Emily Kopas

Class:
Senior
Position:
Breaststroke
Hometown:
Davie, Fla.
High School:
University School

At Michigan
• Two-time CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (2017: 400-yard Medley Relay; 2015: 200-yard Breaststroke)
• Two-time All-Big Ten (2015-16: Second Team)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American (2018)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2017-18)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018)
• Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2016-18)

2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
• 19th in the 200-meter Breaststroke (2:30.00)
• 41st in the 100-meter Breaststroke (1:10.17)

Senior (2017-18)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American (2018)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 14-17): Finished 18th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (59.95) and 21st in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:09.62).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 14-17): Finished 4th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:08.37), 7th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (59.88) and 37th in the 200-yard IM (2:01.37)
• Ohio State/Virginia Tech/Rutgers (Jan. 20): Finished 1st in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:13.96) and 4th in the 100-yard Breastroke (1:02.85).
• Indiana (Jan. 13): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:14.28) and 3rd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:02.62).
• UGA Fall Invite (Dec. 1-3): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:09.75), 5th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:01.24) and 21st in the 200-yard IM (2:02.49).
• Minnesota, Wisconsin, Penn State (Nov. 4-5): Took 4th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:16.88), 5th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:03.67) and swam the 200-yard IM (2:06.77).
• Louisville (Oct. 20-21): Finished 3rd in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:15.72) and swam the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:03.77).

Junior (2016-17)
• CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (400-yard Medley Relay)
• Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 4)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 15-18): Finished 17th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:09.60) and 22nd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:00.16).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 15-18): Finished 5th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (59.54) and 200-yard Breaststroke (2:09.09) and 14th in the 200-yard IM (1:59.52).
• Ohio State (Jan. 27): Finished 1st in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:01.55) and 200-yard Breaststroke (2:12.36) and 4th in the 200-yard IM (2:04.99).
• Indiana (Jan. 13): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:13.76), 3rd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:02.34) and 5th in the 200-yard IM (2:04.85).
• UGA Fall Invitational (Dec. 2-4): Finished 3rd in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:09.98), 6th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:00.92) and 15th in the 200-yard IM (1:59.84).

Sophomore (2015-16)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 6).
• NCAA Championships (March 16-19): Finished 26th in 200-yard Breaststroke (2:10.66) and 30th in 100-yard Breaststroke (1:00.77). Also swam on 200-yard Medley Relay and 400-yard Medley Relay.
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 17-20): Finished 5th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:09.48), 6th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:00.56) and 21st in the 200-yard IM (2:00.55).
• Finished 10th in both the 100-meter Breaststroke (1:09.14) and 200-meter Breaststroke (2:29.67), and 39th in the 200-meter IM (2:19.74) at AT&T Winter Nationals (Dec. 3-5).
• MSU Outdoor Invitational (Oct. 2): Won the 100-meter Breaststroke (1:13.66) and 200-meter Breaststroke (2:40.22).

Freshman (2014-15)
• CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (200-yard Breaststroke)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 6).
• NCAA Championships (March 19-21): Finished 9th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:07.88) and 22nd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:00.19).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 18-21): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:09.58), 3rd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (59.85) and 39th in the 200-yard IM (2:02.91).
• Won the 200-yard Breaststroke and finished 2nd in the 100-yard Breaststroke in collegiate debut at Iowa (Oct. 3-4).

Prep
• High School: University School (2014)
• Won state championship in the 100-yard Breaststroke as a senior.
• USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

Club/International
• Club: Swim Fort Lauderdale
• 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships (June 27-July 1): 21st in the 50m FR (32.21), T-21st in the 100m BR (1:10.34), 23rd in the 200m BR (2:31.83)
• U.S. Junior National Team

Personal
• Full Name: Emily Morgan Kopas
• Birthday: July 30, 1996
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Major: Environment; minors in both Museum Studies, Sustainability
• Father, William, swam at Michigan (1986-89) and was Big Ten champion in the 1,650-yard Freestyle in 1986.
• Uncle, Brice, swam at Michigan (1991-94) and was an NCAA All-American in 1994.

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