Claire Aksamit Class: Sophomore Hometown: Rochester, Minn. High School: Lourdes Height: 5-2 Position: Freestyle Birthdate: 01/11/1993

Top Times
100 Freestyle - 53.8
200 Freestyle - 1:56.47 (2012 BIG EAST Championships)
100 Butterfly - 59.4

2011-12: Swam at least once in nine different individual races ... Competed at the BIG EAST Championships in the 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle ... Finished 32nd at the conference meet in the 200 fly(2:13.51) ... Registered a top time at the Championships in the 200 free, touching the wall at 1:56.47 ... RELAYS: Swam a leg in the 200 freestyle relay, teams placed 7th at the Connecticut/Georgetown/Rutgers quadrangular meet and first against Seton Hall.

Lourdes High School: Earned five varsity letters in swimming and one in track ... Garnered all-conference, all-state, All-America accolades ... Was named team captain ... Member of National Honor Society and was in the Top 10 percent of the class in her senior year ... Also an AP Scholar ... Coached by Paul Bachman.

Personal: Born 01/11/1993 ... Middle child of three of Timothy and Maureen Aksamit ... Siblings are Jim (21) and Will (16) ... Older brother is currently a swimmer at Ball State University ... Chose to attend Villanova because she loved the school ...Enjoys music and food ... Majoring in Biology ... Has aspirations to become a doctor.