Rachel Dekar

Class: RS Junior Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Mich. High School: Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School

Last College: Pepperdine Height: 5-11 Event: Breaststroke/Individual Medley

BRIEFLY
Rachel Dekar is in her second season with LMU swimming...

AT LMU
2011-12... swam a season best 1:03.74 in the 100 breaststroke at the 2012 CA Older JOs... swam a season best 2:21.90 in the 200 breaststroke in the same event...

2010-11... as a sophomore transfer from Pepperdine University, made an instant impact in the breaststroke events for the Lions, earning second team All-MPSF honors in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events with a fourth and seventh-place finish at the MPSF Championships while establishing new LMU program record times of 1:02.81 and 2:16.57, respectively... also helped the Lions to a third-place finish and new LMU program record in the 400 medley relay, dropping over three seconds from the previous record... picked up three wins for the Lions in the 200 breaststroke in dual meets against Cal Poly, San Diego, and Pepperdine... won the LMU Athletic Department "Iggy" award for 2011 Newcomer of the Year, and was voted "Most Team Spirit" by teammates...

AT PEPPERDINE
2009-10... Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete ... PCSC All-Conference ... set the varsity record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:21.05 during preliminaries at the PCSC Championships ... went on to place sixth during the finals of this event with a time of 2:22.19 and finished fourth in the 100 breast (1:05.05) ... scored seventh-place points at PCSCs in the 200 individual medley, completing the course in 2:09.38 ... part of three relays (200 and 400 medley and 200 freestyle) that all finished among the top five and posted season best time of 1:37.74, 1:48.20 and 3:57.60 ... clocked her season best time of 1:05.00 in the 100 breast during the 400 medley relay at PCSCs ... registered team's fastest time in the 200 IM (2:09.24) during PCSC prelims ... Pepperdine's third-best swimmer in the 50 free (24.27) and 100 fly (1:01.29) ... finished the year holding the program's first and fifth fastest times in the 200 breast and its No. 3 through 5 marks in the 100 breast...

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Cranbrook Kingswood High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich... graduated with honors in 2009 from Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner in the breaststroke and butterfly for head coach Scott Hedges ... seven-time NICSA All-American, including four times in the 100 breast and three times with the 200 medley relay ... two-time state champion (all-division) and record holder in the 100 breast ... 2006 state champion and all-division record holder in the 200 medley relay (1:46.55) ... winner of two state titles (Division III) in the 200 medley relay and 200 individual medley ... four-time Oakland County Meet Champion in the 100 breast ... holds four Independent League and school varsity records ... twelve-time MHSAA All-State selection ... All-Area and All-County first team selection in four consecutive years ... named to the 2008 Michigan High School Swimming Dream Team ... served as team captain and was voted MVP ... three-time Dr. Pepper Athlete of the Week as chosen by the Oakland Press ... nominated by High School for Michigan Athlete of the Year Award ... Academic All-American varsity lacrosse player ... made Dean's List and Honor Roll all four years...

PERSONAL
Rachel Lauren Dekar was born on April 22, 1991 in Royal Oak, Mich... parents are Linda and Thomas Dekar... has one brother, Jon... father played basketball at St. John Fisher University... is undecided on a major.