P.J. Wallin

Position:
Freestyle
Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Career Best Times: 21.82 in the 50-yard freestyle; 46.65 in the 100-yard freestyle; 1:41.04 in the 200-yard freestyle.

General: A promising three-time returning letterman and outstanding senior leader…adds depth to the middle distance freestyle corps...competed for WAVES swim club…one of the better students on the UNC team.

2001-02: Earned Dean’s List accolades in fall semester of 2001...2002 ACC Academic Honor honoree.

2000-2001: Was sidelined by shoulder surgery in 2000-01…continued his stellar performance in the classroom, capturing Dean’s List kudos in the spring semester…also named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll.

1999-2000: At the 2000 ACC Championships he recorded personal best times in the 50 free (21.82), 100 free (46.65), and 200 free (1:41.04)…tapped for Dean’s List in the fall semester of 1999 and in the spring semester of 2000…2000 ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.

Prep: Graduated in May 1999 from East Grand Rapids High School...played water polo for two years as a driver...swam for four years as 100 and 200 freestyler...played baseball for four years as catcher and rightfielder...played football for four years as tight end...swimming team captain there...first-team All-America selection in the 200-yard freestyle...four-time All-Conference selection...four-time All-State swimming selection...four-time All-Area selection...won high school state championships in the 200 and 100 freestyles in 1999...led swimming team to four conference championships from 1996-99...was captain of water polo team...earned membership in National Honor Society...received appointment into the United States Air Force.

Personal: Given name is Philip James Wallin...goes by “P.J.”…nicknames include “Bolo”, “Yankee Meathead”, “Japer”, and “The Sauce Monster”... born on November 22, 1980 in Grand Rapids, Mich…son of Gary and Gwen Wallin...won the UNC Gamma Sigma Alpha award…has one brother and one sister...athletes he most admires are siblings Mike and Carley Wallin…his biggest sports thrill was watching Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds hit home runs in a Chicago Cubs-San Francisco Giants baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago this summer…says there’s no place he’d rather be than Wrigley Field, except Chapel Hill, of course...biggest sports thrill was Carolina beating FSU in football in 2001...athlete he most admires is Sean Quinn…business administration major...would like to pursue a career as a pilot... a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.