Emma Starkman '19 Recruiting Profile

Hi, I am Emma Starkman and I would absolutely love to compete in college. I am a hard worker and am extremely determined, I set goals for myself and I strive to accomplish them. When I go to meets I enter nervous as most do and then, what my dad likes to say, I "sandbag" it. To me, swim is indescribable. I've never found something that I loved and look forward to more. I am an extremely quick learner and I improve fast, I just started swimming in the summer of 2017 and moved up from the junior varsity team to the varsity team halfway through the year. I also went to my high school districts competition and the summer league All-Star meet and placed within the top 3 in both 200 medley relay and 200 free relay, and also top six in the 50 breast. My goal for being on a college team is leaving it better than when I entered it, I want to help build up the team and foster friendships between team members that will last. I also want to help the team go to more competitive meets and get high placements. I would be a good candidate because I am respectful, understanding and a hard worker. I love cheering on the team and being a positive influence. I just really love swim so much and don't want to stop competing, so I hope I can compete collegiality.  I hope to pursue a dietetics degree so that I may later become a sport dietitian and help enhance the performance of athletes like me.