Melinda Dawes

Position:
Freestyle
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Beavercreek
Hometown:
Beavercreek, Oh.

At BGSU: 2001- 50 free (25.20, 11th; EMU Invitational), 100 free (55.99, 15th; EMU Invitational), 200 free (2:03.58, exhibition; EMU Invitational), MAC Meet: 2000--50 free (25.49), 200 free (2:01.95), 100 free (55.67).

Personal: Full name--Melinda Kae Dawes...daughter of Amy Dawes...born August 5, 1981, in Kettering, Ohio...earned four varsity swimming letters...swam three years at Beavercreek HS ...was a four year state qualifier and a member of the 400 free relay team which broke the school and sectional record...served on the freshman student council...top high school times -- 50 free (0:25.0) and 100 free (0:54.4)...was a straight-A student her last three years in high school...enjoys golf, weightlifting, softball and basketball...is a member of the Beta Alpha Psi and she is in the national organization for Acct., MIS, and ISAC majors...swam this past summer for the Dayton Raiders and coach Kevin Weldon...maintained a 3.44 gpa through the 2000 spring semester.