has extensive experience in overseeing the growth of several swim programs, including the Great Pensacola Aquatic Club, where he nearly doubled the senior swim program in just two years. Also, while Organ was with the Nashville Aquatic Club, the

program grew from 250 participants in 2002, to over 300 swimmers in 2005. A native of British Columbia, Organ is married to the former Mar-garet Davidson. They are the proud owner of two dogs, Nash and Napa.

Head Coach Jeremy Organ enters his fourth season atthe helm of the Vanderbilt swimming and diving team.

the Organ File

1992-1996 Collegiate Swimmer North Dakota** Six-time All-American, 1995 North Central Conference Swim-mer of the Year

1996-2000 Head Assistant Swim Coach North Dakota** Earned Long Course Coach of the Year and North Dakota Age Group Coach of the Year honors in 1998 & 1999.

2001-2006 Head Masters/Senior Assistant Nashville Aquatic Club** Mentored six national championship qualifiers in addition to assisting 20 swimmers earn Division I scholarships.

2006-Present Head Swimming Coach Vanderbilt University

HEAD COACH JEREMY ORGAN

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Krysten Nemecek enters her second season as the as-sistant swimming coach and recruiting coordinator for Vanderbilt. Head coach Jeremy Organ was impressed with her first year with the Commodores. “She learned a lot,” Organ said. “It was a learning year for her, which is always hard, especially when you’re young. I think she did very well, and I think it’s only going to get better with her.” Nemecek played a big hand in bringing in one of Van-derbilt’s best recruiting classes in the history of the pro-gram in 2009, by signing seven new swimmers and one walk-on to the Commodore program. Before coming to Vanderbilt, Nemecek spent three years as the head swim team coach for the Serenata Beach Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla. She was responsible for devel-oping the swimmers based on their seperate skill levels. Outside of the pool, Nemecek excelled in the classroom. In May ‘08, Nemecek graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors in Health Administration from University of North Florida. En route to attaining her degree, she was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic team four times. As a senior at North Florida, Nemecek posted five first-place finishes and 21 top-three finishes.

krysten nemecek

assistant coach/ Recruiting coordinator

second season(north Florida ‘08)

Support Staff

Travis Young Athletic

Communications

Nate Bell Academic Counselor

“Magic” NooriFood Coach

Brandon BarcaWebsite Services

Coordinator

Mark Davis Strength andConditioning

Tracy CampbellAthletic Trainer

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name class events hometown (high school)

Pronunciation GuideStephanie Falcone .............Fal-CONEZoe Cooper-Surma ............Zoey Cooper SermaJennifer Molchan ...............mulch-anAmy Salce...........................Sal-say

commodores By classFreshmen ...........................8Sophomores .......................6Juniors ................................2Seniors ...............................1total ...................................17

Elizabeth Brunk So. IM Raleigh, N.C. (Saint Mary’s School)Jess Cohen Sr. Breaststroke Charlotte, N.C. (St. Charles North)Rose Cornelson Fr. Backstroke Spartanburg, S.C. (Deerfield Academy)Zoe Cooper-Surma So. Freestyle Vero Beach, Fla. (Saint Edward’s)Erika Deardorf Fr. Freestyle The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands)Laura Dillon So. Breaststroke/Butterfly Reston, Va. (South Lakes)Jess Eccher Fr. IM/Freestyle Jacksonville, Fla. (The Bolles School)Stephanie Falcone So. Butterfly/Backstroke Potomac, Md. (Connelly School of Holy Child)Anna Fargo Jr. Freestyle St. Louis, Mo. (Kirkwood)Betsy Galenti Fr. Freestyle Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater Area)Ellen Kilgore Fr. Freestyle Greenville, S.C. (Greenville Senior)Sarah Lynch Fr. Breaststroke/Freestyle Burke, Va. (Lake Braddock)Jennifer Molchan Jr. Freestyle Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola)Chelsea Morey Fr. Backstroke Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson Senior)Amy Salce Fr. Freestyle Naples, Fla. (Community School of Naples)Allie Voss So. Breaststroke Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley)Nicole Woodworth So. Diver Seattle, Wash. (Roosevelt)

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elizabeth Brunk

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Raleigh, n.c.(saint Mary’s school)

2008-09 (Freshman): Established herself as a strong medley swimmer from the outset … Won heats in 400-yard IM and 100-yard breaststroke at Hilltopper Invite … Set personal record in 200-yard IM, also at Hilltopper … Set new personal record in 100-yard butterfly against Marshall … Set personal bests in 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and team-best time of the year in 400-yard IM at SEC Championships.

high school/club swimming: Finished second and third at State Championships in 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard butterfly with times of 1:08.90 and 58.70, respectively ... Was named Team MVP and team captain during senior season ... Scholar-athlete ... Member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... Swam for Marlins of Raleigh club team ... Club coach was Paul Silver.

Personal: Elizabeth Brunk ... Born February 6, 1990 ... Daugh-ter of Bart and Cathy Brunk ... Has one brother, Joe (15) and one sister Christine (24) ... Undecided major ... Favorites in-clude Grey’s Anatomy (TV show), “The Kite Runner” (Book), Kenny Chesney (Music Singer), Chocolate (Food) ... Favorite thing about living in Nashville is the downtown atmosphere.

Brunk’s top times100 Breaststroke: 1:05.75 100 Butterfly: 1:02.41200 Breaststroke: 2:24.43 200 IM: 2:19.11400 IM: 4:43.69

Jess cohen

Breaststrokesenior

charlotte, n.c.(st. charles north)

2008-09 (Junior): Made strides through the season and culminated in strong performances at the end of the year … Set personal bests in 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, as well as 200-yard IM at SEC Championships … Involved in service program in Africa that helped build a clean water source for a small village and named to the 2009 SEC Swimming and Diving Community Service Team.

