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1 Table of Contents Quick Facts General Information Institution University of Kansas Location Lawrence, Kan./66045 Founded Enrollment ,624 Nickname Jayhawks Colors Crimson & Blue Facility Robinson Natatorium lane pool - 25 meters lane pool - 25 yards diving well University Personnel Chancellor Robert Hemenway Athletics Director Lew Perkins Senior Woman Administrator Kelly Landry Mehrtens Media Relations Swimming & Diving Contact Jamie Zarda Office Phone Office Fax Cell Phone jzarda@ku.edu Athletic Website kuathletics.com Mailing Address Allen Fieldhouse, Room Naismith Drive Lawrence, KS Table of Contents Quick Facts Roster Season Preview Swimmers and Divers Coaches/Support Staff In-Review Kansas All-Time Top Performances All-Time Records Kansas All-American Kansas Athletics Administration Kansas Athletics Facilites University of Kansas Coaching Staff Head Coach/Years Clark Campbell/4 Alma Mater/Year Kansas/1993 Dual Meet Record at KU/Years /4 Career Dual Meet Record/Years /9 Diving Head Coach/Years Eric Elliot/2 Alma Mater/Years West Chester/1992 Assistant Coach/Years Jen Fox/3 Alma Mater/Years Kansas/2001 Office Phone Office Fax Recap Dual Meet Record (Big 12) (1-4) Big 12 Championships Fourth (454 points) NCAA Qualifiers (Amy Gruber, Jenny Short) USA Swimming National Qualifiers Amy Gruber, Jenny Short, Hannah Bakke, Aly Colver, Jackie Krueger, Miranda Isaac, Lindsey Urbatchka,Terri Schramka Information Letterwinners Returning/Lost /8 Newcomers Top Returnees, Year, Events Gina Gnatzig (200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Back) Lindsey Urbatchka (50 Free,100 Fly,100 Back) Emily Rusch (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly) Jenny Short (50 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back) Lia Pogioli (500 Free, 1000 Free, 1650 Free) Terri Schramka (200 Free, 500 Free, 200 Back) Lauren Bonfe (100 Fly, 100 Back, 200 Back) The 2005 University of Kansas swimming and diving media guide is a product of the Kansas Media Relations Office, published by Kansas Athletics and paid for with private funds. This guide was written, designed and edited by media relations student assistant Jamie Zarda. Editorial and design assistance provided by the Kansas Media Relations staff. Photography by Jeff Jacobsen. Printing by Pittcraft Printing, Pittsburg, Kan. 1

2 Roster Swimming and Diving Roster Name Year Events Hometown(High School/Previous School) Boecker, Megan Sr. Backstroke, Freestyle St. Louis, Mo.(Wentzville Holt) Bonfe, Lauren So. Backstroke, Butterfly Fairhope, Ala. (Alfred-Almond) Bradbury, Shanna Fr. Freestyle, IM Littleton, Colo. (Arapahoe) Brammer, Molly Fr. Freestyle, IM Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs) Brotherson, Bri Jr. Freestyle, Butterfly, IM Colleyville, Texas (Colleyville Heritage) Brozek, Jessica Fr. Freestyle, Butterfly Great Bend, Kan. (Great Bend) Conley, Bryn So. Diving Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley North) Gnatzig, Gina Sr. Backstroke, Freestyle Whitewater, Wis. (Whitewater) Hansen, Kristi Jr. Freestyle Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Herre, Lindsay So. Freestyle Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Herrmann, Danielle Fr. Breaststroke, Backstroke, IM Itasaca, Ill. (Lake Park) Karlage, Robyn Sr. Diving Edgewood, Ky. (Holmes) Knopp, Emily Jr. Butterfly Wichita, Kan. (Southeast) Leidigh, Ashley Fr. Butterfly, Freestyle Merriam, Kan. (Shawnee Mission North) Liggett, Anne So. Freestyle Portland, Ore. (Westview) McMacken, Hannah Fr. Diving Sumner, Wash. (Auburn Riverside) Malloy, Rhynn Fr. Breaststroke, IM Holden, Mass. (Wachosett Regional) Maples, Nikki So. Breaststroke, IM Guntersville, Ala. (St. Charles North) Matous, Kendall Fr. Freestyle Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley North) Noonan, Shelby Jr. Diving Edmond, Okla. (Edmond Santa Fe) Pogioli, Lia Jr. Freestyle Peoria, Ill. (Woodruff) Roberts, Jenny Jr. Diving Chesterfield, Mo. (Marquette) Rubino, Allie So. Backstroke, Butterfly, IM Charleston, S.C. (Rosary) Rusch, Emily Sr. Butterfly, Ind. Medley Urbana, Ill. (Urbana) Schramka, Terri So. Backstroke, Freestyle Madison, Wis. (Edgewood) Short, Jenny Jr. Backstroke Olathe, Kan. (Olathe North) Slavin, Sierra So. Butterfly, IM Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Tilson, Lisa Jr. Breaststroke Mercer Island, Wash. (Mercer Island) Tindall, Tricia Jr. Butterfly, Freestyle Morristown, Tenn. (Morristown West) Topol, Casey Jr. Diving Mamaroneck, N.Y. (Mamaroneck) Urbatchka, Lindsey Sr. Backstroke, Butterfly Sheridan, Wyo. (Sheridan) Winslow, Whitney Fr. Freestyle Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan) Coaches Clark Campbell Swimming Head Coach (Fourth Year) Kansas, 1993 Eric Elliott Diving Head Coach (Second Year) West Chester, 1992 Jen Fox Assistant Coach (Third Year) Kansas, 2001 Pronunciation Guide Megan Boecker BECK-er Lauren Bonfe BON-fee Gina Gnatzig GUH-nat-zig Lindsay Herre HAIR-ee Robyn Karlage CAR-ledge Emily Knopp NOPP Ashley Leidigh Lie-tee Kendall Matous MA-tosh Lia Pogioli pa-joe-lee Sierra Slavin SLAVE-in Casey Topol TOE-pull Lindsey Urbatchka ur-batch-ka 2

3 Season Preview The University of Kansas swimming and diving team is coming off a season where the team compiled a 7-5 mark in dual meets and finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships. The team has great expectations entering the season. The Jayhawks have a strong roster, returning 14 letterwinners among six seniors, nine juniors, and eight sophomores. Ten freshmen join the team for what should be an exciting year for Kansas Swimming and Diving. "This year will be a challenge," said head coach Clark Campbell. "We lost 100 points from our Big 12 team last year but we have people who can come in and get the points back and maybe more. This is going to be an exciting year. We are untested with a new team but we have the work ethic and the mentality to achieve a lot." Freestyle - Sprint Freshman Ashley Leidigh will lead the Jayhawks in the freestyle sprint events. Leidigh was the best Kansas state high schooler in the freestyle events "Ashley is under a lot of pressure this year but she has the talent," said Campbell. "We expect big things out of her but also want to give her the ability to develop." Senior Lindsey Urbatchka, junior Jenny Short, and sophomore Lauren Bonfe will be looked to this season to continue their success from last year. The three swimmers scored at the Big 12 Championships helping the Jayhawks to a fourth place finish. Junior Kristi Hansen will add depth for the Jayhawks in the freestyle events. Sophomores Anne Liggett and Terry Schramka each had great range in the freestyle relay events and will be looked upon to compete in the freestyle sprint events. Freestyle - Middle Distance Senior Gina Gnatzig and Schramka will lead Kansas in these events. Both scored at the Big 12 Tournament and will add leadership and talent to the event. Adding depth to the freestyle middle distance events is sophomore Lindsay Herre. Newcomers Whitney Winslow and Jessica Brozek, both high school state champions, will add depth to the 200 freestyle. "We will be much stronger depth-wise in the middle distance events," said Campbell. "Lindsay Herre grew fast as a freshman and had a tremendous showing at the Big 12 Championship." Freestyle - Distance Junior Lia Pogioli will lead the Jayhawks in the freestyle distance events this season. Pogioli spent the summer training and is ahead of the game for her career. Freshmen Molly Brammer and Kendall Matous will be looked upon to add depth this season. Right off the bat, Brammer will be a top eight contender in the distance races. Matous has improved a great deal in the last 12 months and is expected to help the team a great deal. Butterfly Linsdey Urbatchka was a finalist at the Big 12 Championships last season and junior Captains: Seniors Emily Rusch and Gina Gnatzig Lauren Bonfe helped the Jayhawks to a fourth place finish by scoring at the conference tournament. Both Jayhawks have spent a lot of time preparing for the season and are primed for a great year. Leidigh was a top 10 high school swimmer in the 100 fly and is expected to be the top freshman in the event. Junior Emily Rusch is expected to contend in the butterfly event after making the transition to the fly last season. Junior Tricia Tindall stepped up in the fly event last year for the Jayhawks and will be competitive. Junior Emily Knopp was a surprise last season for the Jayhawks, scoring at the Big 12 Championships. Sophomores Sierra Slavin and Kendall Matous will be contenders in the butterfly sprint events. Backstroke Junior Jenny Short qualified for the NCAA Championships last season and Schramka and Gnatzig will be solid for the Jayhawks in the 200 back. "Jenny Short is a great swimmer," said 3 Campbell. "She is getting better each day and there is no telling how far she will go this season." Senior Megan Boecker, sophomores Allie Rubino and Bonfe each scored last season at the Big 12 Championships and will add depth to the backstroke events. Urbatchka will also be a contender in the backstroke events. Breaststroke Sophomore Nikki Maples and junior Lisa Tilson will lead a dynamic group of freshmen this season in the breaststroke events. Freshman Shanna Bradbury is a gifted swimmer that will improve with competition. Freshmen Rhynn Malloy and Danielle Herrmann have great speed and will be competitive in the breaststroke events this year. "The breaststroke will be a young and exciting event for us this year," said Campbell. "Nikki Maples and Lisa Tilson both have great work ethic and leadership skills to do great things this year." Individual Medley Rusch will be the go-to swimmer in the individual medley. In her three seasons at Kansas she has been a steady, solid performer. Joining Rusch will be Brammer and Bradbury. Brammer has a solid stroke and unlimited potential. Bradbury must learn to put strokes together and attack so she can improve her time. The Jayhawks will be getting help from Gina Gnatzig, Nikki Maples, Rhynn Malloy and Danielle Herrmann. Diving Second year diving head coach Eric Elliott is taking on a diving team that lost no seniors to graduation. Leading the way for the Jayhawks will be redshirt junior, Jenny Roberts. Roberts was the lone qualifier for the Jayhawks last season to the NCAA Zone Diving meet. Roberts will once again be one of the top scorers for the team and will look to have another strong season on the boards. Joining Roberts will be seniors Casey Topol and Robyn Karlage. Topol and Karlage will be looked upon to provide leadership for the team. Adding depth to the roster will be junior Shelby Noonan and sophomore Bryn Conley. Joining the Jayhawks as the lone freshman on the team, Hannah McMacken.

