Meredith Egloria

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.