2007-08 (sophomore): Recorded personal best times in 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.84) and 200-yard IM (2:26.30) at SEC Champi-onships.

high school/club swimming: Academic All-American during senior season ... Swimming team captain during senior season ... Four-time Academic All-Conference ... Helped team to four sectional champion-ships ... Senior Class President and National Honor Society member ... Illinois State Scholar ... North S.T.A.R. Award winner ... Coached by Rob Rooney ... Swam for the St. Charles Bunamis club team.

Personal: Jess Cohen ... Born August 4, 1988 ... Daughter of Mi-chael and Marci Cohen ... Has one brother, Seth (18) ... Human Or-ganizational Development and Political Science major ... Favorites include Harry Potter (Book), The Guardian (Movie), John Mayer (Singer), Ice Cream (Food) and Yogurt Oasis (Restaurant) ... Chose Vanderbilt because it was in the SEC and the great location.

cohen’s top times100 Breaststroke: 1:10.82 200 Breaststroke: 2:35.14200 IM: 2:22.35

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Zoe cooper-surma

Freestylesophomore

Vero Beach, Fla.(saint edward’s)

2008-09 (Freshman): Bright young star for the program … Swam leg in 200-yard freestyle relay win over South Carolina … Swam leg in school-record breaking time (1:46.31) in 200-yard med-ley relay at SEC Championships … Also part of team’s season-best time in 200-yard freestyle relay at SEC’s … Obliterated old personal records in 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle at SEC’s.

high school/club swimming: Second-team all-conference swimmer at Saint Edwards High ... Member of National Honor Society and academic honor roll ... Coached in high school by Don Gibb.

Personal: Zoe Cooper-Surma ... Born January 27, 1990 ... Daughter of Frank Surma and Sue Ellen Cooper ... Has one brother, Blaine (22) and one sister Nora Rose (25) ... Undecided major ... Lists her mother as the person she admires most ... Best advice she has received is “Shoot for the stars” ... Favorites include New York (City), Chocolate (Food), and Basketball (other sport).

cooper-surma’s top times50 Freestyle: 24.58 100 Freestyle: 54.20200 Freestyle: 2:00.04

laura dillon

Breaststroke/ButterflysophomoreReston, Va.

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2008-09 (Freshman): Dillon established herself as one of the premier breaststroke swimmers in the conference in freshman season … Set school record in 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.56) at SEC Championships … Also set school record in 100-yard breaststroke earlier in the season but had it broken by team-mate Allie Voss … Took first place in 200-yard breaststroke in meet against Marshall … Posted personal best, and team-best time of the year, in 200-yard IM at Hilltopper Invite … Set per-sonal best in 400-yard IM against in dual meet in Knoxville … Swam to personal best 200-yard butterfly time against South Carolina … Also set personal bests in 100-yard butterfly at SEC Championships ... Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

high school/club swimming: Earned first-team All-American honors in 200-yard medley relay ... Led team to 2005 AAA Vir-ginia State Swimming Championship ... Member of the state champion 200-yard medley team ... Competed in 100-yard but-terfly and 100-yard breaststoke events at 2006 and 2007 Vir-ginia AAA State Finals ... Participated in 2006, 2007 National Club Swimming Association Junior Nationals ... Member of Na-tional Honor Society and International Baccalaureate Program ... Coached in high school by Scott Brown ... Swam for the Carl Burke club team ... Club coach was John Flanagan.

Personal: Laura Dillon ... Born October 9, 1989 ... Daughter of Dave and Jennifer Dillon ... Has one brother, Bradley (17) ... Engineering Science major ... Lists being a member of the high school state championship team as her most memorable ath-letic experience ... Favorites include Planet Earth (TV Show), Harry Potter (Book), Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (Food) and Soccer (other sport).

dillon’s top times100 Breaststroke: 1:04.47 200 Breaststroke: 2:19.56#100 Butterfly: 58.00 200 Butterfly: 2:10.54200 IM: 2:10.30 400 IM: 4:48.75#-School Record


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anna Fargo

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st. louis, Mo.(kirkwood)

2008-09 (sophomore): Vocal leader swam better all season and capped the year with her best times ... Recorded personal bests in 50-yard, 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle at SEC Champion-ships … Swam leg in gold-medal 200-yard freestyle relay team in dual meet against Centre and Rhodes … Swam leg in school-record 400-yard freestyle relay at SEC Championships … Also part of 200-yard freestyle relay at SEC Championships, helping post the team’s best time of the season.

2007-08 (Freshman): Improved times over the course of the sea-son with top 50-yard freestyle time (25.50) coming at SEC Cham-pionships ... Swam a leg in the team’s season-high 200 freestyle time (1:38.16) at SEC’s.

high school/club swimming: Served as captain of her swim team ... Was a member of National Honor Society and was named Outstanding Senior in Math ... Club swim team was the St. Louis Spirit coached by Kay Lynne Firshing.

Personal: Anna Fargo ... Born December 10, 1988 ... Daughter of Scott and Mimi Fargo ... Has two brothers, Greg (13) and Brad (11) ... Majoring in Civil Engineering ... Favorites include One Tree Hill (TV Show), Carrie Underwood (Musician), “My Sister’s Keeper (Book), Pasta (Food) and Cafe Coco (Restaurant) ... Lists her grandfather as the person she admires most ... Best advice she has ever received is to “Have faith.” ... Chose Van-derbilt because of the nice people, beautiful campus, great edu-caton and the chance to be a part of building the swim team.

Fargo’s top times50 Freestyle: 24.66 100 Freestyle: 53.35200 Freestyle: 1:57.99

Jennifer Molchan

FreestyleJunior

Pensacola, Fla.(Pensacola)

2008-09 (sophomore): Sensational sophomore season, setting personal marks in six categories and breaking school records … Broke 19-year old school record in 100-yard freestyle at SEC Championships … Swam legs in 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay’s school record performances at SEC’s … Swam team’s best time of the season in 50-yard freestyle at SEC’s … Part of 400-yard freestyle relay first-place finish over Alabama and 200-yard freestyle relay win over Centre and Rhodes … Won first place in 200-yard freestyle against Centre and Rhodes … Part of first-place 200-yard freestyle relay against South Carolina … Had 21 of team’s 123 points against Marshall with wins in 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle.