4 Swimmers & Divers Megan Boeker Senior St. Louis, Mo. Backstroke, Freestyle (Junior): Placed 21st at the Big 12 Championships in the 100 back (1:00.20) and 18th in the 200 back (2:08.34)... Was a member of the 200 freestyle relay team that placed third against Texas with a time of 1: Earned an eighth place finish against Texas A&M in the 100 back (1:03.32)... Finished in eighth place in the 200 back with a time of 2:14.11 in a dual against Illinois... Swam in the 400 free relay and finished 19th at the Nike Cup and seventh against Houston and Harvard... Against Nebraska, finished eighth in the 50 free (25.50) and seventh in the 200 medley relay (1:55.90)... Placed sixth in the 200 back (2:14.55) against Truman State... Finished fifth with a time of 1:02.59 in the 100 back against Drury (Sophomore): Finished 22nd in the 100 back and 200 back at the Big 12 Championships... Finished fifth in the 100 back versus SMS... Swam the 200 back and finished fifth against Houston and seventh against Minnesota... Also swam the 500 free, finishing eighth in duals against Miami and Nebraska (Freshman): Finished 22nd in the 100 back at the Big 12 Championships... Recorded a fifth-place finish versus Arkansas in the 100 back... Also swam the 200 back against Notre Dame, Nebraska/Louisville and Colorado State/Minnesota... Competed in the 50 free against Texas A&M and the 200 free versus Southern Illinois and Iowa State. High School (Wentzville Holt): Left Wentzville Holt High with four school records... Placed 14th at the state meet in the 500 freestyle her freshman year... Finished 14th in the 100 backstroke her sophomore year... Lettered twice in swimming and three times in volleyball... Earned MVP honors in volleyball and swimming during her freshman season... National Honor Society Parliamentarian... Coach: Grace Masters. Personal: Born June 15, 1984, in Columbus, Ohio... Parents are Gene and Jan Boecker... Industrial Design major. 500 Free : Back Back :08.34 Gina Gnatzig Senior Whitewater, Wis. Backstroke, Freestyle 100 Back Back : Free : Free : (Junior): Broke the school record in the 800 free relay at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 7:17.91 to finish in third place Had a sixth place finish in the 200 free at the conference championships with a time of 1:57.43 Finished in sixth place in the 500 free at the conference championships with a time of 4:51.31 Earned an eighth place finish in the 200 back at the conference championships with a time of 2:01.27 Named a scholar athlete (Sophomore): Broke her own school record in the 200 back at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:59.80 to finish in fourth place... Was a member of the school record-holding 400 (3:22.39) and 800 (7:20.10) free relay teams that both finished third at the conference championships... Had first-place finishes in the 200 backstroke in duals against Missouri and Houston... Finished in first place in the 200 freestyle in duals against Missouri and Arkansas... Had the team's best time in the 500 freestyle, 4:51.76, to finish fourth at the Big 12 Championships... Finished first in the 500 freestyle in duals against SMS, Miami, Nebraska and Iowa State (Freshman): Broke the school record in the 200 back at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2:00.72, giving her a third-place finish... Also finished seventh in the 500 free and 11th in the 200 free at the conference meet... Held the fastest KU season times in the 500 free and 200 back, and the third-fastest in the 200 free... Earned 77 individual points for the season... Won the 500 free in the double-dual against Southwest Missouri State and Wyoming... Posted three second-place finishes in the 200 back against Missouri, Nebraska/Louisville and Iowa State... Grabbed second place in the 100 free competition versus Southern Illinois... Notched third place in both the 200 free and the 200 back versus Arkansas and Colorado State/Minnesota... Finished in third place in the 200 back and fourth place in the 200 free in the home dual against Texas A&M... Earned the KU Rookie of the Year award. High School (Whitewater): Won junior nationals in the 200 backstroke in Qualified for senior nationals in the 200 backstroke in Wisconsin state record holder in the 200-yard backstroke in the age group... Conference champions in volleyball in 1998 and Was a member of the state championship 4x800 relay team in track... Was a two-time all-conference selection in volleyball in 2000 and Personal: Born March 30, 1984, in Fort Atkinson, Wis... Parents are Hugh and Sue Gnatzig... Her father, Hugh played basketball at UW Whitewater... Brother, Danny, played basketball at University of Wisconsin- Whitewater Communications major. 4

5 Swimmers & Divers Robyn Karlage Senior Edgewood, Ky. Diving (Junior): Earned a fourth place finish against Nebraska in the one-meter competition Her top scores of the season came against Iowa State in the three-meter competition with a score of and against Nebraska in the one-meter competition with a score of Named a Jayhawk Scholar during both semesters of her junior year (Sophomore): Her top scores of the season came in the dual against SMS, with a score of in the one-meter competition and in the three-meter competition (Freshman): Appeared in three meets during the season-southern Illinois, Texas A&M and Iowa State... Had her best one-meter score in the final home meet against Iowa State, with a total of Her score of , marked her best three-meter total of the season which came in the dual against Texas A&M. High School (Holmes): Three-time regional and Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference diving champion... Twice named to the all-region team and once to the All-State second-team... Finished third, fourth and seventh at the state diving championships... Recorded six high school swimming records... Captained the diving and tennis teams for three years and the swim team for one... Accumulated 12 varsity letters in diving, tennis and swimming... Member of National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, student council and class treasurer. Personal: Born April 3, 1984, in Cincinnati, Ohio... Parents are Caren and Jeff Karlage... Exercise Science major. One-Meter Three-Meter Emily Rusch Senior Urbana, Ill. Butterfly, IM (Junior): Finished first in the 400 IM versus Illinois Earned second place in the 200 IM versus Iowa State and Arkansas Had a second place finish in the 400 IM against Drury Finished 14th in the 400 IM and 16th in the 200 IM at the Big 12 Championships At season's end had a team best 2:09.93 in the 200 IM and a 4:31.63 in the 400 IM Had the third best team time in the 200 fly with a time of 2:08.34 Earned a 4.0 during the fall semester Named to the Academic All Big- 12 First Team (Sophomore): Earned a ninth place finish at the Big 12 Championships in the 400 IM with a time of 4:26.10 Finished 14th at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 IM with a time of 2: Competed in the 200 fly at the Big 12 Championships and finished 20th with a time of 2: Consistently finished in the top-five in the 200 IM event at dual meets, with her top finish of third coming in meets against Iowa State and SMS... Finished third in the 400 IM against Nebraska... Member of the fifth-place 400 medley relay team at the Big 12 Relays... Named First Team Academic All-Big (Freshman): Swam in three events at the conference meet breast (2:25.14), 200 IM (2:08.18) and 400 IM (4:29.38)... Had KU's fourth-fastest 400 IM time and the fifth-fastest 200 breast time during the season... Earned a fifth-place finish in the 200 freestyle versus Missouri... In the double-dual against Nebraska and Louisville, took fourth in the 200 breast... Against Arkansas, finished fifth in the 100 breast... Placed in both the 200 IM (fourth) and the 200 breast (fifth) in the final home meet against Iowa State Earned a 4.0 during the spring semester. High School (Urbana): Received all-state honors her senior year... Finished in sixth place at state her final season... Recorded school records in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly... Four-time MVP... Earned athlete of the month four times in her career... Four-year letterwinner in swimming... Member of National Honor Society and French National Honor Society... Academic All-American... Finished high school in the top five percent of her class... Coach: Chris Seeton. Personal: Born June 1, 1984, in Urbana, Ill... Parents are Janis Chadsey and Frank Rusch... Accounting and Business major. 200 IM : IM : Fly :

6 Swimmers & Divers in platform diving. Casey Topol Senior Mamaroneck, N.Y. Diving (Junior): Finished first in the one-meter diving competition (250.05) and sixth in the three-meter competition (191.48) against Illinois Earned an eighth place finish in the one-meter diving competition (202.42) and a sixth place finish in the threemeter competition (231.67) against Nebraska Placed first in the three-meter competition (283.80) and third in the one-meter competition against Truman State Recorded a fourth place finish against Drury in the one-meter competition Earned two fourth place finishes against Arkansas in the one and three-meter competition Was third in the three-meter competition against Iowa State with a score of Finished 13th at the Big 12 Championships in the three-meter diving competition and 12th (Sophomore): Recorded her season-best scores against Minnesota in the one-meter (236.85) and threemeter (227.18), where she finished sixth and fifth, respectively... Her season-best platform score was at the Minnesota Invite... Recorded a fourth place finish, which marked her season-best finishes in one-meter competition, against Miami, Nebraska and Arkansas... Finished fourth, her top finish in the three-meter competition, against SMS, Houston and Nebraska (Freshman): Finished in fourth place against Arkansas and fifth place against Iowa State in one-meter diving action... Earned her best one-meter and three-meter point totals in the double-dual against Colorado State and Minnesota with points and points, respectively... At the Big 12 Championships, scored points in the platform diving competition. One-Meter Three-Meter Platform High School (Mamaroneck): Senior captain and three time MVP for Mamaroneck High... Broke the MHS pool record for six different dives... Finished 17th at state her senior season... Team finished seventh at state her final year, and was the state Section 1 champions her junior and senior years... An NISCA All-American in 2000 and Earned all-league and state honors every year... Received a silver medal at the 2001 New York Empire State Games... Finished first in three-meter and fourth in one-meter diving at the Down Under Games in Sydney, Australia... Received a National Merit Scholar Commendation... Four-time recipient of the scholar-athlete award. Personal: Born October 6, 1984, in Manhattan, N.Y... Parents are Floss and John Topol... Art History major. Lindsey Urbatchka Senior Sheridan, Wyo. Backstroke, Butterfly 100 Fly Back Back : (Junior): Finished sixth in the 100 fly at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 55.66, placing 10th place in the 50 free (23.86) and 13th in the 100 back (58.34) Was a member of the record setting 200 medley team Finished ninth in the 100 fly at the Nike Cup Academic All-American Named to the Academic All-Big 12, the Big 12 Honor Roll and the KU Honor Roll (Sophomore): Finished 13th in the 100 butterfly with a season-best time of at the Big 12 Championships... Recorded her top times in the 100 (58.68) and 200 (2:07.01) backstroke at the Big 12 Championships... Won the 100 fly race versus SMS... Finished in second against Houston and third against Missouri, Texas A&M and Nebraska... Recorded her highest finish in the 100 back against Missouri where she finished third... Was a member of the 100 medley, 300 back, 400 medley and 150 butterfly relay teams... Also competed in the 200 fly, 100 free and 50 free races... Named First Team Academic All-Big (Freshman): Competed in three events at the Big 12 Championships, placing 14th in the 100 fly (57.74) and 16th in the 100 back (59.76)... Held the third-fastest season time in the 100 fly (57.23), the fourth-fastest in the 100 back (57.95) and the fifth-best time in the 50 free (24.72)... Won twice in the 100 fly against Nebraska and Louisville in the double-dual and at the Arkansas Invitational... Took third against Texas A&M and Arkansas and fourth versus Missouri, all in the 100 fly... Also earned a fourth-place finish against Arkansas in the 100 back and placed fifth versus Iowa State in the 200 back. High School (Sheridan): Two-time All-American... Set 10 school records and six relay records at Sheridan High School... Helped her team to a conference championship in Was a four-time MVP and all-state member... Earned Who's Who Among America's High School Athletes four times... Lettered in swimming four years... Academic All-American and Summit Award recipient. Personal: Born September 28, 1983, in Sheridan, Wyo... Parents are Rich and Kathy Urbatchka... Pharmacy major. 6

