Sarah Wardecke Class: Senior Hometown: Appleton, Wis. High School: Kimberly Height: 5-7 Event: Sprints/Breaststroke

2010-11: Earned Second-Team All-League honors in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Horizon League Championships, establishing season-best times in each event ... also placed fourth in the 50 freestyle with a career-best time ... anchored UWM's league-champion 400 medley relay team that set a new conference record ... also earned second-team all-league accolades as a member of the school-record 200 medley and 400 free relay squads, as was also on the 200 free relay that broke the school record ... recorded an NCAA 'B' cut time in the 100 breast at the championship meet ... repeated as a Second-Team Capital One Academic All-District selection, CollegeSwimming.com Division I Mid-Major Honorable Mention All-America member and also as a member of the Horizon Academic All-League Winter squad ... won 11 races and finished second in nine others over the course of her junior season ... claimed the win in the 200 breast at Grand Valley State Oct. 15 ... won the 100 butterfly against Valparaiso Oct. 16 ... topped the field in the 100 free against Boston College Oct. 22 and also against Wright State Oct. 29 ... also won the 200 breast against the Raiders ... named Horizon League Swimmer of the Week after winning the 50 free and 100 free in quad meet Nov. 6; set a season-best time in the 100 at the meet ... won the 50 free and the 100 breast and was also second in the 200 breast at the Stevens Point Border Battle Nov. 12-13 ... claimed victory in the 200 breast in UWM's win over Western Illinois Jan. 29 ... first place in the 50 free against Green Bay Feb. 5 ... Horizon League Honor Roll member.

2009-10: Repeated as Horizon League champion in the 100 breaststroke and earned second team all-league honors in the 200 breast as well at the Horizon League Championships ... her time in the 100 breast qualified as an NCAA 'B' cut ... also took fourth in the 50 freestyle ... member of all three UWM relay teams that earned second team all-league honors at the meet, helping establish school records in the 400 free relay, 800 free relay and 200 medley relay ... named to the 2010 Scholar All-American Honorable Mention team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) ... named to the 2010 CollegeSwimming.com Division I Mid-Major All-America Swimming team, selected for honorable mention status ... also selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District and Horizon Academic All-League Winter squads ... competed at the 2009 AT&T Short Course National Championships ... recorded 23 top-three finishes on the season, including 10 wins ... key member of relays all year ... finished first in the 50 free and second in the 100 free in the first meet of the season at Wisconsin Oct. 9, earning Horizon League Swimmer of the Week honors ... also won the 50 free against Wheaton College Nov. 6 and against Western Illinois Jan. 30 ... claimed wins in the 100 free against Wright State Oct. 30 and Green Bay Feb. 6, while establishing a career-best in the race at the league championships in the 400 free relay ... claimed the title in the 200 breast at the Stevens Point Border Battle Nov. 14 ... won the 500 free in her only attempt against Valparaiso Nov. 21 ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2008-09: Burst on the scene with a terrific freshman campaign, capped with Horizon League titles in the 100 and 200 breaststroke in league, school and UWM freshman-record times at the league championships ... earned second team honors with the 400 free relay squad ... became the fourth-ever swimmer to claim two individual league crowns as a freshman ... also placed third in the 50 freestyle at the league meet, lowering the school freshman record in the race for the third time on the year ... swam with the school-record 200 free, 400 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... claimed victories in all four attempts at the 100 breast on the season ... won an amazing 18 times and took second another seven on the season ... won the 50 free and 100 free each day against IUPUI/Xavier/Saint Louis Nov. 14-15 ... recorded wins in the 100 and 200 breast against the University of Chicago Jan. 23 ... won two more times in the 50 and 100 free against Western Illinois the next day ... touched the wall first in her only attempt at the 200 free in win over Wheaton Nov. 1 ... topped the field in the 50 free against Wright State Oct. 31 and Valparaiso Nov. 22 ... doubled up against the Raiders with a win in the 100, breaking the UWM freshman record ... also was victorious in the 100 Nov. 8 ... named Horizon League Swimmer of the Week Nov. 19 ... earned the team's rookie of the year award.

High School: Four-year all-conference swimmer for the Appleton West/Kimberly swim team ... earned All-American honors three years ... selected Fox Valley Association Swimmer of the Year twice in her prep career ... four-time team MVP and letterwinner ... as a senior, was team captain and placed third in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM at the state meet ... recorded a third place finish in the 100 breast and was seventh in the 200 IM at the state meet as a junior ... Appleton Post Crescent Girls Swimming Athlete of the Year as a senior, junior and sophomore and to its All-Area Girls Swim Team ... four-time scholar-athlete ... National Honor Society member ... honor roll all four years ... high school valedictorian.

Personal: Daughter of David and Peggy Wardecke ... majoring in mathematics ... career goal is to become a high school math teacher and coach a high school swim team ... considers the state meet her senior year and the first time she made finals at YMCA Nationals to be her greatest sports moments ... has done volunteer work for Harbor House and the Salvation Army ... lists coaching, swimming, lifeguarding, music and hanging out with friends as hobbies and interests ... born Dec. 5, 1989.