Fairfield University Athletics

2017-18

• 2017-18 MAAC All-Academic Team
• Part of the 200y medley relay team that finished third at the Northeast Catholic Invitational
• Placed second in the 100y backstroke and was part of the winning 200y medley relay team in the Oct. 27 dual meet win at Holy Cross
• Placed second in the 100 SCM backstroke and was part of the winning 200 SCM medley relay team in the Oct. 28 dual meet win over Monmouth
• Placed third in the 100 SCM backstroke in the Nov. 4 dual meet win at Providence
• Won the 100 SCM backstroke, placed second in the 200 SCM backstroke and was a part of the winning 200 SCM freestyle relay team  in the Jan. 12 dual meet win over St. Francis Brooklyn
• Placed second in the 200y IM in the Jan. 14 dual meet at Seton Hall
• Placed third in the 100y backstroke in the Jan. 20 dual meet win at Iona
• Placed third in the 100y and 200y backstroke in the Jan. 21 dual meet win at Sacred Heart
• Won the 100 SCM backstroke and 200 SCM IM in the Jan. 31 dual meet win over Manhattan

2016-17: Her best events were the backstrokes, setting personal bests in both the 100 (1:01.67) with a 15^th place finish and 200 (2:17.76) at the MAAC Championships in Buffalo, New York. Her time in the 100 backstroke ranks 10^th fastest in program history. Also had a number of personal bests at Wesleyan in January. Finished the 50 backstroke in 29.96, the 400 IM in 4:57.38, and the 100 freestyle in 57.50.

Before Fairfield: Graduated from Immaculate Heart Academy with Distinguished Honors. In the pool, was named Third Team All-County. Her team won the league championship, county championship, and state championship all four years.

Personal: Daughter of Enn and Linda Kunnapas… Has three siblings, Lia (24), Mariel (22), and Katrina (21)… Her mother, Linda, swam at Gettysburg… Her sister, Lia, swam at Colgate while Mariel swam at Ithaca… Major is Marketing.