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Lynn University

2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Rebecca Matthews

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Montpellier, France

Biography

Graduate (2014-15):
Cross Country: Ran cross country where she raced in three meets this season clocking a 21:37.98 in her first career 5k… placed 23rd at the Westminister Academy Collegiate Cross Country Invitational and ran her best 6K at the SSC Championships with a time of 25:53.60

Swimming: Appeared in nine swim meets…posted the greatest swimming season in program history…won NCAA Division II Individual National Championships in the 100 & 200 breaststroke…named a four-time College Swim Coaches Association of America First Team All-American in the 100 & 200 breaststroke and 200 & 400 IM…collected CSCAA First Team Scholar All-America honors…named the Sunshine State Conference Swimmer of the Year and First Team All-SSC and was the SSC Championship Swimmer of the Meet…won 21 of 29 events competed in during the season…opened year with 200 IM and 100 free victories in Saint Leo/Florida Tech (10/18) tri-meet…won the 400 IM in a dual meet vs. Nova Southeastern (10/30) while posting her fastest 100 free time (46.81) in a second place finish…won the 200 IM, 100 and 500 free in first meeting against Rollins (11/15)…won four events at the NSU Shark Invite (12/18-21), posting NCAA ‘B’ cut times in the 200 & 400 IM and 100 & 200 breast…in second Saint Leo/Florida Tech tri-meet (1/17), took first place in the 400 IM, 100 fly and 100 free…earned three more victories at Rollins (1/24) in the 100, 200 and 500 free…set a program record with five medals at the SSC Championship, including three individual gold medals and one silver and a bronze in the 200 medley relay, the first in school history…set a SSC Championship and SSC Championship meet record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.39…placed second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:20.18…set a SSC Championship and SSC Championship meet record in the 100 (1:00.88) and 200 (2:13.28) breast strokes…posted the highest finish in a NCAA Division II National Championship (3/11-14) meet when she placed fourth in the 200 IM (2:00.61)…took fourth in the 400 IM with a personal-best time of 4:19.32…captured the school’s first NCAA Division II swimming individual national championship by winning the 100 breast (1:01.03)…set an NCAA Division II record and won her second individual national title by swimming the 200 breast stroke in 2:10.77, besting her previous career mark by almost three seconds…earned SSC Commissioner Honor Roll recognition for earning a 3.2 grade point average or better.

Prior to Lynn: Attended the University of Paul Valery where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

High School: Attended Lycee Bernard Palissy.

Personal: Born April 8, 1993…daughter of Robert and Janet Matthews…has two siblings; Jessica and Jennifer…studying for her Master’s in Psychology…enjoys competing in the sport Lifesaving, listening to music, Skyping with her family and hanging out with friends in her spare time…favorite quote is ‘You can’t control the wind but you can adjust your sails’…favorite auther is Bernice L McFadden…favorite vacation location is Seignosse, France…would most like to visit Australia in the future.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Graduate Student

    5'6"
  • 2015-16Graduate Student

    5'6"