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2015-16 Women's Swimming Roster

Joann Wakefield

  • Position Freestyle
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Munster
  • Hometown Munster, Ind.

Biography

2015-16 ... Competed in the 50/100-Free, 50/100/200-Breast and the 200-IM events as a senior... added her name to the EIU record books with the new third best time in the 50-Free at 24.18 and fourth best time in the 100-Breast at 1:06.28, which she swam at the Summit League meet... placed 10th in the 100-Breast and a tie for 14th in the 50-Free at the league meet... swam as the second leg in the 200-Medley Relay.

2014-15 ... Saw action in five individual events as a junior... added her name to the EIU record books with the new 5th best mark in the 100-Breast, which she swam in the prelims of the Summit-League meet... also competed in both the 200/400-Free Relay units.

2013-14 ... All-Summit League honoree as the third leg in the third place 200-Free Relay at the end-of-season conference meet... set a school record in the 400-Free Relay as she swam the opening leg... also added her name to the EIU Top 10 in the 200-IM during the Summit League prelims.

2012-13 ... Finished a busy freshman season by swimming in ten different individual events... set season top times in both the 200 and 400-IM races at the season-ending Summit League Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL ... Four-year member of the varsity swim squad at Munster HS in Indiana for coaches Terry Special, Julie Feingold and Matt Pavlovich... earned team captain and most improved honors as a senior... 400-Free Relay champion at the sectional meet... runner-up in the 100-Free in the same meet... earned All-American honors as a member of the 400-Free Relay squad as the foursome set a sectional meet record in 2012... also earned All-American honors in 2011 in the 200-Free Relay as one of four swimmers to earn sectional championship... her high school squad placed third place at the state meet in 2010... while also earning four consecutive sectional titles.







Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Freestyle
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2014-15Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2015-16Senior

    Freestyle
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