Emily Reardon

Position:
Back/Fly
Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.
High School:
Pope

Career Best Times: 55.99 in 100-yard butterfly; 2:03.71 in 200-yard butterfly; 59.38 in 100-yard backstroke; 2:01.71 in 200-yard backstroke.

General: 2006-07 team captain...three-time returning letter winner who excels in the butterfly and backstroke events...an active member of ACC Outreach community service program...has been named to the Dean's List each of her first six semesters at Carolina...three-year member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...competed for Swim Atlanta club team before coming to Chapel Hill.

2005-06: Winner of the Andrea Erben Memorial Award as the team's most dedicated swimmer...led by example in and out of the pool as one of the team's mainstays in the backstroke and butterfly events...at the ACC meet, she scored four points for the team with a 13th place finish in the 100-yard butterfly...was the team's highest finisher in the 200-yard backstroke in 15th place...also took 15th spot in the 200-yard butterfly...made the Dean's List during both semesters...garnered ACC Academic Honor Roll honors.

2004-05: Ranked No. 1 on the Tar Heel depth chart in 2004-05 in the 200-yard backstroke...achieved career best times in the 200 fly and 200 back...showed continued improvement in her second season...reached the championship final in the 200-yard backstroke at ACC's and collected eighth place...also a championship finals participant in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing seventh...finished 19th in the 100-yard butterfly...named to the Dean's List in both semesters of the 2004-05 school year...named to the 2005 ACC Honor Roll.

2003-04: Competed in two events in the ACC Championships as an exhibition swimmer...set what was then a personal best in the 200-yard backstroke at 2:04.72...also set a then personal best in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:04.18...won Jamerson Memorial Award for being the team's most improved swimmer...earned Dean's List accolades both semesters.

Prep: Graduated from Pope High School on May 24, 2003...swam on the varsity team there for four years, competing in the 100 and 200 butterfly events and 100 and 200 backstrokes...also swam for the Swim Atlanta club team...was named a Georgia All-Star from 1996-2003...MVP of high school team in 2002-03...high school team's rookie of the year in 1999-2000...valedictorian of her high school class...two-time Scholar Athlete...member of National Honor Society and Key Club...also volunteered for Habitat for Humanity.

Personal: Given name is Emily Elizabeth Reardon...was born December 24, 1984 in Freehold, N.J....is the daughter of Robert and Maria Reardon...has one brother.

Emily Reardon's Personality Profile
Majors: Political Science & Psychology
Career Plans: Lawyer
Hobbies: Movies, reading, music
Biggest Sports Thrill: Being one of four UNC swimmers competing in the championship final of the 200-yard butterfly at the 2005 ACC Championships
People With Greatest Influence on Athletic Career: My parents
Favorite Book: My Sister's Keeper
Favorite Magazine: People
Favorite Food: Italian Food
Favorite Movie: Million Dollar Baby
Favorite TV Show: Grey's Anatomy