Transferred to Wayne State during the summer of 2005 after the University of Louisiana Monroe dropped its men's swimming program.
2005-06: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Three-time All-American and three-time honorable mention honoree ... earned two All-American and two honorable mention All-American honors as part of four school record setting relay teams with Giblin, Pacheco, and Blanco ... took individual All-America honors in the 200 breaststroke, finishing eighth in a time of 2:07.19 ... qualified for the A-Final by swimming 2:06.7 in the preliminaries ... received All-America honors as part of the 200 medley relay team that finished seventh in a school record time of 1:32.9 ... also earned All-America honors as a member of the 400 relay team that placed eighth in 3:25.83 ... that team swam a school record time of 3:25.58 in the preliminaries ... received individual honorable mention All-America honors in the 100 breaststroke, finishing fourth in the B-Final, good for 12th overall in a time of 58.14 ... swam on the 200 free relay team, which finished 14th in a time of 1:25.43 ... also anchored the 400 free relay that swam a school record time of 3:08.22 in the preliminaries, before swimming a 3:08.29 in the finals to finish in 15th place ... placed 19th in the preliminaries of the 200 IM in a time of 1:56.01, barely missing the B-Final ... GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished second in the 100 breast (58.89) earning 17 points ... placed fourth in both the 200 IM (1:54.99) and 200 breast (2:09.65) earning 15 points in each event ... was a member of the first place and GLIAC record setting 200 medley relay quartet (1:33.89) with Pacheco, Blanco and Bergstrom ... was a member of the third place 400 medley relay team (3:26.53) of Pacheco, Blanco and Bergstrom.
2004-05: Competed in the championship final of three events at the Sun Belt Championship (200 IM, 100 breast and 200 breast) ... also swam the second leg of the 200 free relay (20.88) ... best times at conference championship were 1:54.10 (200 IM), 57.95 (100 breast) and 2:80.22 (200 breast).
2003-04: Recorded best season times of 1:54.13 in the 200 IM and 2:08.06 in the 200 backstroke.
2002-03: Swam in both the 100 breast and 200 breast at the 2003 National Independent Conference Championships held in Rochester, Mich.
High School: A 1999 graduate of Alleskolan ... swam for the three years for coach Ake Hansson.
Personal: Full name--Gote Mathias Isaksson ... born in Vasteras, Sweden ... son of Gote and Ritva Isaksson ... has two older brothers, Patrik and Robert, and a younger sister, Matilda ... Patrik swam at Iowa State ... attended Malardalens University in Vasteras in 2000 ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2005 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2006.
