Louis Cavadini Class: Senior Hometown: South Bend, IN High School: Riley Height / Weight: 6-0 / 165 Position: Fly/Free Birthdate: 03/06/1985

Bio • Career Bests

One of three team captains ... one of the top sprinters on the Irish is a key in relay fortunes ... three-time monogram winner ... ranks third all-time in the 100 butterfly (49.11), as well as third in the 50 free (20.65) and fourth in the 100 free (45.29) ... also a member of all three school-record freestyle relays, 200 (1:20.64), 400 (3:00.02) and 800 (6:35.47) ... BIG EAST champion in the 800-yard freestyle relay in 2006 ... three-time all-BIG EAST performer ... great competitor ... local product was 13-time All-American in high school ... finished 35th in 100-meter butterfly at 2004 USA Swimming Summer National Championships.

AS A JUNIOR
BIG EAST champion in the 800-yard freestyle relay as the Irish quartet finished in a school-record time of 6:35.47 ... that was the third all-conference honor of his career ... first on the team in the 50 and 100 free ... second in the 100 fly ... clocked identical 50 free times of 20.68 in the prelims and finals at the BIG EAST meet to place seventh ... registered another seventh-place showing in the 100 fly with a season-best time of 49.35 ... finished eighth in the 100 free at BIG EAST with a time of 45.51 ... his preliminary time of 45.29 was a career-best mark ... also established a careerbest time in the 200 free (1:41.93) at the Notre Dame Invitational ... claimed 20 relay and seven individual victories on the season ... earned a monogram.

AS A SOPHOMORE
All-BIG EAST in the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard free relay ... member on all three school-record freestyle relays, which were established at the BIG EAST Championships ... swam the team's second fastest 50-yard (20.65) and 100-yard (45.62) free times ... clocked Notre Dame's third-fastest 100-yard butterfly time (49.39) ... all of those times were BIG EAST "A" cuts ... also swam an "A" cut in the 200 free (1:42.56) ... posted a conference "B" cut in the 500 free (4:47.51) ... placed sixth at the BIG EAST Championships in the 50 free and 10th in the 100 free ... finished seventh in the 100 fly at the conference meet ... member of 400-yard freestyle relay that took first-place by .04 to defeat No. 17 Pittsburgh in a meet in the Rolfs Aquatic Center ... placed second on the team with 371.25 total points (252.5 individual, 118.75 relay) ... claimed eight individual firstplace finishes along with seven relay wins ... part of winning 200 medley relay team in a dual meet at Louisville ... won the 100 free versus Iowa ... victorious in the 200 free at St. Bonaventure.

AS A FRESHMAN
One of Notre Dame's top sprinters in 2003-04 ... anchored 200 freestyle relay that broke school record with time of 1:21.30 that was good for fourth place at the BIG EAST meet and 35th in Division I ... ranked third on Irish in 50 free (20.91) and 100 fly (49.11) and was fifth in 100 free (46.19) ... also swam on 200 free relay team that posted then-second-best time in school history (1:22.41) with first-place finish at Notre Dame Invitational, as well as the 400 free relay that notched the third-best mark in school history (3:02.43) en route to a sixth-place result at the BIG EAST Championships that clinched Notre Dame's second-place finish in the team standings ... ranked eighth on team in points scored with 236 ... scored 27.5 points in BIG EAST meet ... took fifth in the 100 fly ... lost a swimoff to finish 17th in the 50 free and was 19th in the 100 free ... posted first-place finish in 100 free against #15 Northwestern and won the 50 free vs. Villanova ... swam on eight relays that registered first-place finishes in dual meets, including the 400 free quartet that was first against Wyoming (22nd at NCAAs) ... swam on three meet-record relays at Dennis Stark Relays: 200 free (1:25.55), 400 free (3:09.34), and 400 butterfly (3:26.70).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA
Garnered All-America honors five times in individual events -- twice in the 50 freestyle and butterfly and once in the 100 free -- and eight times in relays ... set five school records at Riley High School and earned four letters ... in addition, established eight city marks and six sectional records during scholastic career ... U.S. Swimming rankings included seventh in the 50 free, 15th in the 100 free and ninth in the 100 fly ... helped high school team to undefeated dual-meet record in each of his last two seasons and four Northern Indiana Conference titles ... as a junior, was a member of 200 freestyle relay team which won state championship ... tabbed as a BIG EAST Academic All- Star ... sister Katie was a four-year member of Irish women's swimming team and served as captain of '03 squad in her senior season ... National Honor Society member ... served as class president during both his junior and senior years ... father John is chair and a professor within the theology department at Notre Dame ... fourth oldest of seven children ... sisters Julia and Katie and brother Peter are Notre Dame graduates ... younger brother David is a sophomore on the Fighting Irish roster ... born March 6, 1985, in New Haven, Conn. ... son of John and Nancy Cavadini ... enrolled in the College of Arts & Letters as a theology major.