7 Swimmers & Divers Bri Brotherson Junior (TR) Colleyville, Texas IM, Freestyle, Butterfly (Clemson): Finished the 100 breast in 1:11.72 and the 200 fly in 2:14.48 against Georgia... Recorded a 2:14.38 in the 200 IM against Duke and the College of Charleston... Recorded a season best 2:12.76 in the 200 IM and was a member of the 200 medley relay team that recorded a time of 1:54.15 against Florida State... Earned a 4:30.36 finish in the 400 IM and a 2:29.76 in the 200 breast against South Carolina (Clemson): Recorded season-best times in the 200 IM (2:06.68), the 400 IM (4:32.24) and the 200 free (1:54.55) at the Nike Cup... Was a member of the second-place 400 medley relay team (4:01.89), and finished third-place in the 400 breast (3:36.58) in the dual against LSU... Placed third in the 200 IM (2:10.07) against South Carolina...Was a member of the second-place 200 free relay team (1:40.01) against Georgia... Earned first place in the 400m medley relay (4:31.33) at the College of Charleston... Earned second-place in the 400 free relay (3:37.63) against Virginia... Recorded a third-place finish in the 200 IM (2:10.49). High School (Colleyville Heritage): Named swimming team MVP Named team captain and an All-American Set the state record in the 200 IM at the state championships Was the 100 fly state champion Holds the school record in the 200 IM, 100 back, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and the 400 free relay. Personal: Born September 17, 1984 Parents are Wade and Kathy Brotherson Communication studies major. Butterfly TR Freestyle TR Int. Medley TR Kristi Hansen Junior Shawnee, Kan. Freestyle 50 Free Free Free : (Sophomore): Set new personal best times in the 50 free (24.71), the 100 free (53.73), and the 200 free (1:55.73) as part of the Big 12 Conference Team (Freshman): Against Miami, finished seventh in the 50 free with a time of and seventh in the 100 free with a time of Set season-best times in the 50 (25.81) and 100 (56.00) freestyle races finishing seventh and eighth, respectively, against Minnesota... Was a member of the 400 free relay team that finished sixth at the Big 12 relays. High School (Shawnee Mission Northwest): High School All-American from Named to the Kansas all-state team three straight years... Kansas City All-Metro Swimmer from Earned the highest points for her team during Selected to the Missouri Valley All-American team from Missouri Valley Top 8 Swimmer all four years... Lawrence Aquahawk Top 5 swimmer her senior season... Team won the 2000 Sunflower League Championship... Set 10 swimming records over the course of four years. Personal: Born September 11, 1984, in Hampton, Va... Parents are Paul and Joyce Hansen... Mother was on the rowing team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln... Community health major. 7

8 Swimmers & Divers Emily Knopp Junior Wichita, Kan. Butterfly 100 Fly Fly : Free : (Sophomore): Finished seventh in the 200 fly at the Nike cup with a time of 2:04.34 Finished 14th in the 200 fly at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2:03.34 and 28th in the 500 free with a time of 5: (Freshman): Finished 22nd in the 200 fly at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2: Best finish in the 200 fly was third against Houston... Competed in the 100 butterfly with her best finish, fourth, coming against Northern Iowa and Iowa. High School (Southeast): Team won three city league championships in 2000, 2001 and Won the city league championship from in the 100 fly... Team captain of the swimming and cross country teams in Voted Most Inspirational by the swim team in Eight-time letterwinner, four each in swimming and cross country. Personal: Born September 21, 1985, in Wichita, Kan... Parents are Ted and Nancy Knopp... Father, Ted, and cousin, Andy, both attended Kansas... Mother, Nancy, played golf at Kansas State University Exercise science major. Shelby Noonan Junior Edmond, Okla. Diving One-Meter Three-Meter Platform (Sophomore): Earned a fifth place finish at the Big 12 Championships in the three-meter competition with a score of Placed first in competition against Iowa State, Drury, Illinois, Harvard, Missouri and Southwest Missouri State Won the three-meter competition at the Nike Cup with a score of Finished fifth in the one-meter competition at the Nike Cup with a score of Earned second place finishes against Texas in the three-meter and the one-meter competition (Freshman): Was the only Jayhawk diver to compete at NCAA Zone Diving Championships, and finished 12th in both the one and three-meter competitions with scores of and , respectively... Set her season high marks in the one and threemeter dives against Minnesota with scores of and , respectively... Finished first in the one-meter competition against Missouri... Won the three-meter competition in duals against Missouri State and Iowa State... Collected her best score in the platform competition at the Minnesota Invite with a score of High School (Edmond Santa Fe): Won state all four years in high school... Holds all of Edmond Santa Fe's diving records... Holds all Mid-State Conference records... Three-time USD Region 8 Champion... Four-time USD Zone qualifier... Four-time USD junior national qualifier... All-State selection in Four-time letterwinner in diving... Was the team's Most Valuable Diver all four years... All-American in Only female in Oklahoma to win state all four years... Student Council president... Mrs. Santa Fe High School in Voted Who's Who Among American Sports. Personal: Born September 11, 1984, in Colorado... Mother is Cierra Cathcart... Double majoring in Psychology and Children with Disabilities. 8

9 Swimmers & Divers Lia Pogioli Junior Peoria, Ill. Freestyle (Sophomore): Finished 11th in the 1650 free at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 17:02.54, placing 12th in the 500 free (4:56.29) and 20th in the 200 free (1:52.91) Earned a first place finish in the 1650 free against Truman State with a time of 10:28.94 Competed most of the season in the 500 free and the 1000 free (Freshman): Swam the 500 free at the Big 12 Championships, finishing 24th with a season-best time of 5: Finished the 1650 free at the Big 12 Championships in a season-best time of 17:39.61 good for 15th place... Competed in the 1000 free in eight duals, with her best finish coming at the Houston and Miami duals, where she finished third. High School (Woodruff): Broke eight varsity records... Eight-time conference and sectional champion... Eight-time state qualifier... All-American in the 500 free... Woodruff Athlete of the Year Babe Ruth award Two-time Peoria Area Swimmer of the Year Four-time letterwinner in swimming... Member of National Honor Society her junior and senior years... Sterling Merit Scholar... Earned the Scholastic Achievement Award. Personal: Born June 27, 1985 in Peoria, Ill... Parents are Tim and Janet Pogioli... Brother, Giordan, is a member of the swim team at Purdue... Education major. 500 Free : Free : Free :02.54 Jenny Short Junior Olathe, Kan. Backstroke 50 Free Back Back : (Sophomore): Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 back and the 200 back Finished fifth in the 100 back at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 55.39, placed seventh in the 200 back (2:00.67) and 12th in the 50 free (24.00) Set season best times in the 100 and 200 back at the Big 12 Championships Competed most of the season on the 200 and 400 medley relays Was a member of the 200 medley relay team that broke the school record with a time of 1:42.02 Named an Academic All-American (Freshman): Finished 14th in the 100 and 11th in the 200 backstroke events at the Big 12 Championships... Set season-best times in both races with a time of in the 100 and 2:03.87 in the Finished as high as third in the 100 backstroke in a dual against SMS and third in the 200 backstroke in duals against Houston and Texas A&M... Was also a member of the 150 backstroke relay team. High School (Olathe North): Broke the school record in the 50 free and the 100 back... An all-league swim team selection from All-state swim team in Was a member of the varsity swimming team for four years and the varsity volleyball team for three years... Selected to the all-league volleyball team in Personal: Born November 2, 1984, in Denver, Colo... Parents are Ryan and Susan Short... Journalism major. 9

