PROVIDENCE COLLEGE FRIARS

Danielle Matook

Class: Senior Hometown: Seekonk, Mass. High School: St. Mary Academy - Bay View

Event: Backstroke Captain: 2007-2008

At Providence: As a sophomore: placed 15th (1:03.99) in the 100-yard backstroke at MSC...Placed 12th (2:16.13) in the 200-yard backstroke at MSC...Placed second (2:34.26) in the 200-meter backstroke vs. Vermont on 1/28...Finished second (34.08) in the 50-meter backstroke on 1/21 vs. UMass-Dartmouth...Placed third (2:36.26) in the 200 SC meter backstroke and second (2:03.23) in the 200-meter freestyle relay with teammates Bonagura, Abbott, and McCarthy on 1/15 vs. Maine...Placed second (2:19.50) in the 200-yard backstroke and second (3:53.70) in the 400-yard freestyle relay with teammates Brezinsky, Bonagura, and McCarthy on 1/17 vs. Montclair State...Finished first (1:55.97) in the 200-yard medley relay with teammates Nemeth, K. Flynn, and Glynn on 10/28 vs. Loyola...Finished first (4:22.94) in the 400-meter freestyle relay with teammates Bonagura, Brezinsky, and Sepe on 10/22 vs. Fairfield. As a Freshman: Began the year with a win (2:41.09) in the 200-meter backstroke vs. Montclair State on 10/24...Posted PC's highest finish in both the 100-yard backstroke (10th place, 1:07.93)the 200-yard backstroke (11th place, 2:25.04) at the Harold Anderson Invite on 12/4...Swam the first leg of the 200-meter medley relay on the team that finished third (2:03.20) at Vermont on 1/19...Placed third (1:13.66) in the 100-meter backstroke at the Univ. of Bridgeport vs. Bridgeport and SHU 2/5...Swam the second leg of the 200-yard medley relay on the team that finished sixth (1:55.43) at the Metropolitan Collegiate Championships on 2/20. At Saint Mary Academy-Bay View: A captain and four-year member of the swim and golf teams...Swam under head coach Ray Giant at the Seekonk Swimming Club as well as head coaches Paul Brouchu and Karen Roll at Saint Mary Academy...She was a 2003 all-state selection in the 200 medley relay and earned the 2004 Bay View Senior Sportsmanship Award...Was also a member of the Class A Champions and the Rhode Island state champions...A member of both the Rhode Island Honor Society and the National Honor Society, she was also Bay-View's nominee for the scholar-athlete of the year award.

Personal: Daughter of Elaine and Nicholas Matook...Has one brother, Nicholas...Born August 19, 1986...Expected to major in Secondary Education or History.