Austin Laska

Position:
Freestyle
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Palos Park, Ill.
High School:
A.A. Stagg

2009-10 (Sr.) Earned his third letter for Ball State . . . placed seventh in the 50 free at the Mid-American Conference Championships with a season-best effort of 20.82 which was the third-best individual effort of the year for a BSU swimmer . . . ranked fourth on the team in both the 100 (46.87) and 200 (1:44.98) free, with both times coming at the MAC Championships . . . member of the fourth-place 200 free relay (1:22.23) and sixth-place 400 free relay (3:04.76) at the league meet.

2008-09 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . two-time Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Week (10/22 & 12/17) . . . Douglas A. Coers Memorial Scholarship recipient . . . BSU's High Point Swimmer and Most Valuable Performer . . . placed ninth in the 50 free at the Sun Belt/MAC Championships (2/18) with a career-fast time of 20.44 . . . the time was also BSU's best individual effort of the year . . . added career-best efforts in the 100 free (46.07) and 200 free (1:43.15) at the league meet to rank second and third, respectively, on the team . . . member of BSU's 200 free (1:23.12), 400 free (3:03.95), 200 medley (1:33.64) and 400 medley (3:26.32) relay teams that posted season-best times at the league meet.

2007-08 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . turned in season-fast times in the 50 free (21.35), 100 free (47.50) and 200 free (1:45.71) at the Sun Belt/Mid-American Conference Championships (2/28) . . . the times ranked second (100 free), third (50 free) and fourth (200 free) on the squad.

2006-07 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . placed 18th in the 200 free (1:51.28) and 19th in the 50 free (22.06) at the MAC Championships (2/22) . . . added a career-best 1:03.92 in the 100 back at the Doug Coers Invitational (11/17).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at A.A. Stagg for Coach Jason Carr . . . finished second in the conference as a senior . . . set school records in the 50 free (22.23), 100 free (49.5) and the 50 split (21.6) all as a senior . . . qualified for state in the 50 free and placed 19th . . . helped lead his team to a second-place finish at sectionals.

PERSONAL: Majoring in construction management . . . born February 26, 1988 in Blue Island, Ill. . . son of Roberta and Carey Laska.