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2014-15 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Soren Holm

Soren Holm

  • Position:
    Back/Free
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    159
  • Letters:
    2
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Rodovre, Denmark
  • High School:
    Falkonergårdens Gymnasium

Summary

Biography

2014-15:  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Received the NCAA Elite 89 Award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 89 championships ... was a six-time First Team All-American ... swam the third leg of the national champion 200 free relay team, which set a DII record of 1:18.89 ... also was a member of the national champion 200 medley relay team (1:26.17) where he swam the third leg ... helped WSU finish second in the 400 medley relay with a school record time of 3:09.81 ... he finished third in the 100 fly with a school record time of 46.66 ... aided a fourth-place finish in the 400 free relay, which set a program record (2:57.00) ... collected an eight-place finish in the 200 fly (1:51.02).  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Won the 200 fly in a time of 1:48.61 ... finished third in the 100 fly with a time of 47.77 ... part of three title-winning relays ... swam the third leg of the 200 medley relay, which swam a 1:27.89 ... also swam the third leg of the 400 medley relay which won in a time of 3:13.26 ... led off the title-winning 400 freestyle relay, which posted a time of 2:59.03.  SEASON:   Voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's At-Large First Team and went to become a First Team Academic All-American ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... swam in seven meets ... posted regular season-best times in the 50 free (21.96), 100 free (48.21), 50 back (23.94), 100 fly (49.77), 200 fly (1:55.80) ... named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team.

2013-14:  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Earned six First Team All-America accolades ... won a national title, swimming butterfly leg of 200 medley relay (1:26.02) that broke Division II record ... finished second in the 100 butterfly (47.63) ... swam third leg of second-place 400 medley relay (3:11.45) that broke school record ... joined fifth-place 200 freestyle relay (1:20.45) that broke a school record ... swam on fifth-place 400 freestyle relay (2:57.64) and sixth-place 800 freestyle relay (6:34.53) ... also finished 16th in the 200 butterfly preliminaries (1:50.41), but didn't swim the finals.  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Won three conference titles as part of relays ... swam butterfly leg of GLIAC-champion 200 medley (1:27.78) and 400 medley relays (3:13.41) that broke pool, meet, GLIAC and school records ... anchored first-place 400 freestyle relay (2:58.88; meet record) ... finished second in the 100 butterfly (47.94; meet record) ... placed fifth in the 100 backstroke (50.01) and 200 backstroke (1:50.15) ... finished seventh in the 200 butterfly (1:50.79).  SEASON:  Competed in nine meets ... selected GLIAC Men's Swimming "Athlete of the Week" (Jan. 22) ... broke Matthaei pool record with 48.86 time in 100 butterfly vs. Grand Valley (Jan. 11) ... posted time of 22.21 (relay lead-off) in the 50 freestyle on Nov. 15 at Oakland... named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team. 

High School:  A 2013 graduate of Falkonergårdens Gymnasium ... club coach was Ricky Jørgensen ... was a East Danish senior champion in the 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly ... top times were 23.53 in the 50 free, 50.86 in the 100 free, 1:53.01 in the 200 free and 53.85 in the 100 butterfly.

Personal:  Full Name--Soren Holm ... born November 27, 1993 ... son of Gert and Anne-Mette Holm ... has one younger sister, Kathrine ... is a biological sciences major ... ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2013 (4.00), Winter 2014 (4.00), Fall 2014 (4.00) and Winter 2015 (4.00).

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Back/Free
    6'1" 159 lbs

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Back/Free
    6'1" 159 lbs