Caryn Sanclementi '20 Recruiting Profile

I am a dedicated, passionate, and competitive student athlete who wishes to continue to challenge myself at the college level.  As a sophomore in high school who has been swimming since the age of ten, swimming has become an integral part of my life.  I hope to experience the challenge as well as the camaraderie of being on a college swim team while continuing to maintain my academic excellence.  

Academically, I am at the top of my high school class and I have consistently enrolled in the highest level of classes offered at my school. I plan to begin Advanced Placement classes in my junior year, as well as Dual Enrollment classes at a local college in my senior year.  This year, I was accepted into the Jump Start Medical Program at my high school, which is a pre-professional program partnering with a local hospital and healthcare professionals which gives me firsthand experience with careers in the medical field, a field that I am considering for college.  I am also traveling abroad to London and Paris this coming June with my school's World Language club, an experience I am certainly looking forward to!

I am a well respected classmate and serve as a role model for other students in my high school.  This year, I was elected by my peers as the secretary of the Class of 2020.  For the past several years, I have volunteered for my town as well as for a local Rotary Club.  In addition, I have done mission trips to Philadelphia and Chicago,  as well as volunteer work through my church youth group.  

Swimming is a part of my life I cannot imagine living without.  I began swimming during a difficult time in my life.  When I was ten years old, I became very ill and was eventually diagnosed with lupus.  Because of this, I was unable to spend long hours in the sun.  So while I had always been a soccer player, I had to find something else to do which would not require extended periods of time outside.  That summer after my diagnosis, I joined a local summer swim team which practiced at an indoor pool.  I soon realized that swimming was something that I wanted to do year-round, and I joined a club team after that first summer.  Swimming is unlike other sports in that while it is an individual sport, it is also a team sport, especially at the high school level.  The bond of a swim team is one that is not easily broken.  In addition, being a swimmer has taught me goal setting, time management, and decision making skills that are useful not only in swimming but in all aspects of my life.   Most of all, swim has taught me perseverance during difficult times.