Ann Nowak

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Aurora, Ill.
High School:
Waubonsie Valley

High School - YMCA National finalist and 11-time YMCA National qualifier ... Qualified for State in all four years and was a state finalist in 2003 and 2005. ... NISCA Academic All-American and four-year high honor roll student. Broke six records at Waubonsie Valley, including two marks held by her sister ... Two-time all-state and twice honorable mention.

Personal - Born July 9, 1988 ... Parents are John and Rita Nowak ... Earliest swimming memory occurred when she won local 25-yard backstroke competition as an eight-year-old and was hooked. ... Sister, Mary (23), a former Illini swimmer, is her Illini hero