Event: Freestyle/Butterfly
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Grosshansdorf, Germany
Previous School: Stormamschule

2015-16: NCAA All-American in 200-yard freestyle relay ... All-Metropolitan Conference in 50- and 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay ... CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team ... won the 50-yard freestyle (24.88) and placed second in the 100-yard backstroke (59.93) in a season-opening meet versus Central Connecticut State (Oct. 24) ... helped the Pioneers' 400-yard freestyle relay to a pool-record 3:37.81 at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... finished second in the 100-fly (1:06.95) and 200-free (2:13.16) at Bridgeport (Nov. 7) ... placed third in the 50- (25.35) and 100-yard freestyle (54.63) at Fordham (Nov. 13) ... recorded NCAA "B" cuts in the 50-free (23.71), 100-fly (56.26) and 100-free (52.15) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 20-22) ... clocked respective NCAA "B" cuts of 24.13 and 52.17 in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 4-6) ... won the 50-free with a time of 25.14 against Siena (Jan. 16) ... breezed past her opposition in the 50-yard freestyle (25.05) and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.68) in a tri-meet versus Kutztown and Millersville (Jan. 30) ... touched the pad at a fourth-place clocking of 1:01.51 at the NYU Invitational (Feb. 6) ... aided the Pioneers in racing to an NCAA "A" cut in the 200-free relay (1:32.03) and had third-place finishes in the 100-fly (57.15) and 100-free (51.58) at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 19-21) ... clocked a lifetime-best of 23.41 in the consolation finals of the 50-free at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 9-12).

2014-15: CSCAA First-Team All-American ... NCAA Scholar All-American … All-Metropolitan Conference Scholar-Athlete … NCAA All-American in 400-yard freestyle relay … All-Metropolitan Conference in 50-yard freestyle; 100-yard freestyle; 100-yard butterfly; 200-yard freestyle relay; 400-Yard freestyle relay; 800-yard freestyle relay ... swam a 24.52 leadoff leg to spur a first-place 200-yard freestyle relay victory (1:37.04) versus Bridgeport on Oct. 24 ... secured her first career collegiate individual race victory by clocking a time of 24.83 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle event against Central Connecticut State (Oct. 25) ... won the 200-yard freestyle race at the Kutztown Invitational on Nov. 8 in a time of 1:57.97, about five seconds faster than her nearest competitor ... recorded her fastest 50-free time of the season (23.72) at the Rutgers Invitational (Nov. 21-23) ... at the East Stroudsburg Invitational on Jan. 31, won the 500-freestyle race in 5:28.95, beating the second-place finisher by almost a full 10 seconds ... was the leadoff leg for victorious 200-free and 400-free relay groups at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 20-22) and also placed second in the 100-yard butterfly (57.24) ... earned All-American status by swimming a 51.89 leadoff leg in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:24.90), which finished sixth at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 11-14).

Prior to LIU Post: Swam at Stormamschule in Ahrensburg, Germany.

Personal: Parents are Hans-Joergen and Annett Bendfeldt ... lists German swimmer and current 50-meter butterfly world record-holder Steffen Diebler as her favorite athlete ... admires her mom ... enjoys swimming, reading and going out with friends ... can speak three different languages ... majoring in international business.