2007-08 (Freshman): Molchan established herself as one of the top performers in 2007-08 and looks to add to that this season ... Posted two runner-up finishes in the 100-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle against Miami (FL), including a personal best time of 53.42 in the 100 freestyle ... Recorded a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle against Arkansas.

high school/club swimming: Earned All-American honors in 2005 and was named first-team All-Area by the Pensacola News Journal ... Holds school records in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle ... Posted a second and third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle at state championships ... Finished in third place in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the state finals ... Swam for the Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club that was coached by Joe Goeken ... President of her junior and senior class ... Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Jennifer Molchan ... Born November 2, 1988 ... Parents are John and Rose Molchan ... Has two sisters, Stephanie (18) and Elizabeth (6) ... Majoring in biology (pre-med) ... Favorites include Jack Johnson (Music), Grey’s Anatomy (TV Show), Harry Potter (Book), Pasta (Food), Calypso Cafe (restaurant) ... Chose Vander-bilt because of excellent combination of academics and athletics.

Molchan’s top times50 Freestyle: 24.01 100 Freestyle: 52.21#200 Freestyle: 1:55.55 500 Freestyle: 5:08.13100 Backstroke: 1:01.88 200 IM: 2:15.25#- School Record




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allie Voss

Breaststrokesophomore

columbia, s.c.(spring Valley)

2008-09 (Freshman): Former high school champion set school re-cords and dominating in breaststroke competition … Broke team-mate Laura Dillon’s record in 100-yard breaststroke at SEC Champi-onships … Part of school-record breaking times in 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay at SEC’s … Set personal bests in 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke, also at SEC’s … Swam leg in 400-yard freestyle first place finish against Alabama … Took first place in 100-yard breaststroke in dual meet against Cen-tre and Rhodes … Won 100-yard breaststroke race against South Carolina by 1/100th of a second … Part of 200-yard freestyle relay victory against SC … Won 100-yard breaststroke against Marshall ... Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

high school/club swimming: Multiple South Carolina State Champion in 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke ... Holds school record in 100-yard breaststroke (106.60) ... National Club Swim-ming Association Junior National Qualifier in 100 and 200 breast ... All-Area Swimmer of the Year ... 2007 Scholastic All-American ... Member of National Honor Society and National French Honor Society ... Swam for Carolina Aquatics club team ... Coached by Wes Sinclair.

Personal: Allie Voss ... Born June 29, 1990 ... Daughter of Frank and Tracy Voss ... Has one brother, Andrew (15) and one sister Katie (17) ... Undecided major ... Favorites include Harry Pot-ter (Book), Mean Girls (Movie), Keith Urban (Musician), Potatoes (Food) and San Antonio Taco Co. (Restaurant) ... Lists her mother as the person she admires most ... Chose Vanderbilt for its stellar athletics and excellent academics.

Voss’s top times50 Freestyle: 24.41 100 Breaststrok: 1:04.11#200 Breaststroke: 2:22.67 200 IM: 2:18.43#- School Record

nicole woodworth

diversophomore

seattle, wash.(Roosevelt)

2008-09 (Freshman): Excellent diver with enormous potential … Broke school record in one-meter dive with score of 288.53 against South Carolina, qualifying for the Zone Championships … Tied school record in three-meter dive, also against South Caro-lina … Blew away Alabama in three-meter dive in first meet of the season … Swept one and three-meter dive first-place honors against Centre and Rhodes … Placed high at Hilltopper Invite and Phil Hansel Duals in stacked fields ... Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

high school/club swimming: Runner-up state champion in one-meter dive as a senior at Washington state swimming and diving championships ... Competed at district diving champion-ships as a junior ... National Honor Society Member ... Coached by Ed Artist and David Dawson.

Personal: Nicole Woodworth ... Born January 23, 1990 ... Daugh-ter of Tom and Martha Woodworth ... Has one sister, Michelle (16) ... Communications major.

woodworth’s top divesOne Meter (6 Dives): 288.53# Three Meter (6 Dives): 289.05##-School Record


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Jess eccher

iM/FreestyleFreshman

Jacksonville, Fla.(the Bolles school)

high school/club swimming: Won four straight state champi-onships as part of The Bolles School swim team … Team was named 2008 Junior National Champions … 2008 Junior National Swimming Qualifier … Recorded top-16 time in the U.S. in 400 freestyle relay … Swam to high finishes in 100-yard backstroke at state meets … All-First Coast Swimming Swimming and Diving Second team in 2007 … Selected as a National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Assocation All-America Academic for 2008-2009 … Member of National Latin Honors Society … Winner of her school’s 2005 Leadership and English awards … Swam on the Bolles Sharks club team.

Personal: Jessica Lenora Eccher … Born July 18, 1991 … Daughter of Andrew and Susn Eccher … Has one brother, Nick (14) … Majoring in Psychology … Favorites include The Great Gatsby (Book), CSI (TV Show), Ice Cream (Food), Meet Joe Black (Movie), and New York (City) … Chose Vanderbilt because of the strong academics and athletics.

erika deardorf

FreestyleFreshman

the woodlands, texas(the woodlands)

high school/club swimming: Won state championships with The Woodlands in 2006 and 2009 … A High School All-Amer-ican from 2007-2009 … Winner of High School All-American Academic Award … Team captain of The Woodlands Club Swim Team … coached by Scott MacFarland and Tim Bauer.

Personal: Erika Deardorf … Born February 15, 1991 … Daugh-ter of Eric and Melynda Deardorf … Has two brothers, Breton (19) and Carter (10) … Majoring in Human and Organizational Development … Favorites include Italian (Food), Jake Owen (Singer), The House of Daughters (Book), Brothers and Sisters and Greek (TV Shows) and Auburn, Indiana (City) … Chose Vanderbilt because she loves Nashville, the campus and the swim program … Wants to do work in a health-related field.

