Ilana Hawkins '22 Recruiting Profile

I started swimming when I was the age of five on a summer team starting with developmental. It wasn't until I turned the age of nine when my parents decide to enroll me into a year-round swim team and it was something I will forever be grateful for.   While academics has and will be a main priority of mine there are moments where it does get stressful and swimming has been away to combat that.  My main goal of mine while being at college is being able to maintain a 3.5 GPA and maintain being healthy while going so. Being able to graduate with any degree will give me a chance to find a way to give back to my community. One thing that I've been told about myself when it comes to swimming is an I'm a prefectcist and very competitive those things make me want to be a better swimmer.  With any coach I've been with I try to take what I've learned from each not only involve with my swimming but with my day-to-day lifestyle and would like to maintain that at a collegiate level.