| Georgia Steenberge |
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AS A SENIOR:
Finished the 500 Free in 5:24.71 at the Irish Invite ... also swam the 100 Fly in 1:05.78 at the meet ... her 100 Fly time of 1:03.65 against LSU was a season best ... swam the 1,000 Free (11:04.19) in a home meet with USC and the 1,650 (18:17.94) at the Shamrock Invitational ... named the team's Knute Rockne Scholar-Athlete.
AS A JUNIOR:
Seventh-best swimmer for the Irish in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 18:05.58 set at the Minnesota Invitational ... had a season best of 2:17.30 in the 200 butterfly for ninth-best member of the team ... presented with the Knute Rockne Student-Athlete Award at the conclusion of the season ... earned a monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE:
Finished 33rd at the 2006 BIG EAST Championships in a season-best time of 2:14.64 in the 200 fly ... set a new career-best (10:50.22) in the 1,000 freestyle in the dual meet against Pittsburgh ... had a personal-best time of 17:46.76 in finishing fourth at the Shamrock Invitational, it was also the sixth-best mark in the event for a Fighting Irish athlete in 2006 ... set a career-best in the 200 butterfly at the Shamrock Invitational (2:13.19) ... earned her second BIG EAST Academic All-Star selection in as many years ... earned a monogram.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Improved throughout her rookie campaign in 2004-05 ... just missed qualifying for the BIG EAST Championships in the 1,650 freestyle ... eventually posted a BIG EAST qualifying time (17:51.71) at the Boiler-Make-It, her final event of the season ... also competed in the 500 free, 100 fly and 200 fly ... won the 200 freestyle at the Boiler-Make-It in 2:00.27 - her only 200 free race of the season ... ranked third on the team in the 1,650 free and fourth in the 1,000 free (10:52.38) ... earned a monogram.
THE STEENBERGE FILE:
Four-year letterwinner as a swimmer at Granbury High School ... received All-America honors as a junior ... established six individual and three relay marks at her high school ... garnered all-state, all-city and all-conference recognition four times ... team MVP all four years of her prep career ... second in the 500 freestyle and third in the 100 butterfly at the 2003 Texas State Championships ... collected another third-place showing in the 100 fly at the 2004 state meet ... earned points at the 2004 spring national championships ... 100-meter butterfly champion at the 2003 Southern Zone Championships ... district Competitor of the Year in 2003 and 2004 ... captained her team as a senior ... three-time conference champion and two-time regional champion ... 2003 regional swimmer of the year ... has trained and competed in Spain, Italy, France and Mexico ... also played basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society at Granbury ... born Oct. 5, 1985, in Sierravista, Ariz. ... daughter of Janet and Patrick Steenberge ... oldest of three children ... last name is pronounced STEEN-burge ... father was a quarterback for the Irish, earning monograms in 1970 and '71 ... cousin, Kevin Steenberge, played basketball at Richmond ... cousin Brian Zematis plays football at Indiana... brother, Brier, was a member of the Notre Dame track team ... graduated from the College of Arts and Letters as a design major.
