High School: Named to Connecticut all-state team • scholar-athlete during all four years of high school • named to all-area swim team • four-year varsity starter at Ridgefield High School • honor roll student all four years • selected for Excellence in Child Development.

Personal: Barbara McHale • daughter of John and Eileen McHale • has a sister, Lisa, and a brother, Robert • Lisa is a swimmer at Case Western Reserve University • honor student as an elementary education and special education major at Delaware with a minor in disability studies • mentored at a local pre-school over the summer.