Biography
Career Notes: Was a five-time All-American (two First Team and three Honorable Mentions) ... was a nine-time All-GLIAC swimmer (four First Team honors, two Second Team honors, and three Third Team honors) ... assisted WSU to a GLIAC Meet record in the 400 free relay (3:24.40) at the 2020 GLIAC Championships ... earned CSCAA Scholar All-American recognition for two consecutive years (2018-19) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team in 2019 and the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team in 2020 ... served as a team co-captain as a senior.
2019-20: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a four-time All-American (two First Team and two Honorable Mentions) ... anchored the 11th-place 200 medley relay (1:42.33) ... completed the 200 IM in 2:08.46 ... advanced to the Thursday finals of the 200 free relay after a 12th-place finish in prelims ... was scheduled to compete on both the Friday and the Saturday of the NCAA Championships, which were cancelled due to COVID-19, as the eighth-seeded 400 free relay (First Team), the 11th-seeded 800 free relay (First Team), and the 35th-seed in the 100 breast. GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a four-time All-GLIAC swimmer (three First Team Relays, one Second Team Individual) ... assisted WSU to a meet record in the 400 free relay (NCAA B-cut time of 3:24.40) ... anchored the first-place 200 free relay which met NCAA standards (1:33.68) ... served as the lead off in the top 800 free relay (7:30.19) ... met NCAA standards as the runner-up in the 100 breast (1:03.93) ... finished the 400 IM in fourth place with an NCAA B-cut time of 4:29.16 ... claimed the fifth spot in the 200 breast (2:21.44) ... placed seventh in the 200 IM (2:05.91). SEASON: Voted team co-captain prior to the start of the season ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... assisted WSU to third-place finishes in the 200 free relay (1:40.40) and the 400 free relay (3:37.96) at the Golden Grizzly Relays (10/12), and fourth-place finishes in the 300 (3x100) breast relay (3:26.34) and the 400 (4x100) IM relay (4:09.91) ... placed third in both the 200 IM (2:14.47) and the 400 medley relay (4:05.44) vs. Davenport and Tiffin (10/18) ... helped the Warriors to a fourth-place finish in the 400 medley relay (4:01.56) versus Oakland (10/25), and placed fifth in the 100 breast (1:10.11), the 200 breast (2:33.31), and the 200 IM (2:15.05) ... notched a victory in the 400 IM (4:51.34) at Ashland (11/8) and finished third in both the 100 breast (1:11.72) and the 200 medley relay (1:53.59) ... competed at the Denison Invite (12/5-12/7) ... finished as the runner-up in the 200 breast (2:33.64) at Saginaw Valley State (1/10), and completed the 200 medley relay (1:53.66) in third place and the 100 breast in fourth (1:11.49) ... placed fourth in the 400 IM (4:51.28) vs. Eastern Michigan (1/11) and swam in the fifth-place 200 medley relay (1:57.42) ... competed on the second-place 200 medley relay (1:50.35) at Findlay (1/17), finished third in both the 100 breast (1:09.19) and the 100 IM (1:01.45), and fourth in the 50 breast (31.83) ... earned a second-place finish in the 200 IM (2:14.00) versus Grand Valley State (1/25) and claimed fourth place in the 100 breast (1:09.18), the 200 breast (2:31.39), and the 400 medley relay (4:05.63) ... 2019-20 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2018-19: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned Honorable Mention All-American recognition after assisting WSU to a 12th-place finish in the 400 free relay (3:25.31) ... completed the 100 back in 22nd place (56.12) ... finished the 200 IM in 39th place. GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a three-time All-GLIAC swimmer (one First Team, one Second Team, and one Third Team) ... anchored the first-place quartet of the 400 medley relay (B-cut time of 3:45.06) ... earned a second-place finish in the 200 IM (B-cut time of 2:03.07) ... anchored the third-place group of the 400 free relay (B-cut time of 3:26.07) ... finished fourth in both the 100 back (B-cut time of 56.09) and the 200 breast (B-cut time of 2:19.31) ... swam the 400 IM in 4:40.83. SEASON: Earned CSCAA Scholar All-American recognition ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in all 10 meets ... finished third in the 200 IM (2:13.66) against Davenport and Tiffin (10/19), while also assisting WSU to a second-place finish in the 400 medley relay (4:02.10) ... claimed the top spot with her teammates in the 200 free relay (1:38.56) at DI Oakland University (10/16) … placed second in the 200 free (2:00.27) versus Ashland (11/10) ... led the 400 IM (4:44.29) vs. Calvin (11/16) … assisted WSU to a victory in the 400 free relay (3:37.46) at Grand Valley State (1/5) … claimed the third spot in both the 100 breast (1:09.19) and the 200 breast (2:31.98) vs. Saginaw Valley State (1/11) ... anchored the winning quartet of the 400 free relay (3:36.20) at DI Eastern Michigan (1/12), while also finishing second in the 200 breast (2:34.56).
