Jennifer Strasburger

Position:
Freestyle
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mercer Island, Wash.

Career Best Times: 51.36, 100 Free; 1:49.22, 200 Free; 4:52.38, 500 Free.

1999-2000 Tar Heel Co-Captain

1997, 1998, 1999 NCAA All-America

General: A three-time returning All-America selection and three-time letter winner...co-captain of the 1999-2000 Tar Heels...two time win of Hill Carrow Spirit Award...four-time Dean's List selection...Academic All-America selection...a key swimmer for the Tar Heels in the middle distance freestyle events and on the Tar Heel relay teams...one of the team's top student-athletes...has a cumulative grade point average at Carolina of 3.513.

1998-99: Won the team's Hill Carrow Spirit Award...had the top time on last year's team in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:49.22...first-team All-ACC selection...finished fourth at the ACC Championships in both the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyles and 10th in the 100-yard freestyle...was a member of UNC's ACC champion 800 free relay team...at the 1999 NCAA Championships, she placed 41st in the 200-yard freestyle and 43rd in the 500-yard freestyle...was a member of Carolina's 800-yard freestyle relay team which finished 12th at the NCAA meet while setting a school record...was named a winner of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America individual Academic All-America award for 1998-99...named to 1999 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll...tapped for Dean's List in fall semester of 1998...was also selected for Dean's List in spring semester of 1999.

1997-98: Was named to the 1997-98 ACC Academic Honor Roll...scored 57.5 points at the ACC Championships...was a first-team All-ACC selection...finished seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (4:55.41), fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.25) and 12th in the 100-yard freestyle (51.79) at the conference meet...was a member of the ACC champion 400-yard medley relay (3:42.85)...also swam on the second place 800-yard freestyle relay team (7:22.93) and the third place 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:24.29)...earned honorable mention All-America honors as a member of the 13th place 200-yard medley relay team (1:43.00), the 13th place 400-yard medley relay squad (3:24.44), the 13th place 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:21.99) and the 12th place 800-yard freestyle relay squad (7:19.51)...also finished 47th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.69)...holds school, conference and ACC meet records as part of the 400-yard medley relay team...also holds a part of the school record as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team.

1996-97: Was named to the Dean’s List at Carolina in the fall semester of 1996...named to ACC Academic Honor Roll...1997 honorable mention NCAA All-America selection and first-team All-ACC choice...won team’s Hill Carrow Spirit Award...scored 55.5 points at ACC Championships, fourth highest total on team...swam on relay teams which won ACC titles in 200 free relay and 400 medley relay...also swam on 800 free relay team which placed third and on the 400 free relay team which took second at the ACC meet...also finished seventh in the 200-yard freestyle and 10th in the 100-yard freestyle as an individual...made honorable mention All-America on two relays at NCAA meet...swam on 800 free relay which finished 11th and 400 free relay which placed 16th...also swam on 200 free and 400 medley relay teams which were 17th at the NCAA meet...finished 41st in the 200 free at NCAA meet in 1:51.16...during the season she swam on 400 medley relay team which set school, ACC and ACC meet records of 3:44.12...also swam on 200 freestyle relay team which set ACC meet and Koury Natatorium pool records at 1:32.45.

Prep: Graduated from Mercer Island High School in June 1996...was selected to swim in the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association National High School meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., June 7-8, 1996...swam for four years on high school team, specializing in the 200-yard freestyle...was also a driver on the water polo team for one year...five-time individual state high school champion...helped lead high school team to four state championships...member of U.S. National Junior Team...was bronze medalist at U.S. Olympic Festival...vice president of student body in high school...National Merit Commended Scholar.

Personal: Given name is Jennifer Lynn Strasburger...nicknamed "Stras"...has three sisters...was born September 27, 1978 in Bellevue, Wash....daughter of John and Jean Strasburger...hobbies include ice blocking and attending academic eligibility meetings...biggest sports thrill was winning Midlakes...athlete she most admires is Happy Gilmore...quoted Dr. Evil by saying, “The details of my life are quite inconsequential”...political science major...would like to work on a cruise ship.