Kelsey Ferrante

Class:
Senior
High School:
McDowell
Hometown:
Erie, Pa.

Ferrante's Top Times
Year	Event	Time
2013-14	200-yard IM	2:02.61
2013-14	100-yard Backstroke	54.82
2013-14	200-yard Backstroke	1:59.49

as a Junior (2013-14): Named to First Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC team … owned the team’s second fastest time in the 200 IM (2:02.61), 100 backstroke (54.82) and 200 backstroke (1:58.82) … at MAC Championships, earned fourth place in 200 backstroke (1:59.49) and fifth in 200 IM (2:02.61) … member of first-place 200 medley relay team, second place 400 medley relay team, and third place 800 freestyle relay team.

as a Sophomore (2012-13): Had four first-place finishes in the 200-yard backstroke against Duquesne (Oct. 19), Ball State (Oct. 27), Buffalo (Nov. 3), and St. Francis (Nov. 10) … recorded three first-place times in the 100-yard backstroke against Ball State, Buffalo and St. Francis … season-fastest time of 27.04 in the 100-yard backstroke at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28-Mar. 2) … registered a season-best time of 2:03.73 in the 200-yard backstroke at the Zippy Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 2).

as a Freshman (2011-12): Turned in season bests in the 200-yard IM (2:06.41), 100-yard (57.11) and 200-yard backstroke (2:03.40) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23-25) ... also had a season best in the 100-yard butterfly (59.37) against Miami (Oct. 29) ... took second in both the 100 and 200-yard back against Oakland (Jan. 7).

at McDowell HS: Named the McDowell swimmer of the year in her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... took home sixth place at the state championships in the 100-yard backstroke during her junior year ... would place seventh at the state meet in the event her senior season.

Personal: Daughter of Terry and Tammi Ferrante ... has one sister, Kayla, and one brother, Craig ... was the team MVP of her water polo team in 2010.