Isabella Gruidl '22 Recruiting Profile

My love of swimming began at a very young age.  While on a family vacation when I was three, I taught myself how to swim and I have not stopped since.  I began competitive swimming for a small summer league when I was six and moved onto year-round club swimming at the age of eight.  I continued to do other sports over summer breaks for fun until around the age of eleven when I chose to focus on swimming full time.   An early highlight of my club career was when I was ten and had podium finishes placing 7th in the 50 backstroke and 4th in the 100 backstroke at the 2015 Minnesota Age-Group State Meet.

I began my high school varsity career when I was in eighth grade.   That first year I lettered in both the 100 backstroke and 500 freestyle.  I also had the honor of being voted Hardest Worker by my teammates.   As a freshman I added a letter for the 200 IM, and as a sophomore I lettered in the 200 freestyle.  In addition to lettering, I am thrilled to have podium finishes in all my individual events at the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Section 8AA Championship meets.

My wish is to pursue a degree in either Accounting or Business, and possibly go onto law school one day.  I am excited to swim at the collegiate level for a school that has strong academics as well as a competitive swim program that will push me to be my very best. 

I enjoy being in the water each day, the camaraderie that is found with teammates, and the pride in achieving new goals with each season.  Swimming has taught me so many life lessons, the most important being that not every race or meet will go how I hoped but that you use each experience, good or bad, to learn from and grow as a person.

NCAA ID #1903444069