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2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster

Sophia Burwitz

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Swansea, Ill.
  • Major Business
  • High School Belleville East
  • Twitter burwitzsophia

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023-24

  • Clocked a personal-best 50 freestyle (24.14), 50 butterfly (25.98) and 100 freestyle (51.80) at the Big Ten Championships
  • Registered a personal-best 200 butterfly (2:04.51) at the Louisville Invite
  • Placed third in the 100 butterfly (56.49) and fifth 200 butterfly (2:07.05) against Vanderbilt
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2022-23

  • Clocked two personal-bests in the 100 freestyle (52.29) and the 200 butterfly (2:04.51) at the Louisville Invitational
  • Swam the program's ninth fastest 100 butterfly (55.43) and a new personal-best 200 freestyle (1:53.71) at the Hawkeye Invitational
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2021-22

  • Placed third in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:09.18 at Indiana State
  • Swam a personal-best time of 2:05.63 in the 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships
  • Clocked a lifetime best in the 100 IM with a time of 1:03.08 at Vanderbilt
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2020-21

  • Did not compete

High School

  • Attended Belleville East High School
  • Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
  • Two-time qualifier at IHSA Girls State Championships (2016 & 2017)
  • Two year varsity letterwinner

Personal

  • Born May 30, 2002
  • Hometown: Swansea, Ill.
  • Majoring in Business
  • Parents are Richard and Jackie Burwitz
  • Has one sister, Isabel
  • Chose Illinois because "how welcoming the athletes and coaches were. From the minute I stepped on campus, I knew that I had found my home away from home. The opportunities that this school provides for its students cannot be beaten!"

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Free/Fly
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Free/Fly
  • 2022-23Junior

    Free/Fly
  • 2023-24Senior

    Free/Fly