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Emma Solseng
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bainbridge Island, Wash.
- High School:
- Bainbridge
- Major:
- Pre-Business
2023-24 (Freshman)
Know Your Knights
If I wasn’t swimming, I’d be: Spending time with friends, hiking, doing puzzles, or baking
Favorite professional athlete: Claire Curzan Favorite professional sports team:: Seattle Mariners
One word to describe myself in the pool: Persistent
One word to describe myself out of the pool: Loyal
Few people know that I: Have a rubber ducky collection, own 4 pairs of Crocs, don’t like to bike ride
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My club coach Carolyn Ackerley
I started playing my sport because…: I was scared of the water and our family has a condo on a lake so my mom put me in swim lessons to be safe. I joined a local summer swim team when I was 6 and when I was old enough I joined the local club team.
I chose Rutgers because…: Of the amazing team culture that I felt right away! Rutgers also has a great balance of swimming and academics and I know will prepare me for life after swimming.
Favorite cereal: JuliO’s
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: A Charlie Brown Christmas
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Elle Fanning
Favorite musician/group: Kane Brown
The first song I knew all the words to is: Country Girl by Luke Bryan
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Doing puzzles
Famous people I have met include: Lilly King, Natalie Hinds, Annie Lazor, Calaeb Dressel
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: Always getting a smoothie after I race
Favorite all-time gift received: T-shirt quilt made by my grandmother
Pets I had growing up were: Cats: Mimi, Lola, Tinkerbell, and Rocky, Dogs: Winston and Molly
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Tinkerbell
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Europe
The website I visit most often is: SwimSwam
My favorite teacher was: Ms. Carlson, 8th grade, history and leadership
The quote that most resonates with me is: “It always seems impossible until it is done” - Nelson Mandella
If my life was a book, the title would be: Life on the Rock
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Blue
My spirit animal is: Dolphin
One thing on my bucket list is: Buy a truck
Phone app you cannot live without: Instagram
- Sixth place with 200 free relay "C" team at Nebraska (2/2-3)
- Seventh place with 200 free relay and fourth in C Final of 100 breast at Hawkeye Invitational (11/30-12/2)
- Fifth place with 200 free relay "B" team, sixth place with 200 medley relay "C" team and seventh place in 100 breast at Princeton (11/11)
- Fourth place with 200 medley relay "B" team, sixth place with 400 free relay "B" team and seventh place with 200 free relay "B" vs. Purdue & Oakland (11/3-4)
- Third place in 200 fly, fifth place in 50 free and seventh place with 200 medley relay "D" team vs. LIU (10/28)
- Runner-up with 200 free relay, sixth place in 100 breast, seventh place with 200 medley relay "D" team and eighth place in 100 free vs. Toronto (10/27)
- 2021 WIAA state team champion
- High school team record holder in 100 breast, 200 medley relay & 200 free relay
- Multiple club record holder
- Four-time state champion
- 2019 High School All-American
- 2023 High School Academic All-American
- 2019 Scholastic All-America
- Bainbridge High School valedictorian
- National Honor Society
- Daughter of Joe and Jen
- Has two brothers, Ben and Gabe, and one sister, Jaxen
Know Your Knights
If I wasn’t swimming, I’d be: Spending time with friends, hiking, doing puzzles, or baking
Favorite professional athlete: Claire Curzan Favorite professional sports team:: Seattle Mariners
One word to describe myself in the pool: Persistent
One word to describe myself out of the pool: Loyal
Few people know that I: Have a rubber ducky collection, own 4 pairs of Crocs, don’t like to bike ride
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My club coach Carolyn Ackerley
I started playing my sport because…: I was scared of the water and our family has a condo on a lake so my mom put me in swim lessons to be safe. I joined a local summer swim team when I was 6 and when I was old enough I joined the local club team.
I chose Rutgers because…: Of the amazing team culture that I felt right away! Rutgers also has a great balance of swimming and academics and I know will prepare me for life after swimming.
Favorite cereal: JuliO’s
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: A Charlie Brown Christmas
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Elle Fanning
Favorite musician/group: Kane Brown
The first song I knew all the words to is: Country Girl by Luke Bryan
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Doing puzzles
Famous people I have met include: Lilly King, Natalie Hinds, Annie Lazor, Calaeb Dressel
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: Always getting a smoothie after I race
Favorite all-time gift received: T-shirt quilt made by my grandmother
Pets I had growing up were: Cats: Mimi, Lola, Tinkerbell, and Rocky, Dogs: Winston and Molly
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Tinkerbell
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Europe
The website I visit most often is: SwimSwam
My favorite teacher was: Ms. Carlson, 8th grade, history and leadership
The quote that most resonates with me is: “It always seems impossible until it is done” - Nelson Mandella
If my life was a book, the title would be: Life on the Rock
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Blue
My spirit animal is: Dolphin
One thing on my bucket list is: Buy a truck
Phone app you cannot live without: Instagram
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