Leader of Irish sprint-freestyle corps is one of the best in school history ... ranks as fourth-fastest all-time in 50 freestyle (career-best 23.49) and fifth-quickest in the 100 free (51.36) ... prolific relay swimmer is part of Notre Dame records in 200 free relay (1:32.01) and 400 free relay (3:21.25) ... also has four BIG EAST titles to her credit, taking part in the champion 200 free relay in each of her first three seasons, as well as the first-place 400 free relay in '03 ... the time turned in by the '02 quartet still stands as the BIG EAST Championships record ... seven-time all-conference honoree in relay action ... three-time monogram winner. AS A JUNIOR: One of Notre Dame's top sprinters again in 2003-04 ... led off 200 freestyle relay that won the BIG EAST title with an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:32.66 that ranked 25th in Division I ... swam first leg of 400 free relay that also posted an NCAA "B" cut and was 25th in the nation, taking second in the BIG EAST meet ... ranked third on the Irish in the 100 free (52.17) and fourth in the 50 free (24.00) ... scored 24.5 points in the BIG EAST Championships, en route to two all-conference honors ... moved up 28 spots from her seeding (39th) to finish 11th in the 100 free ... moved up 14 positions from seeding (31st), but missed the finals in the 50 free by just .04 seconds, taking 17th ... was disqualified in the 200 free ... swam on the 400 free relay that finished first in the Notre Dame Invitational ... anchored a pair of relays that set meet records in the Dennis Stark Relays: the 400 medley (3:55.51) and the 500 crescendo freestyle (4:34.10) ... season best in the 200 free was 1:56.02 in the Notre Dame Invitational. AS A SOPHOMORE: Had a stellar sophomore season, winning two BIG EAST Conference titles as a member of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays ... earned all-BIG EAST honors in both events ... also earned all-BIG EAST accolades on the third-place 200 medley relay team, swimming the freestyle leg ... was sixth in the 50 free and ninth in the 100 free at the conference meet ... posted the second-fastest time on the roster in both the 50 (23.49) and 100 freestyle (51.36) and the fifth-best time in the 200 free (1:52.87) ... a member of the 200 free relay that won at Michigan ... won both the 50 free and the 400 medley relay and was second in the 100-yard freestyle against Bowling Green, Louisville, and Saint Louis ... placed second in the 50 free and 100 free against Colorado State. AS A FRESHMAN: Swam the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle for the Irish in 2001-02 ... swam the leadoff leg of the BIG EAST Champion 200 freestyle relay which set a Notre Dame and conference championships record in 1:32.01 ... also swam the 50, 100 and 200 free and the 400 and 800 freestyle relay at the BIG EAST meet ... earned all-BIG EAST honors after second-place finish ... posted season-best times in all events there including 23.74 in the 50 free, 51.73 in the 100 and 1:53.32 in the 200 freestyle ... was fifth in the 50 free, 13th in the 100 free, and 21st in the 200 free at the BIG EAST meet ... won her first-ever collegiate race, swimming the anchor leg of the 200 medley relay against Pittsburgh ... also swam the leadoff leg of the winning 200 freestyle relay in the same meet ... won the 200 freestyle versus Michigan State ... swam to victory in 50 free vs. Florida Atlantic. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Participated in the 2000 United States Olympic Trials ... was a seven-time All-American at Marian High School ... Nebraska state swimmer of the year in both in 2000 and 2001 ... set eight school records, seven Metro Conference records, and six Nebraska state records ... finalist for the Omaha World Herald's Athlete of the Year ... 2001 Greater Omaha Sports Committee Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Metro Conference Most Outstanding Athlete in 2000 and `01 ... All-American, all-state, all-city, all-conference, and team most valuable player all four years of high school ... team captain as a senior ... won state championships as a freshman, junior and senior ... a member of National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Recruitment Team, and Mu Alpha Theta ... only daughter of Julie and Bob Eckholt ... born June 19, 1983, in Omaha, Neb. ... named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star in 2003 and `04 ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a political science major.