Rose cornelson

BackstrokeFreshman

spartanburg, s.c.(Deerfield Academy)

high school/club swimming: High-school record holder in the 100-yard backstroke event … Named MVP of her high school team all four years she attended … Honor roll student at Deerfield Academy … Won several South Carolina state cham-pionships for Club team in Spartanburg … coached by Mike Faltraco.

Personal: Catherine Rose McDaniel Cornelson … Born April 19, 1991 … Daughter of Martin and Karin Cornelson … Mother played tennis, father played football at North Carolina State … Has two brothers, Shaw (23) and Miller (21) … Undecided on major … Favorites include Sushi (Food), New York (City), Ten-nis (Other Sport), ER (TV Show) and Forrest Gump (Movie) … Chose Vanderbilt because she wanted to return to the south and it’s good to be gold.

stephanie Falcone

Back/Flysophomore

Potomac, Md.(connelly school of

the holy child)

high school/club swimming: Named MVP of high school swim team three out of four years … voted team captain dur-ing senior year … Swam for the Aqua Hoya Swim Club … Club coach was Jon Rogers … Holds personal best times of Mem-ber of National Honor Society.

Personal: Stephanie Falcone … Born July 6, 1990 … Parents are Anthony and Anna-Marina Falcone … Has three sisters, Marina (22), Rosina (20), Daniela (14) and three brothers, Vin-cent (17), Tony (9), Michael (6) … older sister Marina, swam for William and Mary … Lists her father as the person she admires most … Favorites include Very Valentine (Book), The Notebook (Movie), Sara Evans (Musician), Jackson’s (Restaurant).

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sarah lynch

Breaststroke/FreestyleFreshmanBurke, Va.

(lake Braddock)

high school/club swimming: Part of high school 400-free re-lay Virginia state championship teams in 2006, 2007 and 2008 … Scholastic All-American in 2006, 2007 and 2008 … Named 2009 team MVP … 2009 Washington Post All-Metro Honorable Mention

Betsy Galenti

FreestyleFreshman

stillwater, Minn.(stillwater area)

high school/club swimming: Part of state championship teams in 2005, 2006 and 2008 … Four-time All-American … Holds two Min-nesota records … Member of the Senior Council and National Honor Society … Coached by Brian Luke.

Personal: Elizabeth Galenti … Born February 20, 1991 … Parents are Kurt Galenti and Kathy Stark … Has one brother, T.J. (14) … Majoring in Pre-Med … Favorites include Zoolander (Movie), Still-water (City), Chipotle (Food) and The Whole Truth (Book) ... Chose Vanderbilt because it has amazing opportunities in academics and athletics.

ellen kilgore

FreestyleFreshman

Greenville, s.c.(Greenville senior)

high school/club swimming: Four-time MVP at Greenville High School ... 3-time Scholastic All-American ... Member of National Honor Society and Latin Club Vice President ... Part of several state champion relay teams with club team ... coached at club level by Scott Bonine.

Personal: Ellen Hope Kilgore ... Born May 10, 1991 ... Daughter of Scott and Susan Kilgore ... Has one brother, Geoffrey (20) ... Majoring in Biological and Biomedical Sciences ... Favorites include Football (Other Sport), My Sister’s Keeper (Book), Pasta (Food), OAR and Dave Matthews (Bands) and CSI (TV Show) ... Chose Vanderbilt because it’s swimming at a good school in a big city with a good music scene.

chelsea Morey

BackstrokeFreshman

hutchinson, kan.(hutchinson senior)

high school/club swimming: High school team captain … All-American in 100-yard backstroke in 2008 … All-State first team in 2009 … AVCTL league-record holder in 100-yard backstroke … Wendy’s High School Heisman school winner, regional winner and state finalist … Secretary of National Honors Society … Senior student council Vice President … Kansas Honors Scholar … Win-ner of Presidential Fitness and Academics award… Finished 7th in 100 m Backstroke Region VIII Long Course Championships for Wichita Swim Club … U.S. Open qualifier in 400 yd medley relay … NCSA Junior Qualifier … coached in club team by Eric Nelson and Katie Yevak.

Personal: Chelsea Lynne Morey … Born October 16, 1990 … Daughter of Kent and Carlye Morey … Has one brother, Michael (11) and two sisters, Katelin (17) and Meghan (11) … Majoring in Biology … Favorites include chicken alfredo (Food), My Sister’s Keeper (Book), Grey’s Anatomy (TV show), The Notebook (Movie) and Venice (City) … Chose Vanderbilt because it is a perfect bal-ance of athletics and academics … Career goal is to go to medical school and work in sports medicine.

amy salce

FreestyleFreshman

naples, Fla.(community school

of naples)

high school/club swimming: Co-captain at Community School of Naples and seven-year Florida state qualifier … Team was dis-trict champion in 2007 … Set eight high school records … Member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Named a USA Swimming Academic All-American … Junior National Quali-fier for Swim Florida club team … Coached by Daryl Sullivan.

Personal: Amelia Salce … Born May 21, 1991 … Parents are Anthony and Ruth Salce … Has one brother, Anthony (20) and one sister, Arleigh (13) … Majoring in Health Sciences … Favor-ites include ice cream (Food), Pancake Pantry (Place to eat in Nashville), New York (City), Wedding Crashers (Movie) and House (TV Show) … Chose Vanderbilt because it is a top-rated university plus the opportunity to be part of a growing swim program.

and Fairfax Nominee for Sports Woman of the Year … coached at club level by Pete Morgan.

Personal: Sarah Ellen Lynch … born December 1, 1990 … Daugh-ter of Naome Evers-Lynch … Her father, Dr. Myron Lynch, passed away … Has one sister, Miriam (28), who swam for Howard Univer-sity … Undecided on major … Favorites include Jason’s Deli (Nash-ville Restaurant), Sweet and Sour Chicken (Food), The Last Lecture (Book), Washington, D.C. (City) and Running (Other Sport).

