Emily Waller

Photo by: BGSU Photography

Position:
Freestyle
Class:
Senior
High School:
Dekalb
Hometown:
Dekalb, Ill.

2013-14: Second-team All-Conference … Placed sixth at the MAC Championships in the 500 freestyle, swimming a season-best 4:54.19 in the prelims to qualify sixth … Placed eighth at the MAC Championships in the 1650 freestyle … Qualified for the consolation finals in the 200 freestyle at the MAC Championships, placing 10^th overall … Broke the school record in the 800 freestyle relay at the MAC Championships, placing second in 7:20.05 … Won the 200 freestyle in a dual meet at Xavier … Won the 500 freestyle on Senior Day against Youngstown State … Member of the 200 freestyle relay that won dual meets at Toledo and at Xavier.

2012-13: Named to the All-MAC Second Team ... Broke the school record in the 500 freestyle at MAC Championships, swimming a time of 4:53.98 to finish sixth in the final ... swam the third-fastest 200 freestyle in BGSU history (1:50.23) in MAC prelims, finishing seventh in the final ... also finished ninth in the 1650 freestyle with the eighth-fastest time in school history (17:07.69) ... swam in BGSU's third-place 800 free relay at MAC Championships, whose time of 7:23.87 was just shy of the school record ... swam in the 500 freestyle (sixth), 1650 freestyle (sixth), 200 freestyle (11th) and 800 free relay (third) at the TYR Invitational ... totaled 11 top-three finishes, including wins in the 200 free, 1000 free (2), 500 free and 1650 free during the season ... swam a career-best 53.91 in the 100 free against Youngstown State.

2011-12: Posted second-best time in BGSU history and finished sixth overall in 200 free (1:50.31) at MAC Championships ... also finished 12th at MACs in 500 free (4:56.46), fifth best time in BGSU history ... won both 200 free (1:52.43) and 500 free (5:00.42) at TPSC Invitational ... also at TPSC, placed fourth in 1650 free, eighth in 400 IM and 14th in 200 IM ... had five total first-place finishes in four different events during dual meet season ... finished in the top three in 17 of 22 total races at dual meets, including six of seven in the 500 free ... qualified for and finished 34th in 2012 U.S. Open Water Championships (in Fort Myers, Fla.).

2010-11: Redshirted due to injury.

2009-10: Posted season and personal best times in three individual races, including a 19th-place finish in the 200-Free (1:51.76), a 28th-place finish in the 500-Free (5:03.51) and a 16th-place finish in the 1,650-Free (17:22.05--dropping approximately 23 seconds off of her previous personal-best time in the event) … swam the fourth leg of the record-setting 800-Free relay squad that finished sixth (7:23.27) … swam fourth leg of the fourth-place finishing 400-Free relay team (3:25.78).

High School: Four-year letter winner ... four-time MVP from 2005 through 2008 ... won Coaches Award in 2005, 2007 and 2008 ... at high school states in 2007, placed 12th in 100 free ... in 2008, placed 8th in 100 free ... named to the All-State Team twice ... elected team captain in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... was a member of the 2008 Athletic Council

Personal: Full name is Emily Anne Waller ... daughter of Brad and Jacque Waller ... father played basketball at Northern Illinois ... born January 4, 1991 ... has one brother, Kyle, and one sister, Grace ... brother, Kyle played basketball at Augustana College ... AYA/ILA education major with a 3.11 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2013 semester.

Personal Bests
100 Freestyle: 53.91, at Youngstown State (2/2/13)
200 Freestyle: 1:50.23, at MAC Championships (3/1/13)
500 Freestyle: 4:53.98, at MAC Championships (2/28/13)
1000 Freestyle: 10:21.54, at TPSC Invitational (12/1/11)
1650 Freestyle: 16:56.93, at MAC Championships (3/1/14)
100 Butterfly: 1:01.45, Youngstown State (1/27/12)
100 Backstroke: 1:03.27, at Toledo (1/24/14)
200 IM: 2:10.59, at TPSC Invitational (12/3/11)
400 IM: 4:31.91, at TPSC Invitational (12/2/11)