Wayne State University Athletics

Cauli Bedran was a four-year swimming letterwinner (2006-10) who earned 24 All-America honors including 17 First Team accolades.

He was a five-time All-American in 2007, anchoring three First Team Relays (200 free, 400 medley and 400 free) at the NCAA Championships, with the latter two relays breaking school records.  Bedran was an Honorable Mention All-American after placing ninth in the 100 backstroke and 16th in the 100 free.

At the GLIAC Championships his freshman year, he anchored the first-place 400 medley relay which set a GLIAC and WSU record.  Bedran broke a 26-year-old school record in the 50 free (Gary Bice, 1980, 21.31) at the Eastern Michigan Invitational with a time of 21.10 as the leadoff of the 200 free relay.

As a sophomore, Bedran was part of the first national champion relay in school history as he led off the victorious 200 medley relay.  He also earned First Team All-America honors in the 400 medley relay (fourth), 400 free relay (fourth) and 100 backstroke (sixth).  Bedran again broke the school record in the 50 free (20.67) when he finished 13th at the NCAA Championships.  He received Honorable Mention All-American recognition for the 200 free relay which placed 11th.

At the 2008 GLIAC Championships, Bedran had three top-five individual finishes placing third in the 100 backstroke and fifth in both the 50 free and 100 free.  He anchored the first-place 200 free relay and third-place 400 free relay, while leading off the second-place 200 medley relay.

In 2009, he earned six All-American honors.  Bedran was part of three First Team relays (200 medley, 200 free and 400 free) and earned Honorable Mention All-American accolades in the 100 back, 50 free and 100 free.

Bedran won two GLIAC titles in 2009 as the 200 medley relay broke the school record as well as the conference mark.  He was also a member of the 400 free relay which set school and GLIAC records.

Bedran earned First Team All-America honors in all seven events he could compete in as a senior:  50 free (fourth), 100 free (sixth), 100 backstroke (eighth), 200 medley relay (fifth), 400 free relay (seventh), 400 medley relay (seventh) and 200 free relay (eighth).

The month before, he won five GLIAC titles including two individual conference championships in the 50 free and 100 free.  He placed second in the 100 back and anchored three first-place relays.  

Bedran made up a .70 second deficit to win by .15 over Ashland in the 200 free relay (1:23.91).  He also erased a 1.05 second deficit for a .60 second victory over Grand Valley State in the 400 medley relay (3:21.70) which set a pool record.  Bedran also anchored the victorious 400 free relay.

The 2009-10 WSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year, Bedran won a total of nine GLIAC titles, including anchoring seven relay titles.

Bedran helped the squad to three top-three NCAA finishes, including a runner-up finish in 2009, the best in school history.

A political science major, he earned WSU Academic Honor Roll status all eight semesters, including five terms above a 3.5.  Bedran was a two-time GLIAC Commissioner’s Award Recipient for athletic and academic excellence as well as being a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.