Becky Smock

Position:
Butterfly
Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Richmond, Va.
High School:
Mills E. Godwin

Career Best Times: 1:53.90 in 200-yard freestyle; 4:59.10 in 500-yard freestyle; 10:22.00 in 1000-yard freestyle; 58.34 in 100-yard butterfly; 2:03.15 in 200-yard butterfly; 4:29.66 in 400-yard individual medley.

General: Serving as a captain of the women's team for the second straight year...three-year letter winner...a solid contributor for the Tar Heels in the butterfly events...can also swim the individual medley and the distance freestyle... member of the U.S. Maccabiah Games swim team which competed in Israel in July 2005...won the 200-meter butterfly championship at that event...selected for the ACC Academic Honor Roll each of the past three years...graduate of the Carolina Leadership Academy...as a club swimmer she competed for NOVA of Virginia where she was coached by Geoff Brown.

2005-06: Led a youthful squad as one of the team's captains...competed at ACC's as an exhibition entry while notching career best times in the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard IM...also set a season best at ACC's in the 500-yard freestyle...earned Dean's List status in the spring semester...won the team's Hill Carrow Spirit Award...named to 2005-06 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2004-05: On the Tar Heels' 2004-05 team depth chart, she ranked No. 3 in the 200-yard butterfly and No. 5 in the 1650-yard freestyle...one of the team's more versatile swimmers during the course of the season...had some of her career best swims at the ACC Championships...took fifth place in the 200-yard butterfly with a career best 2:03.15...finished 18th in the 400-yard individual medley in a then career best 4:29.99...also finished as the Tar Heels' third best placer in the 1650-yard freestyle...named to the University's Dean's List in the spring semester of 2005...won a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second successive year.2003-04: Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2004...swam in the ACC Championships as exhibition entry.

Prep: Graduated from Mills E. Godwin High School in June 2003...letter winner on the swimming team there, specializing in the 100 and 200 butterfly events...also swam for NOVA of Virginia Aquatics for eight years...2002 Eastern zone champion in the 100 and 200 butterfly events...named to the 2002 and 2003 All-Metro swimming team...Scholastic All-America selection from 2001-03...National Honor Society member...editor in chief of Eagles Eyrie, the school newspaper...Beta Club member...member of Homecoming Court and Prom Court...member of Quill and Scroll honor society.

Personal: Given name is Rebecca Leigh Smock...was born July 9, 1985 in Richmond, Va....is the daughter of Len and Ellen Smock...has one older brother.

Becky Smock's Personality Profile
Major: Biology
Career Plans: Graduate school for research and obtain my Ph.D.
Hobbies: Baking, shopping, scrapbooking
Athletes Most Admired: All of the UNC swimmers and divers
Biggest Sports Thrills: Watching any Tar Heel compete; being one of four Tar Heels in the finals of the 200-yard butterfly at the 2005 ACC Championships
People With Greatest Influence on Athletic Career: My teammates
Favorite Book: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Favorite Magazine: Any shopping catalog
Favorite Foods: Ice cream or anything made by Rachael Ray
Favorite Movie: Almost Famous
Favorite TV Shows: Law & Order, The Food Network, Charmed