Meggie Underwood

Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Owensboro Catholic HS
Hometown:
Henderson, Ky.

2003-04: Won the 200 back vs. Saint Louis and helped the relay teams post four victories in dual-meet action...scored 31 individual points and 54 relay points at the Conference USA Championship, including a fourth-place finish in the 200 back...set personal-best times at the C-USA meet in the 200 back (2:07.93) and in the preliminaries of the 400 IM (4:32.91)...named to C-USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and Tulane[apos]s 3.0 Club. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Daviess County High, Memorial High and Owensboro Catholic for coaches Kay Underwood and Jim Rogers...earned all-state honors as a senior and was voted team MVP all four years...earned team MVP honors all four years at all three schools...helped her teams qualify for the state meet four consecutive seasons, set city, county and 10 Regional records during her prep career...away from the pool, was a member of the Leadership Team at the Kentucky Youth Assembly, Key Club and Co-ed Youth Club...named Outstanding Speaker three years and was a four-year member of the Honor Roll...also participated in the Conference on National Affairs twice and the Henderson (Ky.) Junior Miss program where she received awards for poise and fitness, and claimed outstanding proposal honors at Kentucky[apos]s mock United Nations Assembly. Club: Swam for Owensboro Mercy Marlins for coach Jim Rogers...set a Youth National qualifying time in the 200 individual medley and 100 fly three consecutive years (2000-02). Personal: Born Megan Amelia Underwood on Feb. 3, 1985 in Madisonville, Ky...daughter of Lennie and Kay Underwood...has one brother, Andy, and one sister, Abby...uncle, Bud Diehl, played football at the University of Kentucky, and sister, Abby Hampton, swam at the College of Charleston...chose Tulane over Johns Hopkins, Colorado State, College of Charleston, University of the South, San Diego, San Diego State and UC-San Diego...majoring in psychology.