Brooke Bauer

Photo by: UNC Athletic Communications

Position:
Sprint Free
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Sacred Heart Academy of Louisville

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITOR • HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA • 2017 U.S. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS QUALIFIER • 2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFIER

Career Best Times
50-yard Freestyle — 22.33 • 100-yard Freestyle — 48.76 • 200-yard Freestyle — 1:49.67 • 50-meter Freestyle — 25.50 • 100-meter Freestyle — 56.43

2017-18: Swam a leg of two fourth-place-finishing relays at the ACC Championships — 200-yard free relay (1:29.04) and 200-yard medley relay (1:36.82) • Finished 10th in the ACC Championship 50-yard freestyle B Final with a time of 22.41 as well as 32nd in the 100-yard freestyle and 42nd in the 200-yard freestyle • Ranks sixth all-time at Carolina in the 50-yard free after clocking in a personal-best time of 22.33 at Tennessee • Swam the 200-yard freestyle at Tennessee in 1:51.20, a career-best mark • Collected eight first-place titles with freestyle and medley A relays, including two against Virginia Tech when the 200-yard medley relay clocked in at 1:40.17 and the 400-yard free relay finished in 3:22.25 • Racked up 33 top-five finals finishes during the season, nine of which she earned in 50-yard freestyle competitions • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2016-17: Earned honorable mention All-America honors at the 2017 NCAA Championships • Swam a split of 48.22 on the third leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay team which placed 11th at the NCAA Championships • NCAA qualifier and member of Tar Heels’ scoring team at ACC Championships • Placed 18th in 100-yard freestyle at ACC meet with time of 49.37 while also taking 18th in the 50-yard freestyle at 22.61 • Led off 400 free relay which claimed third at league meet • Qualified for ACC Academic Honor Roll • Placed 10th in 100-yard freestyle and eighth in the 50-yard freestyle at December 2016 AT&T U.S. Swimming winter nationals • Member of 200-yard freestyle relay team which won the national championship in the event at the December 2016 U.S. Swimming AT&T Nationals • took 11th place in the 50-yard freestyle, 13th place in 100-yard freestyle and 15th in the 200-yard freestyle at the 2016 GAC Invitational.

Prep: Attended Sacred Heart Academy of Louisville from 2012-16 • high school swimming academic All-America all four years • Part of independent school national record in 200-yard medley relay • 10-time state high school individual champion • Winner of team MVP and leadership awards • Co-captain of high school swimming team.

Club: Member of Lakeside Swim Team where she was coached by Mike DeBoor • Swam on state championship team • Competed on #3 club team nationally in virtual club team rankings • Club team MVP • Winner of “Seahawk” Award • Competed in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle events at the 2016 Olympic Trials.

Personal: Full name is Brooke Elizabeth Bauer • Daughter of Patrick and Cheri Bauer • Born November 9, 1997 in Louisville, Ky. • Neuroscience major with a chemistry minor • Oldest of three siblings who are swimmers in her family • Her sisters Allison, 18, and Meredith, 15, also compete for Lakeside Swim Team in Louisville and Allison committed to swim for Vanderbilt • Her mom swam for Lakeside Swim Team, Sacred Heart Academy and the University of Kentucky.