2011-12: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned a national championship on the 800 free relay which set a school record (7:22.27) … posted four top-10 individual finishes to total five All-America honors altogether … placed third in the 500 free (4:51.87), seventh in the 1650 free (17:06.02) and eighth in the 1000 free (10:11.11) … finished 10th in the 200 free (1:50.64).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Repeated as conference champion in the 500 free (4:54.40) and 1650 free (17:09.60) … broke the Jenison pool records in both events and the 21-year-old GLIAC record in the 500 free … was also part of the first-place 800 free relay (7:27.69) which set school, pool, league and meet records … placed second in the 200 free (1:52.23).
SEASON: Competed in 11 meets … top time in 100 free (53.83; relay leadoff) at Eastern Michigan Invitational … 2:13.27 in 200 butterfly Nov. 18 vs. Ashland ... named the
Detroit Athletic Club's Michigan Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... selected as the CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-American of the Year (becoming the first WSU student-athlete in school history to earn Academic All-American of the Year honors) ... voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Women's At-Large First Team ... selected WSU's Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... Deans' Award winner from the College of Education for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all student-athletes in that particular college … selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-Distrct Women's At-Large First Team ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team and the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team ... recipient of the Winter 2012 GLIAC Commissioner’s Award for excellence both in the classroom and on the field of play ... 2011-12 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award ..
2010-11: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Collected four All-America accolades (three First Team, one Honorable Mention) … finished fifth in both the 500 free (4:56.98) and the 1650 free (17:07.80) … placed seventh in the 1000 free (10:13.98) and 12th in the 200 free (1:52.08).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Won conference titles in the 500 free (4:58.60) and 1650 free (17:16.98) … placed third in the 1000 free (10:15.41) … led off the fifth-place 800 free relay (7:46.04).
SEASON: Top time in the 200 butterfly (2:15.80) Oct. 30 at Oakland ... named GLIAC Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 10) and CollegeSwimming.com Counsilman-Hunsaker National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 12) after accumulating nearly 15 percent of WSU's points in a 152.5-147.5 dual meet victory Jan. 8 at Grand Valley State, winning the 500 (5:09.20) and 1000 (10:35.25) freestyle events and placing fourth in the 200 butterfly (2:18.98) ... received a Winter 2011 Meijer Commissioner’s Award ... voted to the CoSIDA/
Capital One Academic All-America At-Large First Team … selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-Distrct Women's At-Large First Team ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team... 2010-11 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2009-10: Competed at the Nov. 21 dual meet at Calvin, but missed the rest of the season due to an injury … named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.
2008-09: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Claimed four First Team All-America titles ... finished fourth in both the 500 and 1000 freestyles (4:55.48, 10:08.59) ... placed eighth in the 1650 free (17:07.96) ... led off the fifth-place 800 free relay which set a school record (7:27.82) ... came in 19th in the 200 free (1:53.07).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished second in the 1000 free (10:21.02), third in the 500 free (5:01.62) and fifth in the 200 free (1:54.55).
SEASON: Made a national "A" cut in the 1650 free (17:27.68) on Dec. 5 at the EMU Invitational ... swam third leg of the school-record setting 800 free relay (7:40.40) the next day ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team and the CoSIDA/
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Women's At-Large College Division Second Team.
2007-08: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned three Honorable Mention All-America awards ... finished 13th in the 1000 free (10:32.21) and 15th in the 1650 free (17:58.44) ... swam the final 200 of the ninth-place and school record-setting 800 freestyle relay (7:41.26) ... anchored the preliminary 200 free relay, which placed 21st (1:40.22) ... came in 17th in the preliminary 500 free (5:09.36) and 33rd in the 200 free (1:57.47). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished second in the 1000 free (10:28.84), third in the 200 free (1:55.44) and fourth in the 500 free (5:06.34) ... swam the third leg of the second-place 800 free relay (7:49.59) and the second portion of the third-place 400 free relay (3:35.59). SEASON: Swam the second 200 of the school record-setting 800 free relay (7:41.35) Dec. 1 at the Eastern Michigan Invitational.
High School: A 2007 graduate of Flint Southwestern Academy ... earned four varsity letters for the Knights ... earned all-city and all-conference as well as the MVP award as a senior ... finished 14th in the 200 freestyle at the state meet ... set varsity records in the 100 breaststroke (1:13.47), 200 free (1:58.16), and 500 free (5:22.07) in 2006 ... was part of a record-setting 200 free relay (along with her sister Laura) in 2005 (1:45.27) ... graduated with a 4.00 GPA as valedictorian of her class ... was one of only six Flint students honored as a Saginaw Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2007.
Personal: Full name--Catherine L. Leix ... born in Flint ... daughter of William and Carol Leix ... has a brother, Matt, and a sister, Laura, both former WSU swimmers ... is a science education secondary major with a biology minor... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2007 (4.00), Winter 2008, Fall 2008 (4.00), Winter 2009, Fall 2009 (4.00), Winter 2010 (4.00), Fall 2010 (4.00), Winter 2011 (4.00), Fall 2011 and Winter 2012.