2017-18: GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned All-GLIAC and a B-cut in the 200 IM, finishing third (2:04.82) ... raced in the 100 breast (1:05.63) and 200 breast (2:21.92), finishing eighth in both events ... competed in the400 IM B-race final, finishing ninth overall (4:32.68). SEASON: Competed in all eight meets ... earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors ... finished in second place in the 200 IM (2:12.75) against Oakland (10/27) ... finished second in the 200 IM (2:11.77) against Ashland and Tiffin (11/3) ... was a member of the second place 200 medley relay (1:51.44) at Calvin (11/17) and also took second in the 400 IM (4:39.62) ... claimed the top spot in the 200 IM (2:07.40) at the EMU Invite (12/2) ... finished second in the 200 IM (2:11.21) vs. Grand Valley State (1/6) ... swam to a runner-up spot in the 100 back (1:00.38) at Findlay (1/19).
2016-17: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Competed in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 100 breast. GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Placed third in the 200 IM, logging a time of 2:03.63 … won the “B” final (ninth overall) in the 400 IM (4:29.86) … finished seventh in the 100 breast (1:04.27) … notched an eighth-place finish in the 200 breast (2:20.95). SEASON: Swam in all eight meets … notched season-bests in the 100 breast (1:06.46), 200 breast (2:23.30) and 200 IM (2:13.36) at the EMU Invite (12/3) … recorded top time in the 400 IM (4:39.55) at Findlay (1/13).
High School/Club: A 2016 graduate of Eisenhower High School ... was a four-year letterwinner in swimming under head coach Lisa Doherty ... earned First Team All-County accolades all four years ... broke her own three Macomb County records during her senior year in the 200 medley relay (1:50.22), the 200 free relay (1:42.37) and the 100 breast (1:06.63) and also set two new L'Anse Creuse North pool records in the 200 medley relay and 100 breast at the Macomb County Championship Meet ... holds the Eisenhower school record in the 400 free relay (3:36.63) ... placed first in the 100 breast with a mark of 1:08.89 and finished second in the 200 IM (2:14.33) at the MAC Division meet in 2015 ... was a state meet qualifier all four years ... received MVP, All-County awards and was a Dream Team selection every season ... also swam for the Utica Shelby Swim Club ... placed second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:30.37 at the 2015 Cincinnati Marlins TYR Sport Summer Classic.
Personal: Full Name--Katherine L. Svisco ... born on June 27, 1998, in Dayton, Ohio ... daughter of Thomas and Deborah Svisco ... has one older brother, Daniel and one older sister, Jamie ... father played ice hockey for Niagara University ... is majoring in Communications Studies ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Winter 2018 (4.00), Fall 2018, Winter 2019 (4.00), Fall 2019 and Winter 2020 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2016 and Winter 2017 ... is a member of the WSU Student Leadership Council.
