2009-10: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned seven First Team All-America honors, WSU’s co-leader with Joaquin Abascal Gallegos … placed fourth in the 50 free (20.27) after edging the school record by .01 seconds in the prelims (20.22) … also set a WSU record in the prelims of the 100 free (44.52) before finishing sixth in the final (44.70) … came in eighth in the 100 backstroke (50.02) … led off the fifth-place 200 medley relay (1:30.81) and the eighth-place 200 free relay (1:23.42) … anchored the 400 free relay (3:03.75) and the 400 medley relay (3:20.36) both of which finished seventh.
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Collected five conference titles including two individual championships … finished first in the 50 free (20.64) and 100 free (45:82) … placed second in the 100 back (50.50) … anchored three first-place relays … made up a .70 second deficit to win by .15 over Ashland in the 200 free relay (1:23.91) … also erased a 1.05 second deficit for a .60 second victory over Grand Valley State in the 400 medley relay (3:21.70) which set a pool record … anchored the 400 free relay as well (3:04.54).
SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team … received the GLIAC Winter 2010 Commissioner’s Award for academic and athletic excellence … selected to the CoSIDA/
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV At-Large Second Team.
2008-09: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Collected six All-America awards, joining three First Team relays and earning three individual Honorable Mention accolades ... anchored the 200 medley relay which finished second and came in under the previous national record but .72 seconds behind Ouachita Baptist (1:27.97) ... also anchored the fourth-place 200 and 400 free relays, both finishing fourth and setting school records in the prelims and finals (1:21.07, 2:57.34) ... won the consolation final (ninth overall) of the 100 back (49.56) ... placed 10th in the 50 free (20.26) and 16th in the 100 free (45.64) ... led off the preliminary 400 medley relay, which finished sixth (3:19.29).
GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Collected two conference titles, as the 200 medley relay broke the school record as well as WSU's 2007 conference mark (1:29.80) ... joined the 400 free relay which set school and GLIAC records (2:59.65), as well as the second-place 200 free relay, which also set a WSU record (1:22.39) ... tied for fourth in the 50 free (21.05) ... placed fourth in the 100 back (50.44) and sixth in the 100 free (45.84).
SEASON: Led off the second-place 200 free relay at the Eastern Michigan Invitational on Dec. 6 which set a school record later broken at GLIACs and NCAAs (1:23.12) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team and the CoSIDA/
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Men's At-Large College Division Second Team ... selected as a recipient of the GLIAC Winter 2009 Commissioner's Award for academic and athletic excellence.
2007-08:NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned six All-America accolades, including four First Team honors ... led the first-place 200 medley relay (1:30.49), the first national champion relay in school history ... finished sixth in the 100 backstroke (49.88), .02 seconds off the pace of Sean Smith's school record-setting time ... broke the school record in the 50 free twice - once in the preliminary round, when he qualified 16th (20.79) and again in the finals, finishing 13th (20.67) ... led the fourth-place 400 medley relay (3:21.62) and tied the school record for the 100 backstroke on the preliminary relay (50.44), which he later broke with a prelim time of 50.03 in the individual 100 back event ... swam in the 400 free relay, which placed fourth and broke the school record in both the prelims (3:02.65) and finals (3:01.52) ... was also on the 200 free relay, which qualified 10th (1:23.26) and finished 11th (1:23.23), setting a WSU record in both rounds ... placed 23rd in the preliminary 100 free (46.09). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished third in the 100 backstroke (51.27) and fifth in the 50 free (21.47) and 100 free (47.02) ... anchored the first-place 200 free relay (1:23.80) and third-place 400 free relay (3:05.98) ... led the second-place 200 medley relay (1:32.54). SEASON: Led the 400 free relay Nov. 30 at the Eastern Michigan Invitational, which set the school record (3:04.24) eventually broken at nationals ... earned GLIAC All-Academic Team honors.
2006-07: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: Became a five-time All-American ... anchored three first-team relays - the 200 freestyle relay (1:24.07 - 8th), 400 medley relay (3:19.86 - 3rd), and 400 freestyle relay (3:04.59 - 6th) ... the latter two relays broke school records ... earned Honorable Mention distinctions by finishing ninth in the 100 backstroke (50.58) and 16th in the 100 freestyle (47.12) ... placed 21st in the preliminary round of the 50 free (21.18). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIP: Finished fourth in the 50 free (21.73) and 100 back (52.21) ... took third in the 100 free (47.13) ... anchored the first-place 400 medley relay (3:24.08), which set a GLIAC and WSU record, and the 400 free relay (3:06.01), which finished second ... swam the second leg of the third-place 200 free relay (1:25.01). SEASON: Helped set five Wayne State records at the Eastern Michigan Invitational ... broke a 26-year old WSU record (Gary Bice, 1980, 21.31) in the 50 free with a time of 21.10 as the leader of the 200 free relay, which also set a school mark (1:23.66) ... led off the 400 free relay (3:04.67), which set a record that would later be broken at nationals, with a time of 45.93, besting the old standard of 46.66 set by David Lutz in 2005 ... was on the first of four quartets to break the 200 medley relay record during the season, including the combination that set WSU and Matthaei pool records Feb. 2 against Ashland (1:32.39).
High School: A 2002 graduate of Sao Vicente de Paulo ... swam for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (2000-01, 2003-06) and was MVP of the Brazilian State Championships in 2000 and 2001 ... took first place in the 50-meter backstroke at the championships in 2005 and in the 50-meter butterfly in 2006.
Personal: Full name--Cauli R. Bedran ... born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... son of Guilherme Bedran and Sheyla Rodrigues ... is a political science major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2006 (4.00), Winter 2007, Fall 2007, Winter 2008 and Fall 2008 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2009, Fall 2009 and Winter 2010 ... serves on the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC).