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STRATTON FOSTER ACADEMIC CENTER

#1 Vanderbilt’s ranking for graduation rates in the South-eastern Conference

118 Vanderbilt student-athletes that achievved a 3.0 or higher GPA in the spring of 2009

73 Vanderbilt student-athletes named to the spring 2009 Dean’s List

3.05 Combined GPA of student-athletes in 2008-09 school year

ACHIEVEMENTS2008-09

what is an academic counselor?• An academic counselor’s responsibilities in-clude, but are not limited to, meeting weekly or bi-weekly with all student-athletes from their assigned athletic teams, monitoring study hall, checking class attendance, and referring the student-athletes to the appropriate campus-wide resources.

what is the goal of academic services?• The Department of Student Athletics has a very active tutoring program with the goal of providing the student-athlete with the best possible academic assistance. The Tutoring Program has tutors covering over 30 different academic areas, and working with over half of our student-athletes.

how often do freshman meet with aca-demic counselors?• An Academic Counselor meets weekly with every freshman and all student-athletes who are in danger of falling short of achieving good academic standing by Vanderbilt University standards.

what do i do if i am going to miss class because of travel?• Each student-athlete is instructed to give an official letter, supplied by The Stratton Foster Academic Center, to all of his or her professors with the dates and times, for the entire semes-ter, they will miss class for athletically related travel. The counselors follow up this letter with an e-mail a week in advance, to serve as a re minder to the professors of his/her student-athletes who will not be in class.

when is the academic center open?• The Stratton Foster Academic Center is open to every student-athlete on Sundays from 2:00pm-10:00pm, Mondays-Thursdays from 7:30am-10:00pm, and on Fridays from 7:30am-5:00pm. For quiet studying, thirty private study carrels are available in the bi-level facility. A computer lab is also conveniently located for student-athletes to write papers or do research while in The Stratton Foster Academic Center.

Vanderbilt was ranked 17th in u.s. news & world Report’s

2009 list of top national universities

student-athlete Graduation success Rate

1. Vanderbilt 94% 2. Florida 89% 3. South Carolina 77% 4. Mississippi State 76% 5. Auburn 75%5. Tennessee 75%7. Ole Miss 74%7. Alabama 73%9. Kentucky 71%10. LSU 69%11. Arkansas 66%12. Georgia 65%



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THE COMMONS

On-Campus Living At Its Best

First-Year Students Enjoy RareCollegiate Living Experience In August of 2008, Vanderbilt officially opened The Commons, providing first-year students with one of the nation’s truly unique and mod-ern on-campus residential communities. Built on six acres in the southeast quadrant of the Vanderbilt campus, The Commons in-cludes ten residence halls or Houses, spa-cious study and social areas, and the show-piece Commons Center, a modern dining and activity hub, all located on the Peabody cam-pus. Vanderbilt officials believe The Commons will provide first-year students a truly special living/learning experience. Bringing scholars, leaders, teachers and learners together to cre-ate a vibrant intellectual community is at the

heart of The Commons. It will be home to both new students and an extraordinary connection of people, ideas and opportunities that distinguish the Vanderbilt experience. The Commons Center also features the Eatery, the place to dine with friends and study with classmates. At the Commons Cafe, students, faculty and staff can develop friendships while listening to Vanderbilt and Nashville musicians. While all new students to Vanderbilt will reside in The Commons, plans are underway to eventually replace or renovate existing facil-ities to complete College Halls at Vanderbilt, the university’s future residential college system.

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amy Batchelder50-Yard Freestyle

Jennifer Molchan100-Yard Freestyle

leigh-ann axt200-Yard Freestyle

wrenn terrill500-Yard Freestyle

catherine Pringle1000-Yard Freestyle

leigh-ann axt100-Yard Butterfly

leigh-ann axt200-Yard Butterfly

wendy deacon100-Yard Backstroke

wendy deacon200-Yard Backstroke

allie Voss100-Yard Breaststroke

laura dillon200-Yard Breaststroke

leslie holt200-Yard Ind. Medley

leslie holt400-Yard Ind. Medley

VandeRBilt schOOl RecORds

event time/Pts. Record holder / (Year)

50 Freestyle 23.80 Amy Batchelder (1990)100 Freestyle 52.21 Jennifer Molchan (2009)200 Freestyle 1:50.32 Leigh-Ann Axt (2008)500 Freestyle 4:56.78 Wrenn Terrill (1990)1000 Freestyle 10:17.12 Catherine Pringle (1989)1650 Freestyle 17:19.37 Catherine Pringle (1989)100 Butterfly 55.89 Leigh-Ann Axt (2008)200 Butterfly 2:02.32 Leigh-Ann Axt (2008)100 Backstroke 57.23 Wendy Deacon (1988)200 Backstroke 2:02.79 Wendy Deacon (1988)100 Breaststroke 1:04.11 Allie Voss (2009)200 Breaststroke 2:19.56 Laura Dillon (2009)200 IM 2:06.02 Leslie Holt (1990)400 IM 4:24.81 Leslie Holt (1989)200 Free Relay 1:35.66 (Batchelder, Broughal, Hold, Caldwell) (1990)400 Free Relay 3:30.66 (Molchan, Obranowicz, Fargo, Voss) (2009)800 Free Relay 7:36.21 (Holt, Dahl, Deacon, Pringle) (1989)200 Medley Relay 3:30.66 (Molchan, Voss, Obranowicz, Cooper-Surma (2009)400 Medley Relay 3:53.46 (Higgins, Broughal, Holt, Batchelder) (1990)One Meter Diving (6) 288.53 Nicole Woodworth (2009)One Meter Diving (11) 399.80 Patti Woodcock (1987)Three Meter Diving (6) 289.05 Patti Woodcock (1987), Nicole Woodworth (2009) Three Meter Diving (11) 413.60 Patti Woodcock (1987)

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event time/Pts. Record holder / (Year)

