Jacob Eckert

Position:
Butterfly, Individual Medley
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Greenwood, Ind.
High School:
Center Grove

2015-16: Earned second letter at Ball State ... marked the best time of the Ball State squad with a 4:09.09 final in the 400 IM event at the 2016 Mid-American Conference Championships ... held the second best team time of the season in the 200 IM with a 1:55.43 time, as well as third best in the 200 fly with a 1:53.16 final, both set at the MAC Championships ... posted a season best time of 2:06.85 in the 200 backstroke at the 12th annual Doug Coers Invitational ... earned season bests in both the 50 free (23.14) and the 100 fly (52.37) at the Eastern Michigan Invitational ... marked a pair of season bests at home against Mid-American Conference foe Miami in the 200 free (1:50.37) and 500 free (5:10.47).

2014-15: Earned first letter at Ball State ... held the second best time of the team in the 400 IM (4:12.17) ... posted the third best time of the Cardinals in the 200 IM (1:57.81), 200 fly (1:55.03), and the 100 fly (51.71) ... other season bests include 100 breast (1:06.03) and 200 freestyle (1:51.96) ... finished third in the 200 fly (2:01.30) against IUPUI and Xavier, ultimately leading to a Ball State sweep of the event ... helped Ball State sweep the 200 fly event in the senior day meet against Evansville with a second place finish (2:04.41).

2013-14: Transferred from Indiana University.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four year letter-winner for head coach Jim Todd at Center Grove High School ... qualified for the state meet as a junior in 2012, placing 16th in the 200 IM and 11th in the 100 fly ... qualified for the state meet as a senior in 2013, placing 11th in the 100 fly ... school record holder in the 200 medley relay ... voted Most Improved on the Center Grove swim team his junor year ... helped his team win the sectional championship in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 ... named All-Conference Academic from 2009-2013 ... named All-Conference both junior and senior year.

PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Diana Eckert ... born in Indianapolis, Ind. on April 13, 1995 ... has two brothers, Luke (13) and Cole (10) ... majoring in Actuarial Science.