American University

   
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2010-11: Selected as All-Patriot League FirstTeam and to the inaugural Academic All-Patriot League Team …honored as women’s co-MVP … named 2010-11 team captain… captured the Patriot League Championship title in the 400medley relay while swimming the lead leg of the race …contributed to the fastest 200 medley relay in program history,earning Patriot League runner-up … other Patriot LeagueChampionship accolades include three lifetime-best swims that eachrank her second-fastest in program history: third place in the 100back with a prelim time of 56.68, third place in the 200 butterfly(2:03.53), and fourth place in the 100 fly (56.20) … alsoqualified for and competed in the 2010 USA Swimming Short CourseNationals in the 100 backstroke … placed first in the 100fly (59.70), while finishing second in the 100 back (1:00.28) and200 fly (2:14.46) against George Washington and Catholic …finished first against Howard in the 100 backstroke (1:02.67) and100 butterfly (1:00.80).

2009-10: Named All-Patriot League Second Team… a 2010-11 team captain … named team''s most improvedswimmer following the season ... finished in sixth-place in the 100back at the Patriot League Championships (57.30), her highestcareer finish in any event at the conference meet ... swampersonal-best times in the 100 fly (56.93), 100 back (56.69) andthe 200 fly (2:06.84) at the PLs … currently second on theAU all-time top ten list in the 100 backstroke (56.69) …recorded a season-best in the 200 back with a time of 2:15.33,finishing first vs. Howard … member of the 200 medley relayteam that swam a school record (1:45.01) and the 400 medley relayteam (3:56.34) at the PLs which finished third and fourth,respectively … named to the Patriot League Academic HonorRoll.

2008-09: Honored as one of the team''s mostimproved swimmers following the season ... earned an eighth placefinish in the 100 backstroke at the Patriot League Championshipswith a time of 57.87 ... time of 58.46 in the 100 fly at PLs was alifetime best ... competed in the 200 butterfly at the PatriotLeague Championships, registering a time of 2:10.19 ... swambackstroke on school-record 400 and 200 medley relay teams.

2007-08: Finished 10th in the 100 backstroke atthe Patriot League Championships with a time of 1:00.36 ... wasalso part of two scoring relays at the conference meet ... competedon 200 and 400 medley relay squads.

High School: Earned four varsity letters, threein swimming and one in cross country at Egg Harbor Township HighSchool ... placed 11th at the state meet in the 100 back and 13thin the 100 fly ... broke the school record in the 100 back and as amember of the 200 medley relay team ... was named a Varsity ScholarAthlete ... was a member of the Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Dinky and Tom Ballance... has a younger brother, Bobby ... majoring in environmentalstudies.