50 Freestyle 21.70 Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia (2006)100 Freestyle 47.49 Maritza Corriea, Georgia (1990)200 Freestyle 1:42.90 Morgan Scroggy, Georgia (2009)500 Freestyle 4:34.87 Caroline Burckle, Florida (2008)1650 Freestyle 15:45.49 Wendy Trott, Georgia (2009)50 Backstroke 26.18 Theresa Andrews, Florida (1982)100 Backstroke 50.46 Gemma Spofforth, Florida (2009)200 Backstroke 1:48.34 Gemma Spofforth, Florida (2009)100 Breaststroke 59.18 Mhyria Miller, Georgia (2000)200 Breaststroke 2:08.41 Yi-Ting Siow, Arkansas (2009)100 Butterfly 51.00 Christine Magnuson, Tennessee (2008)200 Butterfly 1:52.53 Jemma Lowe, Florida 2009)200 IM 1:54.08 Ava Ohlgren, Auburn (2009)400 IM 4:03.70 Ava Ohlgren, Auburn (2009)200 Free Relay 1:27.45 (Vanderpool-Wallace, Ewing, Marik, Geary), Auburn (2009)400 Free Relay 3:12.00 (Ohlgren, Vanderpool-Wallace, Marik, Geary) Auburn (2009)800 Free Relay 6:54.02 (Ohlgren, Geary, Marik, Bird), Auburn (2009)200 Med Relay 1:36.22 (Spofforth, Rogers, Lago, Napier), Florida (2009)400 Med Relay 3:31.28 (Goh, Lawrence, Ohlgren, Vanderpool-Wallace), Auburn (2009)One Meter Diving 323.25 Jamie Sanger, Tennessee (2003)Three Meter Diving 537.20 Michelle Davison, South Carolina (1998)

catherine Pringle1650-Yard Freestyle

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all-americans

1980 aiaw division iiJane Brigham (2) 400 IM, 200 FlyJenny Apthrop 200 BreastDenise Berry Relay TeamBarb Cornett Relay TeamRebecca Niemann Diving

1981 aiaw division iiMing Hsu (3) 100 IM, 400 IM, 100 FlyJane Sullivan 200 IMJane Brigham 400 IMNancy Hennessy 200 BackMarybeth Dervin Diving

1982 ncaa division iiMary Lou Baldwin (7) 200 MR, 100 Fly, 800 Free, 400 IM, 100 Back, 400 MR, 50 BackMyra Creighton (2) 100 Free, 400 FreeNancy Hennessy (6) 200 Back, 800 Free, 100 Back, 100 Free, 50 Back, 400 FreeMing Hsu (4) 200 MR, 200 IM, 400 IM, 400 MRJulie O’Daniel (4) 200 MR, 800 Free, 400 MR, 400 FreeStephanie Otis (4) 800 Free, 400 IM, 400 MR, 400 FreeRebecca Niemann (2) One & Three meter DiveMarybeth Dervin (2) One & Three meter Dive

1983 ncaa division iiMyra Creighton 200 FreeKylee Brock (2) 200 Free, 400 FreeTrisha Halligan (3) 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 FreeNancy Hennessy (4) 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 BackAnna Litkenhous (2) 800 Free, 1650 FreeMary Lou Baldwin (6) 100 Back, 200 Fly, 400 MR, 200 Back, 400 IM, 200 IMTeresa Floyd 400 MRMing Hsu (3) 400 MR, 100 Fly, 200 IMMarybeth Malecki (4) 400 MR, 800 Free, 100 Free, 400 Free

1984 ncaa division iiCarol Christel 100 FlyMyra Creighton 400 FreeCarri Sipowski (3) 200 IM, 800 Free, 400 FreeMing Hsu 800 FreeAnna Litkenhous (5) 800 Free, 400 IM, 1650 Free, 200 Fly, 400 Free

Maribeth Malecki (2) 800 Free, 400 FreePatti Woodhock (2) One & Three Meter DiveMarybeth Dervin (2) One & Three Meter Dive

1985 ncaa division iiSusan Alexander (3) 50 Free, 400 Free, 200 FreeBonnie Harre (2) 200 Free, 400 FreeMyra Creighton (2) 200 Free, 400 FreeBrooke Burns (2) 200 IM, 400 FreeCarrie Erzen (3) 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 FreePatti Woodcock (2) One & Three Meter Dive

1986 ncaa division iPatti Woodcock* (2) One & Three Meter Dive

1987 ncaa division iWendy Deacon 100 Back (14th place)Patti Woodcock* (2) One & Three Meter Dive

1988 ncaa division iWendy Deacon (2) 100 Back, 200 Back

1989 ncaa division iWendy Deacon (2) 100 Back (11th place), 200 BackLauren Szabo* One Meter Dive

1990 ncaa division iAnita Schwendt* One Meter DiveLauren Szabo* (2) One and Three Meter Dive

* Denotes regional competition. sec individual champions1987- Wendy Deacon 100 Backstroke (57.88)

First team all-sec1987- Wendy Deacon

Vanderbilt Female athlete of the Year1982-83 Ming Hsu1983-84 Ming Hsu1988-89 Wendy Deacon

Vanderbilt athletics hall of FameClass of 2009 - Ming Hsu Robinson (1980-84)

academic athlete of the Year1979-80 Nancy Pariser1985-86 Carrie Erzen

Vanderbilt highest team GPa award2006-07 3.563 GPA2008-09 3.471 GPA

cscaa academic all-america team2006 3.563 GPA (No. 3 Nationally) 2007 3.535 GPA (No. 5 Nationally)2008 3.460 GPA (No. 7 Nationally)

Vanderbilt academic team award1980-811983-842006-072008-09

academic all-sec*1986 Susan Alexander Carrie Erzen 1987 Susan Alexander Carrie Erzen1988 Susan Alexander Carrie Erzen Bonnie Harre Anne Paul Brooke Burns1989 Lauren Szabo Brandy Terrell1990 Lauren Szabo Brandy Terrell Barb Bergstrom Julie Dahl* (now called SEC Academic Honor Roll)

sec community service team2008 Rachel Dyer2009 Jess Cohen

sec championship Results

1984Florida 509Alabama 426Auburn 416Georgia 344Tennessee 289Vanderbilt 99LSU 45

1985Alabama 803Florida 792Auburn 544Georgia 480Tennessee 366Kentucky 190.5LSU 159Vanderbilt 148

