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2024-25 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Ella Arbeiter

Ella Arbeiter

  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    St Louis, Mo.
  • High School:
    Lutheran South
  • Major:
    Undeclared

Summary

Biography

2024-25 (Freshman)

  • Eighth place with 400 free relay "B" team vs. Nebraska & Iowa (2/1)
  • Fourth place in 500 free and fifth place in 200 free vs. Fordham (1/24)
  • Seventh place in 500 free "C" final at Minnesota Invitational (12/5)
  • Eighth place in 500 free vs. Princeton (11/16)
  • Runner-up in 500 free and fourth place in 200 free at Lynn (10/26)
  • Sixth place with 400 free relay "B" team at No. 24 Miami & SMU (10/25)

PRIOR TO RUTGERS

  • Holds seven of Lutheran South’s 12 school records
  • 500 free state champion as a senior
  • Four-time all-state honoree
  • Three-time first team all-conference

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Dane and Emily
  • Has one sister, Madeleine
  • Plans to major in business
  • Honor Roll student
  • Plans to major in business

Arbeiter On Choosing Rutgers: “I wanted to go to big school with deep roots and near a big city that still felt like a college campus. I wanted a school with an excellent business
program and I wanted to be on a team that felt like family.”

KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
One word to describe your coach: Passionate
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Isiah Pacheco
Best player ever competed against: Nora Lee Brown
Major: Business
I chose my major because: I chose my major because I have always had a passion for finance and want to study it.
The person I most admire, and why: My mom, she works harder than anyone I know and has always put me ahead of herself
If I wasn’t swimming, I’d be: Hopefully on the east coast somewhere studying business and studying abroad often
Favorite professional athlete: Nikola Jokic
Favorite professional sports team: Wolves
One word to describe myself in the pool: Driven
One word to describe myself out of the pool: Humorous 
Few people know that I: Will miss others outside of my family, like Devon, Kate, Reese, and Ava
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My mom
I started playing my sport because: I was a hyper active kid and swimming just stuck.
I chose Rutgers because: I wanted to go to a big school with deep roots, near a big city that still felt like a college campus. I also wanted a school with an excellent business program, to be on a team that felt like a family.
Favorite cereal: Frosted flakes
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: The Hangover
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is: Glen Powell
Favorite musician/group: The Wrecks
The first song I knew all the words to: Umbrella by Rihanna
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Hobby horsing
Famous people I have met include: Eduard Lowen
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: I say Philippians 4:13 before I race.
Favorite all-time gift received: I got a trip to Europe for Christmas.
Pets I had growing up were: I had a fish named Chuck Bass.
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Cowgirl
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: St. Petersburg, Russia
The website I visit most often is: Depop
My favorite teacher was/is: Mr Basel, he wanted me to go far and was genuinely thrilled for me when I committed
The quote that most resonates with me is: Be hungry for life.
If my life was a book, the title would be: The Climb
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Dark green
My spirit animal is: Manatee
One thing on my bucket list is: To go skydiving somewhere exotic
Phone app you cannot live without: Messages
What you would like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for your scholarship and/or facility resources: Thank you so much for this opportunity to study and swim, I will forever be grateful for this experience.

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