Meredith Egloria
| Height: | 5-4 |
| Year: | Jr.-2L |
| Hometown: | Kapolei, Hawaii |
| High School: | Kapolei |
| Position: | Freestyle |
| Major: | Early Childhood Education |
2008-09
(Sophomore): Part of silver-medal winning and
school-record setting 200 freestyle relay team at the WAC
Championships with a time of 1:33.31 ... Earned another first team
All-WAC Award by being part of the fourth-place 200 medley relay
team ... Part of pool-record setting and winning 200 medley relay
team vs. San Diego on Jan. 24 ... Earned wins in all four of her
events in that meet, including the 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle
and 400 freestyle relay ... Part of pool-record setting and winning
400 freestyle relay team vs. Loyola Marymount on Jan. 17, and also
took wins in the 50 freestyle and 200 medley relay at that meet ...
Earned second-place finishes in the 100 freestyle, 200 medley relay
and 200 freestyle relay vs. Kansas on Oct. 18 ... Academic All-WAC
honoree and recipient of a NAU Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete
Award.
2007-08 (Redshirt Freshman): Recovered enough
from shoulder surgery to begin swimming for NAU in January ...
Finally able to prove her talents at the WAC Championships where
she was part of two silver-medal winning and school record relay
teams (200 medley relay and 400 medley relay) and a third
bronze-medal winning and school-record setting relay team (200
freestyle relay) ... Also earned two second team All-WAC Awards,
placing seventh in the 50 freestyle in 23.99 and eighth in the 100
backstroke in 58.38 ... Swam a career-best time of 57.31 (second
best time ever at NAU) in the prelims of the 100 backstroke to
place first ... Placed 13th in the 100 freestyle finals in 53.05
... Swam a lead-off 100 freestyle leg in a career-best time of
52.75 in the 400 freestyle relay ... Took third in the 100 free and
100 back at New Mexico State on Feb. 2 ... Part of the winning 200
medley relay team at that meet ... Placed first in the 50 free and
200 medley relay vs. Grand Canyon on Jan. 26 ... Recipient of a NAU
Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete Award.
2006-07 (Freshman): Forced to redshirt her first
season due to a shoulder injury ... Recovering from shoulder
surgery as she begins her first year of eligibility ... Earned a
NAU Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete Award.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Kapolei High
School … Four-year letterwinner and four-year starter for
coach Dexter Lee … Team captain as a senior …
Three-year high school state champion … Named team MVP
… Earned All-American nods … Also a two-year
letterwinner and two-year starter in water polo.
Personal Info: Meredith Ashlyn Egloria was born
Jan. 3, 1988 in Honolulu … Daughter of Maurice and Joyce
Egloria … Has three siblings, a brother, Jeremy (32), and
sisters Melissa (28) and Melanie (17) … Father is a member
of the Hawaii Air National Guard … Is majoring in early
childhood education … Enjoys spending time with family and
friends and going to the beach ... Also considered Hawai’i
and Northern Colorado.



