2007-08: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: Garnered First Team All-America honors after swimming the third 200 of the 800 freestyle relay (6:48.61), which finished second and broke the WSU record by 2.21 seconds ... placed 23rd in the preliminary 200 backstroke (1:54.36) and 26th in the 500 freestyle (4:40.38).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIP: Finished 11th in the 200 butterfly (1:56.54), 13th in the 500 freestyle (4:44.66) and 15th in the 400 individual medley (4:23.81).
SEASON: Named the CollegeSwimming.com Male Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 1) after placing fifth in the 1000 free (10:11.24) and sixth in the 500 free (4:51.10) Oct. 27 at the Oakland University quad meet ... earned GLIAC All-Academic Team honors.
2006-07: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: Finished 16th in the 1000 free (9:47.57) and the 1650 free (16:37.11) for All-America Honorable Mention accolades ... also swam the second leg of the seventh-place 800 free relay (6:53.68) for First Team honors ... finished 20th in the preliminary round of the 500 free (4:41.10). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIP: Finished sixth in the 1650 free (16:18.15) and fourth in the 500 free (4:41.95) ... took seventh in the 200 back (1:56.58) ... swam the third portion of the second-place 800 free relay (6:50.82) which set a WSU record. SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.
2005-06: Finished fourth in the 200 free (1:44.85) earning 15 points ... placed fifth in both the 100 back (53.45) and 200 back (1:57.46) earning 14 points in each event at the GLIAC Championships ... was a member of the second place 800 free relay team (6:59.43) of Veiga, Troyer and Rzepa ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team.
2004-05: Placed sixth in both the 500 freestyle (4:43.25) and 200 backstroke (1:58.96) at the GLIAC Championships ... placed seventh in the 200 free (1:46.39).
High School: A 2004 graduate of Flint Southwestern Academy ... swam two years for the Knights before the program was discontinued ... earned all-league honors as a sophomore ... competed for the Flint Falcons YMCA team and coach Adam Cooper his last two seasons of high school ... won the 100-backstroke in the 18-and-under division at the Michigan swimming state championship and placed fifth at the YMCA nationals ... competed in the 200 free, 1650 free and 200 back at the YMCA short course nationals ... named class salutatorian after earning high honors student accolades all four years.
Personal: Full name--Matthew D. Leix ... born in Flint ... son of William and Carol Leix ... has two younger sisters, Laura and Catherine ... is majoring in pre-med ... last name is pronounced Likes ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2004, Fall 2005, and Winter 2007 (4.00) ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2006 and Fall 2006.
