Stefanie Rulis

Position:
Freestyle
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.

Career Best Times: 23.47, 50 Free; 50.76, 100 Free; 1:49.26, 200 Free.

General: Returning three-time letter winner...an excellent relay swimmer…a top performer on the Tar Heel squad in the sprint freestyle corps...also can swim the butterfly...earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1999 and 2000 at the NCAA Championships...solid student...has 3.01 cumulative GPA.

2000-2001: At the 2001 ACC Championships she placed 15th in the 50-yard freestyle, 11th in the 200-yard freestyle and 19th in the 100-yard freestyle...named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.

1999-2000: At the 1999 Nike Cup, was a member of Nike Cup champion 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, 800 free relay, and 400 free relay...2000 All-ACC selection and honorable mention All-America…at the 2000 ACC Championships, she placed second in the 200 free (1:49.26), ninth in the 50 free (23.47) and ninth in the 100 free…also a member of UNC’s ACC champion, school record-breaking and Koury Natatorium record-setting 200 free relay as well as the ACC champion, school and pool record breaking 400 medley relay...a member of the 800 free relay team that set a school record while finishing second at ACC’s…at the 2000 NCAA Championships, she finished 55th in the 200-meter free...also a member of UNC’s 200 medley relay, 800 free relay, and 400 medley relay, all of which placed 13th and the 200 free relay that finished 15th and the 400 free relay that finished 17th at the NCAA Championships…tapped for Dean’s List for the 2000 spring semester.

1998-99: Had the top time on the team in the 50-yard freestyle (23.50) and in the 100-yard freestyle (50.76)...first-team All-ACC selection...honorable mention All-America honoree...at the 1999 ACC Championships, she finished third in the 100-yard freestyle, 10th in the 200-yard freestyle and 12th in the 50-yard freestyle...was a member of UNC's ACC champion 800 free relay team...was a member of Carolina's 800-yard freestyle relay team which finished 12th at the NCAA meet while setting a school record...finished 33rd in the 200-yard freestyle and 44th in the 100-yard freestyle at the 1999 NCAA meet.

Prep: Graduated from Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Ky. on May 30, 1998...swam for high school varsity team for four years and for Wildcat Aquatics Swim Team for five years...swam the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles and the 100 and 200 butterfly events...was the Kentucky High School Coaches Female Swimmer of the Year and the Kentucky Female Athlete (Sportswoman) of the Year in 1997-98...was state champion for two consecutive years in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyles at the high school state meet...holds the high school state record in the 50-yard freestyle...high school team captain...high school team MVP two years in a row...member of the state record-holding 200-yard freestyle relay team...swam on HCHS teams which won combined state title two years...member of the National Honor Society and the Beta Club...an honor roll student...holds various club team records as well as various 13-14 age group records in 50-yard and 50-meter freestyle and 100-yard freestyle.

Personal: Given name is Stefanie Marie Rulis...born March 21, 1980 in Minneapolis, Minn....daughter of Jeff and Judy Rulis...has one sister...her biggest sports thrill was winning the 800 free relay championship at 1999 ACC Championships...athlete she most admires is Michael Jordan...journalism and mass communications major...undecided on her career plans.