Noelani Vargas

Class: Senior Hometown: Waimea, Hawaii High School: Hawaii Preparatory Academy

Height: 5-5 Event: Backstroke/Freestyle

BRIEFLY
Noelani Vargas is in her fourth season with LMU swimming...

AT LMU
2011-12... swam a season best 24.18 in the 50 freestyle at both the 2011 UT Invite and 2012 CA OBS MPSF... swam a season best 53.15 in the 100 freestyle... swam career bests in both the 100 (58.61) and 200 (2:04.71) backstrokes... times in both 100 and 200 backstroke moved into LMU top-10, sixth overall...

2010-11... All-MPSF Scholar-Athlete and Academic Team selection... recorded personal-best times in the 100 and 200 backstroke in the bonus consolation at the MPSF Championships, placing 19th in the 100 with a 59.00 and 20th in the 200 backstroke with a 2:06.51, a three-second drop from previous personal-best... ranks fourth in the 100 and sixth in the 200 on LMU's All-Time list... also swam a personal-best of 24.60 at the Conference Championships...

2009-10... had a breakout freshman year achieving personal best times in all three conference events and scoring in each, including an eighth place finish in the 200 backstroke, and ninth in the 100 backstroke earning a place on the PCSC All-Conference team... contributing 44 individual points to the team total... holds the fifth fastest time in LMU history in the 100 backstroke and the sixth fastest in the 200 backstroke...

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Hawai'i Preparatory Academy in Kamuela, HI... a four-year varsity letterwinner for Mark Noetzel... served as team captain in her senior campaign... garnered All-Conference recognition every season... named Team MVP after her sophomore, junior and senior years... also competed in cross country and track in high school...

PERSONAL
Noelani Marita Vargas was born on November 13, 1990 in Honolulu, HI... parents are Kathlyn and Roger Vargas... has one sister, Keia... also recruited by San Diego, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz and Pepperdine, but chose LMU because it has a great swimming program, it is a catholic school and it is in California... a natural science major.