10 Swimmers & Divers Lisa Tilson Junior Mercer Island, Wash. Backstroke 100 Breast : Breast : IM : (Sophomore): Set a career best time in the 100 breast against Iowa State with a time of 1:09.41 Earned a season best time in the 200 breast against Iowa State with a time of 2: (Freshman): Recorded career best times in the 100 breast (1:11.84) and 200 individual medley (2:24.05) during the season... Was sidelined during most of the season with mononucleosis. High School (Mercer Island): Finished second at state in the 200 medley relay in Eighth place at state in the 100 breast Placed fifth at state in the 100 breast in Member of the district championship team in Her team finished second at the Washington state competition in and third in Her team won the conference championship from Was the first recipient of the Brett Storie Scholarship in Captain of the swimming team during the season. Personal: Born July 1, 1985 in Seattle, Wash... Parents are Dale and Joan Tilson... Uncle, Wayne, and aunt, Lori, attended Kansas... English and Journalism major. Tricia Tindall Junior Morristown, Tenn. Butterfly, Freestyle 200 Fly : Free Free : Free : (Sophomore): Finished second in the 500 free against Iowa State with a time of 5:10.95 Earned a second place finish in the 200 fly against Truman State with a time of 2:08.43 Placed third in the 200 free against Drury with a time of 1:56.99 Finished 21st in the 200 fly at the Big 12 Championships in 2: (Freshman): Finished 16th in the 1650 freestyle at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 17: Competed eight times in the 500 freestyle in duals during the season... Her top finish in the 500 freestyle was second place against Houston... Finished second in the 200 freestyle against Houston... Was a member of the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams as well as the 300 butterfly and 800 medley relay teams at the Big 12 Relays. High School (Morristown West): Eight-time state finalist... Broke eight high school records... Selected as MVP and team captain from Northeast Region Swimmer of the Year in Junior National Qualifier in Southern Zone Southeastern team member in Southern Zone champion Four-year honor roll recipient. Personal: Born June 6, 1985, in Knoxville, Tenn... Parents are Katy Tindall and the late Dr. Ray Tindall... Father, Ray, ran track and cross country at Emory University... Sister, Allyson, swam at DePauw University... Sister, Paige, swims at Davidson University Marketing major. 10

11 Swimmers & Divers Lauren Bonfe Sophomore Fairhope, Ala. Backstroke, Butterfly (Freshman): Finished 13th at the Big 12 Championships in the 100 fly with a time of 56.3 Earned a ninth place finish in the 100 back at the Big 12 Championships with a time of and ranks as the fifth fastest time in KU history Named a Jayhawk Scholar. High School (Alfred-Almond): Is the current New York State Section 5 record holder in the 100 butterfly... Eight-time Empire State medalist... U.S. Open Senior National Qualifier in the 100 fly and the 100 back Won sectionals in 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke... Second at New York State meet... MVP of Alfred-Almond High School swim team from Knights of Columbus MVP in High School section meet MVP in All-American in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke in Member of National Honor Society and a scholar-athlete. Personal: Born October 28, 1985 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla... Parents are Sam and Beth Bonfe... Social Welfare major. 100 Back Back : Fly Fly :20.17 Bryn Conley Sophomore Overland Park, Kan. Diving One-meter Three-meter (Freshman): Recorded a season best in the three-meter event and a fourth place finish in the one-meter against Texas Was a member of the fifth place three-meter diving relay team at the Big 12 relays Finished in fourth place in the onemeter competition in the dual against SMS Earned a fourth place finish in the dual against Missouri Recorded a personal best in the one-meter competition against Illinois Had to end her season early due to injury. High School (Blue Valley North): 2004 MoKan Diving Champion EKL Diving Champion... Placed second in diving at 2004 Kansas High School state championships... Was a member of the top-six divers in the state of Kansas and an All-American from Member of 2002 and 2003 second place and 2001 and 2004 third place state teams Nominated for All-American Consideration Member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Born December 4, 1985, in Appleton, Wis... Parents are John and Deidre Conley... Brother, Matthew, attended Kansas... Undecided major. Lindsay Herre Sophomore Overland Park, Kan. Freestyle 200 Free : Free : Free : Free : (Freshman): Finished third at the Big 12 Relays in the 800 free relay with a time of 7:47.31 and fourth place in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:35.21 Placed third versus Texas in the 1000 free with a time of 10:35.23 Won first place in the 1000 free against Missouri with a time of 10:28.12 Finished second against Texas A&M in the 500 free with a time of 5: High School (Saint Thomas Aquinas): Won the 200 and 500 freestyle state championship in Saint Thomas Aquinas record holder in the 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley Kansas Swimmer of the Year and All-Metro First Team. Personal: Born October 8, 1985, in Overland Park, Kan... Parents are Chris and Marcia Herre... Parents, two uncles, Scott and Craig, and one aunt, Joanne, all attended Kansas... Marketing major. 11

12 Swimmers & Divers Anne Liggett Sophomore Portland, Ore. Freestyle 50 Free : Free : Free : (Freshman): Placed 19th at the Big 12 Championships in the 100 free with a time of Earned a second place finished at the Nike Cup in the 200 free relay (1:34.06), second place in the 400 medley (3:46.60), and 13th place in the 800 free relay (7:43.01) Finished second in the 100 free against Texas A&M with a time of High School (Westview): Oregon state champion in 50 freestyle in Ranked in the top-16 nationally in the 100 freestyle... Westview High School record holder in the 50 freestyle... Competed in the 100 freestyle at the 2003 summer nationals... Competed in the relays at the summer nationals... Member of 2001 Oregon state runner-up team... High school valedictorian. Personal: Born July 5, 1986, in Memphis, Tenn... Parents are Mary and Jim Liggett... Both parents attended Kansas... Spanish and Linguistics major. Nikki Maples Sophomore Guntersville, Ala. Breaststroke, IM 200 IM : IM : Breast : Breast : (Freshman): Finished 20th at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 breast(2:25.11) and 21st in the 100 breast (1:08.67) Earned a 16th place finish at the Nike Cup in the 400 medley (3:59.85) and 23rd in the 200 breast (2:27.76) Placed fourth in the 200 breast against Arkansas and Texas A&M. High School (St. Charles North): A 2000 and Swimming All-American breaststroke and 200 individual medley record holder... Sectional and conference champion in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM... Member of three-time sectional champion team. Personal: Born August 5, Parents are Drake and Patience Maples... Communications major. Jenny Roberts RS Sophomore Chesterfield, Mo. Diving (Sophomore): Earned a first place finish against Truman State in the one-meter competition with a score of Tied for first against Drury with a score of Qualified for the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional where she place 17th in the one meter with a score of Finished eighth at the Big 12 Championships in the one-meter cometition with a score of (Freshman): Redshirted. One-Meter Three-Meter High School (Marquette): Won the Southwest Conference diving championship in All-American diver in Finished eighth in diving at the Missouri state meet in All-State diving in and Sixth in diving at the 2001 Missouri state meet... Nationals qualifier in Her team won the 2000 Missouri state championship... Marquette Excellence Award... Swimming and Diving captain for three years... Earned seven letters in diving and cheerleading... Graduated 12th out of 436 in her class... Member of the honor roll all four years... National Language Scholar... Listed in Who's Who among high school students. Personal: Born June 8, 1985, in Grand Junction, Colo... Parents are Wayne and Judy Roberts... Exercise Science and Pre-Med major. 12

13 Swimmers & Divers Allie Rubino Sophomore Charleston, S.C. Backstroke, IM, Butterfly 100 Fly : Back Back : (Freshman): Placed 15th in the 200 back at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2:05.30 Earned a fifth place finish against Arkansas in the 100 back (1:00.19) and fourth place in the 200 back (2:08.83) Finished fifth against Nebraska in the 200 back (2:14.59) and sixth place in the 100 back (1:00.90). High School (Rosary): Was an All-American and All-State swimmer at Rosary High School from Best individual finish at the Illinois state competition was eighth in the 100 backstroke in Also a member of the state champion medley relay team in Member of swim team that finished as the state runner-up in 2001 and 2004, third place in 2002 and fourth place in Was a member of National Honor Society Member of the Homecoming Court at Marmion Academy. Personal: Born February 6, 1986, in Oak Lawn, Ill... Parents are Judy and Tony Rubino... Twin brother, Anthony, is a sophomore swimmer at Charleston Southern University... Communications and Spanish major. Terri Schramka Sophomore Madison, Wis. Backstroke, Freestyle 200 Free : Free : Free : Back : Back : (Freshman): Competed in three events at the Big 12 Championships, placing ninth in the 200 free (1:49.66), 11th in the 200 back (2:02.74) and 13th in the 500 free (4:47.91) Earned three first place finishes against Truman State in the 400 medley (3:51.92), 100 back (58.71) and 500 free (5:06.58) Finished first against Nebraska and Missouri in the 100 back Placed first in the 500 free against Missouri with a time of 5:06.04 Won the 1000 free competition against Drury with a time of 10: High School (Edgewood): Named an All-American and an All-State swimmer from Named most valuable swimmer of her high school team from WIAA Division II Swimmer of the Year... Club team, Badger Aquatics Club, won the USS State Championship in Member of Edgewood High swim team that won the section championships in and the conference championship in Named WISCA Academic All-State... Received the Wisconsin Science Congress award and a Community Sevice Award... Member of National Honor Society and the Honor Roll. Personal: Born July 17, 1986, in Madison, Wis... Parents are E.G. and Barb Schramka... Father played soccer at St. Norbert College and grandfather, Eugene, played basketball at Marquette University... Accounting major. Sierra Slavin Sophomore Shawnee, Kan. Butterfly, IM 100 Fly : Fly : (Freshman): Competed in two events at the Nike Cup, placing 18th in the 200 medley relay (1:55.55) and 19th in the 400 free relay (3:41.08) Finished fifth against Arkansas in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:50.83 Earned a fifth place finish against Drury in the 200 medley relay (1:58.31) and sixth place in the 100 fly (1:04.67) Named KU Scholar Athlete. High School (Shawnee Mission Northwest): Named the 2004 Shawnee Mission Northwest Athlete of the Year Swimmer of the Year at Shawnee Mission Northwest individual medley school record holder... Member of the 4.0 honor roll and National Honor Society. Personal: Born March 29, 1986, in Shawnee, Kan... Parents are Richard and Ida Beth Slavin... Sister, Starr, attended the University of Kansas... Exercise science and nursing major. 13

