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Brett Saunders

Height:

6-1
Year:

Sr.
Hometown:

Newark, Del.
High School:

Conrad Schools of Science
Events:

IM/Breast
Major:

Finance

Bio

As a Senior: Sunshine State Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Was the third recipient in school history to receive SSC Scholar-Athlete Award, joining Henrik Nebrelius (1997-98) and Lars Benner (2016-17)...D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll with perfect 4.0 GPA...2019-20 All-American...2019-20 SSC Swimmer of the Year… Earned a 2019-20 All-SSC First Team selection…Named the Sports Club of Tampa Bay University of Tampa Male Student-Athlete of the Year...Three-time SSC Champion (200 Yard IM, 200 Yard Back, 400 Yard IM). Posted top times in the 200 Yard Back(1:43.51), 50 Yard Breast (25.39), 100 Yard Breast (54.26), 200 Yard IM (1:45.54), and 400 Yard IM (3:46.40).

As a Junior: 2018-2019 All-American...Recorded top times in the 200 Yard Back (1:46.43), 200 Yard Breast (1:59.39), 400 Yard IM (3:49.45), 200 Yard IM (1:47.87).

As a Sophomore: Earned personal best times in 50 Yard Back (23.88) and 200 Yard Back (1:47.56) at 2018 NCAA DII Championships and 100 Yard Back (50.95) at the SSC Championship.

As a Freshman: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a perfect 4.0...Received D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...CSCAA Scholar All-American...Posted top times in the 400 Yard IM (3:51.05), the 200 Yard IM (1:49.25), the 200 Yard Back (148.22), and the 200 Yard Breast (2:03.55) all at the Spartan Invitational... In addition, when he swam the 400 Yard IM in 3:51.05, he set a new school and Sunshine State Conference record with his time.

High School: Attended Conrad Schools of Science and graduated in 2016...Was team captain...Swam club for Delaware Swim Team...Was also a tennis state champion...Participated in the World Triathlon Championships.

Personal: Finance major…Son of Blair and Jocelyn Saunders...Has one sibling, Brooke…Received over 700 hours of community service from camps, school pride days, and 5Ks…Born November 3.

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