Jamie Kim '22 Recruiting Profile

As a person, I am very self-motivated and have high goals. I push myself to improve in both swimming and academics. Keeping up a high GPA and getting good grades are vital to me, in which I am able to balance school work well with sports. I come in and out of the pool with a positive attitude that I feel can benefit the team. Bringing positive energy can help change people’s mindsets and can make them enjoy the sport more. 

I have been swimming competitively for the past six years of my life. Throughout that time, I have grown both as a person and individual. This sport has taught me how to put myself in a competitive mindset and how to set and achieve goals. Swimming itself is an individual sport, meaning everything that happens in the pool depends on you: how hard you're willing to work at practice, the act of listening to the coach's feedback, making improvements to your skill and technique. You will be able to experience a positive outcome with your times if you put in the time, effort, and dedication to the sport. This idea is known to me as Self-Discipline. I always try to push myself to the best of my ability in the hopes that my hard work will pay off. I love the feeling of finishing a great race and looking across the pool to see my time displayed in front of my eyes, knowing it was one of my personal bests. I get a feeling of satisfaction, that I have accomplished the goal I've been working towards for many weeks and months. It is only a matter of time before I am able to improve my recent personal best and swim an even faster time.