14 Swimmers & Divers Shanna Bradbury Freshman Littleton, Colo. Freestyle, IM High School (Arapahoe): Nominated for All- American in 2002 and 2005 Named Business student of the Year Was a DECA two-time National Qualifier. Personal: Born Jan. 27, 1987 in Littleton, Colo Parents are Hadley and Joan Bradbury Sister swam at the University of North Carolina Brother played football at the University of Montana Accounting major. Danielle Herrmann Freshman Itasca, Ill. Backstroke, IM High School (Lake Park): Named team MVP during her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons All-State Team Member for four years Finished 10th at state championships in the 100 breast during freshman season, placed 11th in the 200 IM and 10th in the 100 back during her sophomore season Earned a fourth place finish in the 100 breast and a fifth place finish in the 200 IM at state championships during her junior year Placed third in the 100 breast and fifth in the 200 IM during her senior season at the state championships Illinois State Scholar Won the Prairie Star State Achievement Award Named to the high school honor roll. Personal: Born July 22, 1987 Parents are Jim and Kathy Herrman Exercise Science major. Molly Brammer Freshman Blue Springs, Mo. Freestyle, IM High School (Blue Springs): Named a High School All-American Eight Time Individual State Swimming Champion Named to the Principle's Honor Roll all four years of high school. Personal: Born June 2, 1987 Parents are Vance and Jill Brammer undecided major. Ashley Leidigh Freshman Merriam, Kan. Butterfly, Freestyle High School (Shawnee Mission North): 2003 State Champion in the 50 free Swam in the 50 free and the 100 fly as a senior Participated in cross country and basketball Member of the National Honor Society for two years. Personal: Born Dec. 23, 1986 Parents are Tim and Alison Leidigh and David and Kim Stevenson undecided major. Jessica Brozek Freshman Great Bend, Kan. Freestyle, Butterfly High School (Great Bend): Was a three-time All- State Team Member Four-time All-Western Athletic Conference Team Member Holds the school record in the 100 free, 200 free, and 100 fly Four-year swimming letter winner. Personal: Born July 3, 1986 Parents are Jeff and Rhonda Brozek Mother, Rhonda, played volleyball at KU Brother, Jason, swims at Butler University undecided major. Hannah McMacken Freshman Sumner, Wash. Diving High School (Auburn Riverside): Placed third at the Washington State Championships in diving in 2003 Named Team Captain in 2004 Chosen 'Most Inspirational' by the team in 2003 Won the team 'Tin Woman' Award in 2004 Water Polo Team Captain Student Body Secretary Key Club President Won the Pursuit of Excellence Award Jill Wilson Memorial Scholarship winner Named Masonic Lodge Outstanding Junior. Personal: Born June 11, 1987 Parents are Eileen Riordan and the Late Captain John C. McMacken USN undecided major. 14

15 Swimmers & Divers Rhynn Malloy Freshman Holden, Mass Breaststroke, IM High School (Wachosett Regional): Earned the Scholastic All-American Award in which she was ranked fourth in New England Named to the Spanish National Honor Society and the National Honor Society. Personal: Born July 23, 1987 Parents are Michael and Leffi Malloy Human Biology major. Amy Gruber Graduate Assistant Kansas Swimmer Amy Gruber is one of the most decorated swimmers in Kansas history. She was a member of the team from and is currently a graduate asssistant. At Kansas, Gruber swam in the sprint freestyle events and the 100 fly and the 100 back. She was also a member of all the relay teams. Gruber holds the record in the 200 free (1:47.01), the 200 free relay (1:32.40), 400 free relay (3:22.39), 800 free relay (7:17.91), 200 medley relay (1:42.02), and the 400 medley relay (3:45.68). Why did you decide to swim in college? I had been swimming since I was five and I never thought that I wouldn t swim in college. I kind of looked at it as something I have wanted to do. I always knew that I was going to be a Division I swimmer; it was always a dream of mine. Kendall Matous Freshman Overland Park, Kan. Freestyle High School (Blue Valley North): Holds the Blue Valley High School record in the 50 free and the 500 free Recognized in consideration for the High School All-American in the 500 free and in the 400 free relay Named to the All-State Team three times Kansas City All-Metro first team member Member of the 2005 State Champion Swim Team. Personal: Born Sept. 4, 1986 Parents are Ken and Ruth Matous Dad, Ken, played football at Hutchinson Community College and Western State Communications studies major. Whitney Winslow Freshman Manhattan, Kan. Freestyle High School (Manhattan): High School Athlete of the Week in 2004 Member of the All-State team for four years Named to the I-70 All- League three times Member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Born Feb. 9, 1987 Parents are Chip and Karen Winslow Excerise Science major. When did you know that you wanted to be a Jayhawk swimmer? I actually signed late, so my signing was in April (of 2001). I am really indecisive so I didn t go on any trips until February. I went on all my five trips and Kansas was my second to last and on my last trip I said, Kansas has this or Kansas has that and I didn t even realize I was doing it, and then I knew that I wanted to go to Kansas. Why did you choose Kansas? I chose Kansas because the team made me feel so welcome. I fit right in and I just knew that I wanted to swim here. When I was getting a tour of the Athletic Department everyone was so friendly and they made me feel like I could step right in and be a Jayhawk. You are welcomed wherever you go in the Athletics Department. What was your most memorable moment as a Kansas Jayhawk? Probably at North Carolina last season ( ), when we swam our invitational there. I just had an awsome meet. Everything just fell into place there, my parents were there and the whole team gets to go to that meet. That is where I made my first NCAA cut and all the stuff that it led up to. What was your time like at Kansas? It was pretty great. It was a whole team and family. It made college easier because I had this whole support group to go with it. You have bad days and you have good days, but no matter what your team is always here for you. I just think it was very supportive and it made college easier. It was fun. The training is hard but it is just fun to be a part of something that is so big and means so much to you. What advice would you have for future Jayhawk swimmers? When you go on your recruiting trips and you come to KU or anywhere you go, see where you fit in. You have to be comfortable. You have to decide; could you go to school here if you didn t have swimming. You have to take everything in and be open minded. Don t take things for granted. How did the coaching staff here at Kansas make you feel comfortable and provide a learning atmosphere? The coaches are very good about being individual. They focus on things that you need. They will say that the team is going to do something but if they see that you are struggling they will pull you aside and tell you what you need to work on and what you don t need to work on. Stuff like that was really helpful. They are so supportive, if you do bad or do good they are always there for you. They are always holding you up or pushing you along. They will push you to where they know you can do better and they are always helping you reach your potential. 15

16 Coaches Clark Campbell Swimming Head Coach Fourth Year - Kansas 93 Fourth-year head coach Clark Campbell hopes to build off last season s success. Campbell finished his third year at Kansas with a 7-5 record in dual meets. His team also finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships. The swimmers had sixteen entries into KU s top-five record books. Under Campbell, two swimmers, Amy Gruber and Jenny Short, qualified for the 2005 NCAA Championships. Campbell s team not only performed well in the pool, but also in the classroom. Jenny Short, Jackie Krueger, Lindsey Urbatchka and Terri Schramka were all honored by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as Academic All-Americans for the season. The Jayhawks' 3.21 team GPA also landed Kansas on the CSCAA Academic All-America teams list, where KU ranked 40th overall for highest team GPA. The swimming and diving team had 17 members named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team. Fifteen named to the First team and two named to the Second Team. In Campbell's three seasons, the swimming and diving program has produced two Senior Scholar-Athetes of the the Year in Gwen Haley and Amy Gruber. Campbell, the 2000 Missouri Valley Conference Men s and Women s Swimming Coach of the Year, led several athletes to success at the national level and helped the Evansville program reach new heights. Impressively, Evansville established school records in all 19 men s and 19 women s events while Campbell was at the helm of the program in Those top marks included 12 Missouri Valley Conference records. During his four-year tenure at Evansville, his squads were named Academic All-America by the CSCAA all eight semesters. Prior to his appointment at Evansville, Campbell served as an assistant men s coach at the University of Minnesota from During his time in Minneapolis, the Golden Gophers captured Big Ten Conference titles in 1996 and 1998 while earning top 15 finishes all three years at the NCAA Championships. Campbell served as the head coach of the men s and women s programs at West Virginia Wesleyan from and directed that school into a top 10 NAIA program in just two years. He was named the NAIA Swimming Coach of the Year in Campbell competed as a professional triathlete for seven years before his coaching career began. After turning professional at the age of 19, he became one of the most consistent top-10 finishers on the pro circuit. During his career, Campbell was selfcoached. He was the 1986 National Long Course Champion and the 1990 runnerup at the United States Triathlon Series N a t i o n a l Championship. Campbell received a bachelor of science degree from Kansas in 1993, and a master of science degree in physical education/coaching from West Virginia University in Campbell and his wife Cassie have three children, Canaan (9), Cierra (8) and Claire (5). CAMPBELL S FILE RECORD AT KANSAS 23-14, fourth season RECORD OVERALL 93-59, nine seasons (both men s and women s teams) BIRTHDATE May 3,1966 BIRTHPLACE Grand Rapids, Mich. HIRED AT KANSAS August 1, 2002 WIFE Married to the former Cassie Calender CHILDREN Canaan, Cierra, Claire EDUCATION Bachelor s Degree, University of Kansas, Major: Exercise Science. Master s Degree, West Virginia University, Major: Physical Education/Athletic Coaching. SWIMMING EXPERIENCE 1984 Kansas PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Pro Triathlete, National long Course Champion 1990 Coca-Cola Grand Prix Sixth Place 1990 U.S. Triathlon Series National Championship runner-up COACHING EXPERIENCE Kansas, Assistant Coach West Virginia Wesleyan College, Men s and Women s Head Coach University of Minnesota, Men s Assistant Coach University of Evansville, Men s and Women s Head Coach 2002-Present University of Kansas Head Coach Clark, Cierra, Canaan, Cassie and Claire Campbell 16

17 Coaches Eric Elliot Diving coach Eric Elliott enters his second year at the University of Kansas with plenty of collegiate diving coaching experience on his Diving Head Coach resume. He joins the Jayhawks after one year as the head diving coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Prior to coaching at Second Season West Chester 92 Louisiana-Monroe, he was a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Georgia diving team, and started an age-group program with Dan Laak in 1995 in Athens, Ga. In eight years with the diving program, he coached divers that reached the Junior National finals and who represented the Junior U.S. Diving team in international competitions. Elliott began his coaching career at Upper Marion High School in Pennsylvania before being named the head diving coach at Old Dominion University from and Virginia Tech from A native of Alexandria, Va., Elliott was an accomplished diver himself. He earned high school All-American diving honors at Mount Vernon High School and NCAA Division II All-American honors at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Chester with a secondary education degree with an emphasis in history in Elliott is married to Kirsteen Bennington and they have a son, Liam (3), and daughter, Doran (1). Jen Fox Third-year assistant coach Jen Fox is familiar with the Kansas swimming and diving program. She was recruited by former head coach and former Assistant Athletic Director Gary Kempf to swim for KU. Assistant Coach As a swimmer at Kansas from , Fox competed in both the Third Season Kansas 01 backstroke and the freestyle events. She was a seven-time scorer at the Big 12 Championships. Fox was a student assistant under former KU head coach Cathy Burgess during the season. She graduated from KU in 2001 with a general studies degree in communications. After graduation, the Mansfield, Ohio, native, joined the full-time staff of Athletes in Action. Athletes in Action is a Christian-based sports group that helps student-athletes throughout the country. AIA sent her to the University of Virginia where she became a volunteer assistant under head coach Mark Bernardino and worked with the men s and women s swimming teams. Both of the teams finished in the top 10 in the NCAA. We are really excited about having a former Jayhawk swimmer on staff, said head coach Clark Campbell. Jen was an accomplished athlete and she is a great coach. Her experience at the University of Virginia is a huge help to our team. Laura Jacobsen Academic Advisor Ann Turner Athletic Trainer Charlie Goodman Student Assitant George Lottes Aquatics Director Jamie Zarda Media Relations Contact Darric Hannold Strength Coach Randy Bird Sports Nutrition 17 Ron Aulet Equipment Manager David Pfeuffer Performance Enhancement

