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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Newark, Del.
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- High School:
- Conrad Schools of Science
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- Events:
- IM/Breast
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- 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.
News mentions
Picks Up SSC Swimmer of Week Honor
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