1986Florida 935Georgia 563.5Alabama 518LSU 468Auburn 429Tennessee 317.5Kentucky 138Vanderbilt 113

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Year-bY-Year all-Time resulTs

Year Record Coach SEC NCAA Season Notes1977-78 3-3 Joe Suriano -- -- Inaugural season1978-79 6-4 Joe Suriano -- -- Barb Cornett and Jane Brigham lead team to six wins1979-80 5-5 John Smith -- -- Five ‘Dores Named All-Americans at AIAW Championships1980-81 6-3 John Smith -- 14th Team Finishes 14th at Nationals/Three All-Americans1981-82 6-1 John Smith -- 2nd Division II National Runner-Up/Eight All-Americans1982-83 6-1 John Smith -- 9th Ninth Place Finish at NCAA’s/Nine All-Americans1983-84 7-2 John Smith 6th 7th Seventh Place Finish at Div. II NCAA’s/ Eight AA’s1984-85 3-3 John Smith 8th -- Six swimmers named All-Americans1985-86 8-2 John Smith 8th -- End of John Smith Era, First year of Division I1986-87 8-6 Pete Fetters 7th -- Wendy Deacon earns All-SEC honors1987-88 5-6 Pete Fetters 8th -- Deacon earns All-American in 100 & 200 Backstroke1988-89 4-7 Pete Fetters 8th -- Deacon earns third All-American honor, All-SEC1989-90 7-5 Pete Fetters 8th -- Two Commodores named All-American1990-91 1-9 Pete Fetters 8th -- Finished third in SEC 200-yard free relay1991-92 2-6 Pete Fetters 10th -- Last year of Commodore swimming for 14 years2006-07 0-5 Jeremy Organ 10th -- Vanderbilt brings swimming program back2007-08 0-12 Jeremy Organ 10th -- Organ rebuilds foundation as school records are set2008-09 2-9 Jeremy Organ 10th -- First dual victories since return, team sets 6 new recordsTotal 79-89 (.470) (18 Seasons)

1987Florida 739Georgia 680.5Alabama 494.5LSU 467.5Tennessee 450.5Auburn 402Vanderbilt 171Kentucky 151.5

1988Florida 843Tennessee 565Georgia 472LSU 425.5Auburn 399Alabama 344Kentucky 254.5Vanderbilt 180

1989Florida 907.5Tennessee 664Georgia 472Alabama 426.5LSU 390Kentucky 320.5Auburn 249.5Vanderbilt 198

1990Florida 897Tennessee 722Alabama 446Georgia 402Kentucky 384LSU 284Auburn 278Vanderbilt 225

1991Florida 744Georgia 630Tennessee 480Alabama 421Auburn 404LSU 385Kentucky 377Vanderbilt 148

1992Florida 726.5Auburn 540Georgia 510Tennessee 480Alabama 430.5South Carolina 307.5LSU 277Arkansas 249Kentucky 202Vanderbilt 95

2007Auburn 899Georgia 671Florida 580Kentucky 384Tennessee 349.5LSU 254.5Alabama 214South Carolina 190Arkansas 143Vanderbilt 82

2008Auburn 761.5Florida 706Georgia 566.5Tennessee 477Kentucky 332LSU 238.5Arkansas 229Alabama 202.5South Carolina 199Vanderbilt 80

2009Florida 744Auburn 730.5Georgia 725Tennessee 394.5Arkansas 299Alabama 244South Carolina 225LSU 187Kentucky 182Vanderbilt 74

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The Centennial Sportsplex is the home of the Vanderbilt swimming and diving team, where the Commodores train and host meets. The Commodores hosted and won their first dual meets since their return when they defeated Centre and Rhodes in October of 2008, and they also hosted Marshall for a meet in January of 2009. In fall of 2008, a state-of-the-art digital scoreboard was in-stalled on the east side of the competition pool, allowing spec-tators and coaches to see the electronic times of all competing lanes. Opened in 1990, the Centennial Sportsplex is Middle Tennes-see’s ultimate fitness, recreation and sports complex. A $20 million, 145,000 square-foot facility, the Sportsplex is a year-round facility for ice skating, fitness, swimming and tennis. The Aquatics Center contains two pools, including a 50 meters by 25 yards competition pool. There is also a diving well with a depth of 14 feet that has two one-meter and two three-meter spring boards. The Sportsplex also contains an Ice Center, complete with two full-size ice rinks. The National Hockey League’s Nash-ville Predators hold their practices in the Sportsplex’s Ice Center. A 2,400 square foot fitness center is also located at the Sportsplex. The fitness center contains weight machines, treadmills, stair machines, exercise cycles and rowing.

The Sportsplex has hosted exciting national events such as the US Senior and Junior National Swim meets, the YMCA National Swim Meet, the U.S. Water Polo Olympic Trials, the US Figure Skating Championships, the Virginia Slims Tennis Championships and the USTA Women’s Challenger.