18 Season Review The Swimming Season showed great promise for the Jayhawks as third year coach Clark Campbell led his team to a 7-5 record in dual meets and a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships. The Jayhawks started off their season in a dual against Texas. Kansas was defeated by the Longhorns but the highlight of the meet was in the 200 freestyle relay. The Jayhawks recorded a 1:36.07 to win the race; it was the fastest time ever recorded by a Jayhawk team in Robinson Natatorium. Kansas followed up the dual with Texas by hosting the Big 12 Relays. The Jayhawks scored 60 points to tie Border Showdown rival Missouri for third place. The Jayhawks earned a first place finish in the final meet of the day, the 100 freestyle relay. Senior Amy Gruber, junior Lindsey Urbatchka along with freshmen Anne Liggett and Terri Schramka finished with a time of to win the race. The same four swimmers combined to finish second in the 200 freestyle event in a time of 1: The Jayhawks suffered their second loss of the season against Big 12 foe Texas A&M by a score of Gruber led the way for the Jayhawks. She would earn a first place finish in the 100 butterfly event and was runner-up in the 200 freestyle. The Jayhawks would earn two more second place finishes. In diving action, sophomore Shelby Noonan led the Jayhawks as she finished third in the three-meter event and fourth in the one-meter event. KU then recorded their first win of the season against Missouri State, It was the first road test for the Jayhawks, who set four new pool records. Schramka recorded two pool record performances on the night. Schramka, along with senior Gruber, Urbatchka and Liggett set a pool record in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1: The 200 medley relay team of Urbatchka, senior Jackie Kruger and sophomores Hannah Bakke and Jenny Short set a pool record in a time of 1: Junior Gina Gnatzig recorded the fourth pool record of the night for Kansas in the 100 backstroke with a time of Kansas then traveled to Columbia, Mo., to take on Border Showdown rival. Missouri defeated the Jayhawks Gruber highlighted the meet for the Jayhawks by taking the top spot in three events. The Jayhawks also had a strong performance from Schramka, who recorded two first place finishes. Kansas would go on to record wins in their top five performances. The Jayhawks recorded their second win of the season in a dual against Illinois, KU won 12 of the 16 events, including junior Casey Topol's win in the one-meter diving competition and Noonan's win in the three-meter competition. KU followed up its win against Illinois by placing third at the Nike Cup. Gruber earned a first place finish in the 100 freestyle (49.70), which qualified her for the NCAA Championships. Noonan's first place score of in the three-meter diving earned her a spot at the 2005 NCAA Zone Diving Championships. Kansas would earn seven second place finishes at the meet. In a double dual agianst Harvard and Houston, Kansas defeated Houston, and fall to Harvard, The 'Hawks started the meet off with a record setting performance in the 400 medley relay. Gruber earned two first place finishes and leading the way for the divers was Noonan who finished fourth in the threemeter competition Season Review Team Captains 18 In their fifth loss of the season the Jayhawks fell to Nebraska, Gruber highlighted the meet with three individual wins. The Jayhawks received a strong showing from senior Miranda Isaac, who recorded two first place victories. Kansas recorded their fifth win of the season by defeating Truman State. Leading the way for the Jayhawks was Topol, who qualified for the 2005 NCAA Zone Diving Championships with a win in the three-meter competition with a score of In their second straight win the Jayhawks defeated Drury, Gruber paced the Jayhawks with two individual wins; this was the second straight meet that the Jayhawk's third consecutive dual meet with at least two individual victories. Gnatzig had a career best performance in the individual medley with a time of 4: In a non-conference dual meet the Jayhawks defeated Arkansas Isaac and Gnatzig each won two individual events to lead the Jayhawks. Gnatzig teamed up with Gruber, Schramka, and Liggett to win the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3: In diving, Noonan led the Jayhawks with a second place finish in the three-meter competition. In the final conference dual of the season the Jayhawks celebrated Senior Day with a win over Iowa State, The 'Hawks recorded 11 victories on the day, including five by seniors Gruber, Isaac, and Zarazan. The Jayhawks wrapped up the season with a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships in College Station, Texas. Kansas' total score of 454 was 77 points above fifth-place Missouri. Three new Kansas records were set on the first day of competition. Kansas finished in third place in the 200-medley relay with a Kansas record time of 1: In the 800 freestyle relay, the Jayhawks finished third with another record setting time of 7: Gruber completed the lead off 200-yard leg of the relay with a Kansas record of 1: The team's season ended after the Big 12 Championships, but three members went on to compete individually. Diver Jenny Roberts competed in the Zone D Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. Roberts finished 17th in the onemeter competition with a score of Amy Gruber participated in the 2005 NCAA Championships in West Lafayette, Ind. She competed in three events finishing 18th in the 100 butterfly (54.07), 22nd in the 100 freestyle (49.74), and 30th in the 50 freestyle (23.06). The Bigelow, Ark., native completed her career at Kansas by finishing 22nd in the 100 freestyle at the World Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., with a time of Jenny Short, also participated in the 2005 NCAA Championships, competing in two events. She finished 36th in the 100 backstroke (55.90) and 45th in the 200 backstroke (2:02.34). Jenny Short, Jackie Krueger, Lindsey Urbatchka and Terri Schramka were all honored by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as Academic All-Americans for the season. The Jayhawks' 3.21 team GPA also landed Kansas on the CSCAA Academic All-America teams list, where KU ranked 40th overall for highest team GPA. The swimming and diving team had 17 members named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team, 15 were named to the First Team and two named to the Second Team.

19 All-Time Top Performances Kansas All-Time Top Performances Tammy Thomas Whitney Sondall Gina Gnatzig Amy Gruber Jenny Wagstaff Michelle Rojohn 50 Free Tammy Thomas, USS Nationals Amy Gruber, Big 12 at College Station Kim Bolin, Big 12 at Austin Carrie Kirkham, Big 12 at Austin Rebecca Andrew, Big Eight at Okla. City Freestyle Tammy Thomas, NCAA at Lincoln Amy Gruber, Big 12 at College Station Rebecca Andrew, Big Eight at Okla. City Ronda Lusty, Big Eight at Okla. City Carolyn Grevers, Big 12 at Austin Freestyle 1: Amy Gruber, Big 12 at College Station : Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City : Jenny Wagstaff, USS Nationals : Janet Lindstrom, AIAW at Pittsburgh : Tammy Thomas, USS Nationals Freestyle 4: Emily Peters, Big Eight at Okla. City : Heather Switzer, Big Eight at Lincoln : Gina Gnatzig, Big 12 at College Station : Lyndsay DeVaney, Big 12 at College Station : Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City Freestyle 16: Frankie Hanson, NCAA at Minneapolis : Barbara Ann Smith, Big Eight at Lincoln : Lynsay DeVaney, Big 12 at College Station : Marcie Herrold, Big Eight at Lincoln : Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City Backstroke Whitney Sondall, Big 12 at Austin Jenny Short, Big 12 at College Station Katie Chapeau, NCAA at Minneapolis Amy Gruber, Big 12 at College Station Lauren Bonfe, Big 12 at College Station Backstroke 1: Gina Gnatzig, Big 12 at Austin : Jenny Short, Big 12 at College Station : Whitney Sondall, Big 12 at Austin : Rebecca Eustice, Big 12 at College Station : Katie Chapeau, Big EIght at Okla. City Breaststroke 1: Carolyn Grevers, Big 12 at College Station : Hannah Baake, Big 12 at College Station : Kristen Johnson, Big 12 at College Station : Quincy Adams, Nike Cup Invitational : Hannah Bakke, Big 12 at Austin Breaststroke 2: Kristin Nilsen, Big 12 at Austin, Texas : Kelly Williams, Speedo Cup : Jennifer Peltier, Big Eight at Okla. City : Kristen Johnson, Nike Cup at Chapel Hill : Miranda Isaac, Big 12 at Austin : Quincy Adams, Big 12 at Austin Butterfly Tammy Thomas, USS Nationals Amy Gruber, Big 12 at College Station Barb Pranger, NCAA at Austin Jenny Wagstaff, NCAA at Indianapolis Rebecca Andrew, UGA Invite at Athens Butterfly 1: Jenny Wagstaff, USS Nationals : Adrienne Turner, NCAA at Ann Arbor : Barb Pranger, Big Eight at Ames : Donna Christensen, Big Eight at Okla. City : Celine Cerny, Big Eight at Lawrence Individual Medley 2: Krista Cordsen, Big Eight at Lincoln : Kristin Nilsen, Big 12 at Austin : Gwen Haley, Big 12 at College Station : Andee Greves, Big Eight at Okla. City : Jenny Wagstaff, Big Eight at Norman Individual Medley 4: Kristin Nilsen, Speedo Cup : Krista Cordsen, Big Eight at Okla. City : Gwen Haley, Dual at Texas A&M : Marcie Herrold, NCAA at Tuscaloosa : Kelly Redden-Reynolds, Longhorn Invitational Freestyle Relay 1: (Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Sondall) Big 12 at Austin Freestyle Relay 3: (Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Gnatzig) Big 12 at Austin Freestyle Relay 7: (Gruber, Gnatzig, Krueger, Schramka) Big 12 at College Station Medley Relay 1: (Short, Bakke, Gruber, Urbatchka) Big 12 at College Station Medley Relay 3: (Sondall, Bakke, Zarazan, Gruber) Big 12 at Austin Meter Diving Michelle Rojohn, Big Eight at Okla. City Kelley Kauzlarich, Big Eight at Lawrence Kerri Pribyl, Dual w/ Nebraska Amy Graham, Dual at Notre Dame Meter Diving Michelle Rojohn, Big Eight at Okla. City Kelley Kauzlarich, Saluki Invitational Rebecca McFall, Iowa State Kerri Pribyl, Big 12 at College Station Shelby Noonan, Nike Cup at Chapel Hill Platform Diving Rebecca McFall, Big 12 at Austin Tammy Pace, Big 12 at Austin Deanna Beiswanger, Big 12 at Austin Kerri Pribyl, Big 12 at Austin Bold indicates current swimmer or diver 19

