Sam Deal

Position:
Breaststroke
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Boone, N.C.
High School:
Watauga

Career Best Time: 1:06.73 in the 100-yard breaststroke; 2:27.68 in the 200 breaststroke.

General: An outstanding in-state recruit who will bolster the Tar Heel depth in the breaststroke. 2004-05: Competed in her first ACC Championship Meet as an exhibition swimmer...swam the 200-yard individual medley.

Prep: Graduated from Watauga High School on June 4, 2004...four-year varsity swimming letter winner...also a two-year letter winner in cross country...finished third in the breaststroke at the 2004 state meet...team captain her senior year...received All-America consideration...Conference Swimmer of the Year in 2004...All-Conference all four years...conference champion in the breaststroke all four years...President of National Honor Society...high school salutatorian.

Personal: Given name is Samantha Lee Deal...goes by "Sam"...born August 19, 1986 in Boone, N.C....daughter of Jim and Sheila Deal...Communications major...hopes for a career as an editor...hobbies include rock climbing, running, reading and napping...her biggest sports thrill was competing in the 2004 4A state final...athlete she most admires is Emily Carroll...the person who has had the most influence on her athletic career is her former coach Lan O'Laughlin...favorite book is On the Road...favorite movie is Army of Darkness...favorite TV show is The OC...she enjoys eating fried okra.