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Nicholas S. ZepposChancellorNicholas S. Zeppos was named Vanderbilt Uni-versity’s eighth chancellor on March 1, 2008. An avid fan of Vanderbilt athletics, Zeppos served as the role of faculty representative for the Commo-dore athletics program before his ascension to the chancellorship.A distinguished legal scholar, teacher and execu-

tive, Zeppos served from 2002 to 2008 as Vanderbilt’s chief academic officer, overseeing the university’s undergraduate, graduate, and pro-fessional education programs and research in liberal arts and sciences, engineering, music, education, business, law, and divinity. As provost and vice chancellor, he chairs Vanderbilt’s budgeting and capital plan-ning council and leads all fundraising and alumni relations efforts across the institution, as well as overseeing the dean of students and dean of admissions.Zeppos has led a number of important initiatives at Vanderbilt, includ-ing the planning process for The Commons, a landmark transformation of the first-year experience; the Strategic Academic Planning Group; in-novative efforts in undergraduate admissions and financial aid; and the development of new programs in Jewish studies, law and economics, and genetics, among others. He also has led the university’s Shape the Future fund-raising campaign, which exceeded its $1.25 billion goal two years ahead of schedule and set a new target of $1.75 billion by 2010.Zeppos joined Vanderbilt in 1987 as an assistant professor in the Law School, where he has been recognized with five teaching awards. He subsequently served as an associate dean and then as associate pro-vost before being named provost and vice chancellor for academic af-fairs in 2002, and served as interim chancellor from August 1, 2007 until March 1, 2008, when he was appointed chancellor.From 1982-1987, Zeppos practiced law in Washington, D.C., at the United States Department of Justice and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he specialized in appellate litigation involving complex regulatory, statutory, and constitutional matters. He has written widely on legislation, administrative law, and professional responsibility, and is a nationally recognized scholar in these fields. He served as chair for the Scholars Committee, advising the Senate and the ABA on the confirmation of Jus-tice Stephen Breyer, and as chair of the Rules Advisory Committee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He has also served as a consultant to government agencies, major corporations, and trade associations on complex litigation, policy design, and strategy.Zeppos is a 1979 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wis-consin Law School where he served as editor in chief of the Wisconsin Law Review and was selected as the outstanding graduate of his class, and a 1976 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he studied history.He is married to Lydia Ann Howarth, a graduate of the University of Chi-cago and Lawrence University, who is a writer and editor. They have two sons, Benjamin and Nicholas.

For the last six years, Williams has directed an initia-tive to more fully integrate Commodore athletics into the total Vanderbilt student life experience. With the support of former Chancellor Gee, newly appointed chancellor Nicholas Zeppos, the university’s senior management team and Vanderbilt Board of Trust, Williams’ efforts as Vice Chancellor for University

Affairs and Athletics have been successful in creat-ing opportunity for student-athletes to participate in programs across the Vanderbilt landscape.Today, Williams’ efforts has placed the Vanderbilt program among the na-tion’s most innovative, offering a streamlined organization. Since sweep-ing changes were initiated in September 2003, Williams has firmly placed his stamp on the program. He has overseen the recruitment and hiring of seven outstanding head coaches. Williams has addressed facility con-cerns with a five-phase enhancement program expected to approach $60 million and will affect virtually every Vanderbilt student-athlete by its completion date.Vanderbilt athletics have blossomed under Williams. Nine sports partici-pated in postseason action last year, just one shy of the school record set in 2006-07. An unprecedented seven Commodore athletes have been selected in the first round of their respective sports in the last three years. Off the field, the student- athletes’ collective GPA has reached impressive levels.Athletics is but a small part of Williams’ influential Vanderbilt role. Williams also serves as General Counsel directing a staff of 14 attorneys, Secre-tary of Vanderbilt and its nationally recognized Medical Center, the Office of Risk Management, the University’s Compliance and Conflict of Interest functions, and the operations of the University’s Board of Trust.Williams’ campus participation also includes a tenured full professorship at the School of Law, lecturing on Tax Law, Sports Law and Education Law. He has taught a course on Law and Higher Education at Peabody College, and from time to time, courses in the undergraduate curriculum. Williams came to Vanderbilt after serving in numerous administrative roles at Ohio State University over a 14-year period. When he accepted the Vanderbilt role, Williams was Vice President of Student and Urban/Com-munity Affairs and Professor of Law at Ohio State.A native of Detroit, Mich., Williams received a Bachelor of Science in Social Science and Master of Arts in Education from Northern Michigan University where he was a member of the track team. He also earned a Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Detroit, and an L.L.M. in taxation from New York University.Williams and his wife, Gail, have two school-aged children: Samantha, who is a varsity swimmer and rising freshman at Brown University, and Nicholas, who is an eighth grader at University School of Nashville and competes in swimming, basketball, track and soccer. His wife serves as the Associate Director of Community Relations at Vanderbilt, and is chair of the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) board of directors.

Kevin Colon, a 13-year veteran of Vanderbilt athletics, oversees the Commodore swimming program. As one of four directors of sport operations with Vanderbilt athletics, Colon also oversees Commodore baseball, track and field and cross country. Colon joined the Vanderbilt staff in 1998, organiz-ing and directing CHAMPS/Life Skills, the community

outreach arm of Commodore athletics. As CHAMPS/Life Skills director, Colon guided Vanderbilt student-athletes into an expanded role in giving back to local schools, hospitals, non-profits and other efforts aimed at disad-vantaged residents of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The program also emphasized a commitment to academic excellence, personal development, leadership and career development for participating student-athletes. Before joining Vanderbilt, Colon served two years as Assistant Director for Student Services at Kansas State University. He also served a tenure as football academic advisor at Syracuse University. Colon earned an unde-graduate degree from Iowa State University and a master’s degree from the University of Toledo.A former track athlete, Colon has one son, DuBois (12).

David Williams IIVice Chancellor for University Affairs

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Oct. 10 Alabama / Centenary Tuscaloosa, Ala.Oct. 17 vs. Southern Illinois Nashville, Tenn.Nov. 06 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark.

Hilltopper InvitationalNov. 20-22 Hilltopper Invitational Bowling Green, Ky.

Jan. 23 South Carolina / UNC-Wilmington Columbia, S.C.Jan. 29 at Marshall Huntington, W.Va.Jan. 30 at Kentucky / Cincinnati Lexington, Ky.Feb. 06 at Tulane New Orleans, La.

SEC ChampionshipsFeb. 17-20 SEC Championships Athens, Ga. Last Chance MeetFeb. 26-27 Last Chance Meet TBA

NCAA ChampionshipsMar. 12-14 NCAA Zone B Championships Athens, Ga.Mar. 18-20 NCAA Championships Lafayette, Ind.

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