20 All-Time Records All-Time Records Event (Yards) 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1650 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 Ind. Medley 400 Ind. Medley 200 Free Relay 400 Free Relay 800 Free Relay 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay 1-Meter Diving 3-Meter Diving Platform Diving Kansas Robinson Center Big 12 Meet Big Tammy Thomas Tammy Thomas :47.01 Amy Gruber :50.58 Emily Peters :31.52 Frankie Hanson Whitney Sondall :59.80 Gina Gnatzig :03.31 Carolyn Grevers :15.37 Kristin Nilsen Tammy Thomas :59.78 Jenny Wagstaff :02.42 Krista Cordsen :19.70 Kristin Nilsen :32.40 (2004) Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Sondall 3:22.39 (2004) Gruber, Dower, Bolin, Gnatzig 7:17.91 (2005) Gruber, Gnatzig, Schramka, Krueger 1:42.02 (2005) Short, Bakke, Urbatchka, Gruber 3:45.68 (2004) Sondall, Bakke, Zarazan, Gruber Michelle Rojohn Michelle Rojohn Rebecca McFall Tammy Thomas Kansas, Tammy Thomas Kansas, :49.74 Jenny Wagstaff Kansas, :52.71 Sandra Cam SMU, :38.72 Michelle Butcher Nebraska, Katie Chapeau Kansas, :03.84 Katie Chapeau Kansas, :04.71 Allison Lyle Iowa, :17.75 Kristin Nilsen Kansas, Melanie Wirtner Nebraska, :01.94 Wagstaff (KU, 83) Garcia (NU, 91) 2:04.48 Gitta Jensen SMU, :24.01 Gwen Haley Kansas, :33.83 Nebraska :25.76 Kansas :29.26 Nebraska :46.52 Kansas :50.10 Kansas Kelley Kauzlarich Kansas, Amy Aarsen Nebraska, 1991 n/a Colleen Lanne Texas, Colleen Lanne Texas, :44.93 Colleen Lanne Texas, :43.48 Shandra Johnson Nebraska, :04.54 Rachel Harris Texas, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :55.03 Elizabeth Wycliff Texas, :00.14 Elizabeth Tinnon Texas, :10.25 Julia Russell Nebraska, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :57.94 Rebecca Wolfe Nebraska, :58.10 Joscelin Yeo Texas, :13.92 Alisa Schuknecht Texas, :29.87 Texas :15.29 Texas :12.70 Nebraska :38.38 Texas :36.48 Texas Vera Ilyina Texas, Vera Ilyina Texas, Laura Wilkinson Texas, Colleen Lanne Texas, Colleen Lanne Texas, :44.93 Colleen Lanne Texas, :43.48 Shandra Johnson Nebraska, :04.54 Rachel Harris Texas, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :55.03 Elizabeth Wycliff Texas, :00.14 Elizabeth Tinnon Texas, :10.25 Julia Russell Nebraska, Sarah Wanezek Texas, :57.34 Joscelin Yeo Texas, :58.03 Jocelin Yeo Texas, :13.92 Alisa Schuknecht Texas, :28.89 Texas :14.52 Texas :10.89 Nebraska :38.38 Texas :36.28 Texas Vera Ilyina Texas, Vera Ilyina Texas, Laura Wilkinson Texas, 1997

21 Kansas All-Americans Kansas All-Americans 1978 at Durham, N.C. McMorrow, Ingham, Sheehan, Bunker th, 200 Free Relay 1979 at Pittsburgh, Pa. Janet Lindstrom rd, 200 Freestyle Janet Lindstrom th, 100 Freestyle 1980 at Las Vegas, Nev. Tammy Thomas th, 50 Freestyle Thomas, McMurrow, Schaffer, Sheehan th, 200 Free Relay Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Thomas, McMorrow th, 200 Medley Relay Lindstrom, Schaffer, McMorrow, Thomas th, 400 Free Relay Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Thomas, Lindstrom th, 400 Medley Relay 1981 at Columbia, S.C. Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Freestyle Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Individual Medley Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Individual Medley Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Wagstaff, Thomas th, 400 Medley Relay Schaffer, Fitzgerald, Thomas, McMorrow th, 200 Medley Relay Schaffer, McMorrow, Wagstaff, Thomas th, 200 Free Relay 1982 at Gainesville, Fla. Tammy Thomas rd, 50 Freestyle Tammy Thomas th, 100 Freestyle Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Cerny, Raney, Thomas, Wagstaff th, 200 Free Relay Burke, Raney, Schaffer, Wagstaff th, 800 Free Relay 1983 at Lincoln, Neb. Tammy Thomas st, 50 Freestyle Tammy Thomas st, 100 Freestyle Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Individual Medley Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Butterfly Tammy Pease th, 100 Individual Medley Cerny, Pease, Wagstaff, Thomas th, 400 Medley Relay Cerny, Pease, Raney, Thomas th, 200 Freestyle Relay Pease, Raney, Wagstaff, Thomas th, 400 Freestyle Relay Bowen, Pease, Schaffer, Thomas th, 200 Medley Relay 1984 at Indianapolis, Ind. Jenny Wagstaff th, 100 Butterfly Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Backstroke Jenny Wagstaff th, 200 Individual Medley Tammy Pease th, 50 Freestyle Pease, Wagstaff, Duncan, Bowen th, 200 Freestyle Relay 1985 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tammy Pease th, 50 Freestyle Tammy Pease th, 100 Freestyle Marcie Herrold th, 400 Individual Medley Marcie Herrold th, 200 Individual Medley Celine Cerny th, 200 Backstroke Cerny, Pease, Duncan, Dionne th, 200 Medley Relay T. Pease, Dionne, Duncan, J. Pease th, 200 Freestyle Relay 1986 at Fayetteville, Ark. Marcie Herrold th, 1650 Freestyle Marcie Herrold th, 400 Individual Medley Easton, Bunger, Duncan, Spry th, 200 Freestyle Relay Easton, Dickinson, Duncan, Spry th, 400 Freestyle Relay 1988 at Austin, Texas Barbara Ann Smith th, 400 Individual Medley 1989 at Indianapolis, Ind. Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly Barbara Ann Smith th, 400 Individual Medley Barbara Ann Smith th, 1650 Freestyle Fisher, Easton, Pranger, Spry th, 200 Medley Relay Fisher, Easton, Pranger, Spry th, 400 Medley Relay 1990 at Austin, Texas Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly Redden-Reynolds, Wilde, Pranger, Brainard th, 200 Medley Relay 1991 at Indianapolis, Ind. Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly 1992 at Austin, Texas Barb Pranger th, 100 Butterfly Barb Pranger th, 200 Butterfly Cordsen, Lusty, Brainard, McRoberts th, 400 Free Relay Carlson, Cordsen, Pranger, Brainard th, 200 Medley Relay Cordsen, Brainard, Lusty, McRoberts th, 200 Free Relay Carlson, Cordsen, Pranger, McRoberts th, 400 Medley Relay 1993 at Minneapolis, Minn. Frankie Hanson th, 1650 Freestyle Katie Chapeau th, 100 Backstroke 1994 at Indianapolis, Ind. Andrew, Peltier, Peters, Cordsen th, 400 Freestyle Relay Peters, Andrew, Peltier, Cordsen th, 800 Freestyle Relay 1995 at Austin, Texas Jennifer Peltier th, 200 Freestyle Donna Christensen th, 100 Butterfly Michelle Rojohn th, Three-Meter Diving Lusty, Peltier, Christensen, Andrew th, 200 Freestyle Relay Lusty, Peltier, Christensen, Andrew th, 400 Freestyle Relay Davis, Christensen, Andrew, Nilsen th, 800 Freestyle Relay 1996 at Ann Arbor, Mich. Michelle Rojohn st, Three-Meter Diving Adrienne Turner th, 200 Butterfly Andrew, Peltier, Christensen, Nilsen th, 200 Freestyle Relay Peltier, Andrew, Nilsen, Turner th, 400 Freestyle Relay Peltier, Andrew, Christensen, Turner th, 80 Freestyle Relay 1998 at Minneapolis, Minn. Kristin Nilsen th, 200 Breaststroke 21

