Leigh Ann King Season 2007-08

2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER
Sprint freestyle and breaststroke contributor … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in her junior and senior seasons.

SENIOR SEASON (2009-10)
Contributed to the sprint freestyle and breaststroke events … Competed in every dual meet, the Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and SEC Championships … Placed 26th in the 50 free with a season best of 23.49 at SEC’s … Finished 28th in the 100 breast and 33rd in the 100 free … Swam to a 20th-place finish in the 100 breast at the Cougar Classic … Notched 23rd at that competition in the 50 free (24.18) … Registered runner-up honors in the 100 breast in a win over Tulane (1:07.92) … Recorded sixth-place finishes in the 50 free and 100 breast in a tri-meet against Houston, Tulane and Rice … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Earned her third varsity letter.

JUNIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Added to a deep group of sprint freestyle swimmers … Competed in every dual meet, Texas A&M’s Art Adamson Invitational and the SEC Championships … Swam a career best of 23.45 in the 50 freestyle to place 30th at SEC’s … Also claimed a career best in the 100 free (51.40) and posted a mark of 1:05.01 in the 100 breaststroke … Finished 37th in the 100 free at the Art Adamson Invitational (51.88) … Won the 50 free against Delta State with a mark of 24.07 … Part of a 1-2-3 LSU sweep in the 50 free on the road at Arkansas … Played a significant role in helping the Lady Tigers tie Alabama … Took third in the 50 free versus the Crimson Tide and anchored the women’s 400 freestyle ‘B’ relay squad to a second-place finish to secure the tie … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Earned her second varsity letter.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2007-08)
Enjoyed a solid season in her first year at LSU … Competed in 10 dual meets, the Georgia Tech Invitational and the SEC Championships … Set season-best times in three events at SEC’s … Swam the 50 free in 23.49 seconds and the 200 free in 1:56.45 at the conference meet … Also recorded a season-best time of 51.66 in the 100 free to place 26th … Helped the 200 freestyle relay squad register a fifth-place finish at SEC’s… Won the 100 free (52.91) against Delta State … Played a role on the winning 400 freestyle relay team versus Houston and Rice … Part of three other relay teams that took runner-up honors during the dual-meet season … Finished third in the 50 free (23.98) and fourth in the 100 free (52.61) at No. 20 Florida State … Earned her first varsity letter.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2006-07 AT FLORIDA STATE)
Lettered for one season at Florida State … Helped win the 200 freestyle relay versus Akron in a holiday meet.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Held the Louisiana high school state record in the 50 free (23.11) … Was a four-time All-American, senior national qualifier in the 50 free and junior national qualifier in the 100 free… Helped lead St. Joseph’s Academy to three Division I state meet championships … Held city records in the 50 and 100 free as well as in the 200 and 400 free relays.

PERSONAL
Born Aug. 24, 1987 … Parents are Joseph and Jodi King … Has one sister, Erin … Father attended LSU … Majoring in mass communication with a concentration in public relations.

LEIGH ANN’S TOP TIMES
50 freestyle, 23.45, 2009 SEC Championships
100 freestyle, 51.40, 2009 SEC Championships
100 breaststroke, 1:05.01, 2009 SEC Championships