Emily McLane '20 Recruiting Profile

I began swimming competitively when I was ten years old.  Prior to swimming, I tried many other sports.  Nothing felt right, until I jumped in the pool for the first time.  I haven’t looked back since and feel at home in the pool.  I made the varsity team at my school when I was in 8th grade and since this point, I have wanted to swim at the college level.  It is the coaching staff at my club team, though, that has really kindled this fire in me.   I have swam SCY meets for several years, but wanted to challenge myself so I added my first LCM meet in the summer of 2017. I hope to add at least two more LCM meets next season. In October of 2017. I attended my New York State section 7 Sectional Meet and was awarded blue ribbons for the 200 IM relay, 200 Free relay and the 100 Breaststroke. I received a second place win for the 500 Free. In November of 2017, I attended the New York Swimming and Diving State Championships for my three first place sectional wins.

I am a young, competitive swimmer with times that allow me to compete at elite competitions.  I am also a leader on both my club team and my high school team.  I enjoy being a part of a team and the team building process.  I participate in the Athletic Leadership Academy at my high school. There are several workshops each year and they help  me develop and enhance mental toughness, motivation, leadership, communication, and team unity and bonding. Overall, these workshops help me to become a more effective leader on my team and a better team member.  I participate in other athletics which enable me to better myself as a swimmer.  In the spring, I play on a U15 girls club lacrosse team and a coed club lacrosse team.  Furthermore, I make every effort possible to participate in strength and agility training.

As a student, I am responsible and achieve high grades, mostly in the 90s.  I take advanced placement classes in science and math and take all honors level classes.   Extracurricularly, I participate in other activities such as College For Every Student and Model UN.  I am also a member of 4H where I show dairy cows and swine.  In June of 2017, I was selected as 4H Grand Champion Dairy Showman, which enabled me to have to have the opportunity to attend and show at the New York State Fair. 4H has also given me the opportunity to be a Dairy Ambassador for my county.