22 Kansas Athletics Administration Lew Perkins Athletics Director L e w Perkins' first year as KU's director of athletics was marked by grand success - both on the field of play and in the classroom. Consider the following: 86 Jayhawk student-athletes earned academic All-Big 12 honors. Four student-athletes were named to academic All-America teams. 54 Jayhawk student-athletes were named to All-Big 12 teams. Six University of Kansas student-athletes earned All-America honors. 226 (55 percent) of KU's student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 grade-point average or better) during the Spring of of those student-athletes earned perfect 4.0 GPA's. In addition, KU's student-athletes recorded their best academic performance in department history last spring, boasting a 2.98 overall GPA. Several teams achieved their highest GPA's ever, including swimming and diving (3.39), rowing (3.39) and soccer (3.28). On the playing field, the results were just as outstanding. Head coach Mark Mangino, in only his second season, guided his much-improved football team to the 2003 Mazda Tangerine Bowl. New head coach Bill Self took over a men's basketball team that had lost two NBA lottery picks and produced an Elite Eight appearance in the 2004 NCAA tournament. The KU's women's soccer team advanced all the way to the 2003 NCAA tournament Sweet 16, and the women's volleyball team made its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, beating perennial national power Long Beach State to reach the second round of the 2003 tournament. In addition, alumni and friends have made donations to the KU Williams Educational Fund at record levels. Those donations will assist in one of Perkins' primary goals - to ensure that student-athletes on all of KU's teams get the support they need to be competitive not only athletically in the Big 12 Conference and nationally, but also in the classroom. Success is nothing new to Lew Perkins. Prior to being named KU's athletics director in June 2003, he achieved unprecedented success as director of athletics at the University of Connecticut for 13 years. He was instrumental in guiding UConn athletics to impressive growth, both athletically and academically. During his tenure, UConn won six NCAA National Championships, including four in women's basketball, and one each in men's basketball and men's soccer. In his 13 years a total of 61 Husky squads earned NCAA Division I Tournament berths, and UConn claimed 64 Big East Conference regular season and tournament championships. In addition, Perkins worked tirelessly to upgrade UConn's football program to NCAA Division I-A status. He was instrumental in the State of Connecticut's decision to provide funding for the construction of a $90-million, 40,000- seat stadium, which opened in August of The Huskies began competing in the Big East Football Conference in 2004, making UConn the only school ever to leap from Division I-AA to a BCS Conference. Under Perkins' direction, UConn's athletic fund-raising reached the $10 million mark in each of his last four years there. The UConn Club reached new heights with more than 5,300 members, and Connecticut's expanding endowed scholarship program also continued to grow. Perkins was honored in 2000 as the inaugural winner of the National Athletic Director of the Year Award as selected by Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal, in conjunction with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Perkins serves on the NCAA Basketball Issues Committee, and recently completed terms on two other prestigious NCAA committees, the Championships & Competition Cabinet and the Bowl Certification Committee. In 2004 CBS Sportsline.com named him one of the 50 most influential people in college football. Perkins grew up in Massachusetts and was a highly recruited high-school basketball star. He played college basketball at the University of Iowa ( ) for Hall of Fame coach and KU graduate Ralph Miller. From 1969 to 1980, Perkins served as Director of Athletics at the University of South Carolina at Aiken, as that institution grew from a junior college to a four-year institution. He also was head basketball coach at USC-Aiken from He received his 22 master's degree in education in 1975 from the University of South Carolina. From , Perkins served as Associate Director of Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. He then served as Director of Athletics at Wichita State University from and at the University of Maryland from He was inducted into his high school Hall of Fame in 1989, and was honored in his hometown of Chelsea, Mass. Perkins' wife, Gwen, earned both an undergraduate degree from Iowa and a master's degree in education from the University of South Carolina. She served in public education for the East Hartford (Conn.) School System. Lew and Gwen have two daughters -- Amy Macneill, a 1993 graduate of the University of Maryland (married to Brandon Macneill), and Holly Halligan, a 1996 graduate of the University of Connecticut (married to Tom Halligan). They are the proud grandparents of one granddaughter, Caroline Macneill, born in Pam Byrn Administrative Assistant Pam Byrn has worked at the University of Kansas for 32 years, 23 of those in the athletic department. She has three sons and three daughters-in-law, John and Shelly, Mike and Amy, and Bill and Michelle, in addition to six grandchildren. John and Mike played baseball at KU, while Bill played for Baker University. Shelly was a member of the 1992 KU softball World Series team. In 1981, Marian Washington hired Byrn as the secretary for women s basketball, volleyball, swimming and diving, softball, tennis and the non-revenue training room. During her 21 years, she has also worked for sports information, maintenance and the business office. Byrn, a 1981 graduate of the University of Kansas, returned to swimming and diving in the fall of Kelly Landry Mehrtens Associate Athletics Director- Senior Woman Administrator K e l l y L a n d r y Mehrtens, a former collegiate All- American and the Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Illinois, is in her second year in the same capacity at the University of Kansas. At Illinois, Mehrtens oversaw all operations of men s and women s basketball, volleyball, men s and women s track and field, men s and women s golf, women s swimming and softball. She also administered game contracts and scheduling for men s basketball, coordinated postseason travel for men s and women s basketball and performed numerous other senior management-level duties. She also served four years as Assistant Athletic Director for Business/Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. At Miami, Mehrtens managed the athletic department s $20 million budget, and was responsible for financial planning and budgeting for all sports programs. Mehrtens has also served as Special Assistant to the Director at the Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society, and as Assistant Athletic Director for Business for the Northeastern University women s athletics department. She also spent two years as Executive Director of S.M.A.R.T. Sports, Inc., a community-wide partnership program to provide mentoring assistance for youth in Miami, Fla. A former collegiate track standout, Mehrtens earned a bachelor s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama in 1986, where she was an All-American in track and field. She was a member of the World University Games Team and the Pan American Team in 1987, and finished fourth in the United States Olympic Trials in Mehrtens later earned a master s degree in higher education from the University of Illinois in Mehrtens and her husband, Nicholas "Nick" Mehrtens, III, were married January 3, 2004.

23 Athletic Facilities Robinson Natatorium Anderson Family Strength Center Robinson Natatorium headlines tradition-rich facilities that have helped lift Kansas to national swimming and diving prominence. Opened in 1966, Robinson Natatorium includes a six-lane, 25-yard pool and an eight-lane, 25-meter pool in addition to one-meter, three-meter and platform diving resources. In the infancy of the Kansas swimming and diving program, the Jayhawks used a pool at old Robinson Gymnasium for practice and competition. An expansion program lengthened the pool to 20 yards during the season, however it was still not large enough to accommodate a crowd without the splashing caused by the swimmers. This problem was solved in 1966 with the opening of a pool in the new Robinson Gymnasium. Measuring 25 yards by 25 yards, the six-lane pool included one-meter and three-meter boards. A 1980 expansion added an eight-lane, 25-meter pool for practice purposes. In 1985, the facility was upgraded to include two one-meter and two three-meter diving boards. During the season, a five-meter platform was added, made possible in part by donations from the program s alumni, parents and friends. We have lots of water to practice in, coach Clark Campbell said. We are able to train at the highest level. Kansas is one of the only few schools with a free standing 25M pool. Championship meets are beginning to use that type of pool, so it is a huge competitive advantage to train everyday in a championship situation. Robinson has twice hosted the Big Eight Conference Championships. In 1984, both the men s and women s conference meets were held in Lawrence, with the Jayhawk women capturing their tenth consecutive Big Eight title. Robinson also played host to conference rivals in 1991, as the women s championships came to KU. The Jayhawks also have access to another training facility in town at Lawrence Freestate High School s brand new 50-meter indoor pool. 23 The Anderson Family Strenth and Conditioning Center opened in March The state-of-the-art facility features an array of free weights, exercise machines and workout areas throughout its 42,000 square feet of area. The center is the training facility for all University of Kansas athletic teams. The swimming and diving team uses the center extensively for its dry-land training. Many people do not realize how much dry-land training we do as a swimming and diving team, head coach Clark Campbell said. Being able to train in a facility such as the Anderson Center is one of the greatest privileges we have as a team here at the University of Kansas.

24 University of Kansas A Comprehensive Public University Opened in 1866, the University of Kansas is a comprehensive educational and research institution with 28,849 students and more than 2,200 faculty members. KU includes the main campus in Lawrence; the Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.; the Edwards Campus in Overland Park; a clinical campus of the School of Medicine in Wichita; and educational and research facilities throughout the state. Campuses Considered one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation, KU's main campus occupies 1,000 acres on and around Mount Oread in Lawrence, a community of 80,000 among the forested hills of eastern Kansas. The Medical Center occupies 50 acres in nearby metropolitan Kansas City. The Edwards Campus is situated on 38 acres in a suburban Kansas City corridor known for its high-tech manufacturers and laboratories. Colleges KU comprises 14 major academic divisions: the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the schools of Allied Health, Architecture and Urban Design, Business, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Journalism and Mass Communications, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Social Welfare. Academic Achievement Historically, KU students have built an impressive record of scholastic achievement. Two of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, chartered their first chapters west of the Mississippi at KU. A total of 24 KU students have won Rhodes Scholarships. In 2002, KU ranked third among public research universities in the percentage of students participating in study abroad programs. In , KU faculty won 11 Fulbright grants for international study -- the highest number awarded to faculty at any public or private university. What Others Say About KU The university enjoys a fine national reputation. U.S. News and World Report ranks KU among the top 50 public universities in the nation. The most recent edition of Peterson's Guide to Competitive Colleges reports that KU "has a long and distinguished tradition as one of America's premier universities." Another popular college guidebook, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, for more than a decade has awarded KU a four-star rating for academics, social life and overall quality of university life. Degrees The largest of the Kansas Regents institutions, KU annually grants one-third of the bachelor's and master's degrees and two-thirds of the doctorates for Regents schools. Culture The Lawrence campus offers a rich cultural life. Lecturers, scholars, artists, concert musicians, actors and dancers perform at the university's beautiful Lied Center of Kansas, a 2,020-seat performing arts hall. Nearby is the 250-seat Bales Organ Recital Hall. With a 72-foot high ceiling and two-foot thick walls, the hall provides cathedral-like acoustics for its three-manual pipe organ, built by Hellmuth Wolff. The Spencer Museum of Art, with more than 17,000 works of art, has long been considered one of the top teaching museums in the nation. In the summer of 2003, KU s majestic Dole Institute of Politics opened. Among the treasures of this civic cathedral are state-of-theart exhibits, a World Trade Center memorial, the world s largest stained glass American flag and a memory wall honoring World War II veterans. Location and Campus Lawrence (population 80,098) is known for arts, alternative music, downtown shops, galleries and restaurants. The campus sits on 1,000 acres. KU has a national reputation for collections at the Spencer Museum of Art and its Natural History Museum. The Lied Center, KU s performing arts center, attracts both national and international acts. Student Life More than 400 clubs and organizations are run by KU students. Support services throughout campus help students succeed. Visit or for more information. Visit KU Check out the many visit options available by visiting calling , or ing visit@ku.edu. Research Research is an integral part of the university's educational activity. During fiscal year 2002, KU faculty secured $243 million in research funding. The ripple effect of that funding is estimated to contribute $900 million to the Kansas economy. KU is one of only 32 public universities to belong to the American Association of Universities, a select group of higher education institutions in the United States and Canada. Members are chosen on the basis of national significance in graduate studies and research. 24 Academic All-Americans Kansas Swimmers have always performed well both in the classroom and out, as 14 swimmers and divers have been Academic All-Americans. Three swimmers from last years team earned the honor. 1991: Barb Pranger 1992: Barb Pranger, Curtis Taylor 1994: Curtis Taylor 1995: Marc Hensel 1997: Adrienne Turner 1998: Roberto Iglesias 1999:Adriene Turner 2003: Amy Gruber, Gwen Haley 2004: Kim Bolin, Aly Colver, Miranda Isaac, Jackie Kruger 2005: Jenny Short, Lindsey Urbatchka, Sierra Slavin