Grace Bennin

Class:
Junior
High School:
Mount Horeb HS
Hometown:
Mount Horeb, Wis.

Career Honors and Awards

2022 CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American
2x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021-22)
2x Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2021-22)
Winner of Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at 2022 team banquet

2021-22 Junior Season: Winner of Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at team banquet • made NCAA Championships debut as part of the 200 free relay that placed 21st (1:28.79) • placed 12th in the 100 breast finals (1:00.89), 14th in the 50 free finals (22.46) and 19th in the 200 breast finals (2:14.42) at the Big Ten Championships; also part of the 200 free relay that took third and set a school record (1:27.92), the 400 medley relay that came in fifth (3:33.34) and the 200 medley relay that finished sixth (1:36.41) • anchored the 200 free relay (1:28.43) that hit an 'A' cut and tied a school record and was part of a 200 medley relay (1:38.01) that placed third in a tri-dual against Northwestern and Iowa; also placed fourth in the 100 breast (1:01.66), fifth in the 200 breast (2:15.69) and sixth in the 200 IM (2:03.75) • finished 16th in the finals of the 200 IM (2:03.29) and helped the 200 medley relay take seventh (1:38.29) at the Minnesota Invite · captured first in the 200 breast (2:14.99), took second in the 100 breast (1:02.82) and 200 medley relay (1:41.07), and placed third in the 200 IM (2:02.57) against Wisconsin · won the 200 breast (2:17.74) and placed second in the 50 free (23.45) and 200 medley relay (1:43.00) versus St. Thomas · in her season debut against Nebraska, won the 200 breast (2:16.17) and finished second in the 100 breast (1:02.84) and 200 medley relay (1:42.94) • CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2020-21 Sophomore Season: Trained with the Gophers but did not compete · Big Ten Distinguished Scholar · Academic All-Big Ten.

2019-20 Freshman Season: Qualified for finals and placed 22nd in the 100 breast (1:01.53) with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time at the Big Ten Championships · also earned a 27th place finish in the 200 breast (2:15.50) at the Big Ten Championships · finished fifth in the 200 breast (2:19.33) and sixth in the 100 breast (1:03.19) against Purdue and Northwestern · touched second in the 100 breast (1:03.72) and fourth in the 200 breast (2:20.02) versus USC · Notched first place finishes in the 50 free (23.83) and 200 free relay (1:34.87), as well as a second place finish in the 200 breast (2:18.98) against Hawaii · qualified for finals and finished 12th in the 100 breast (1:02.83) and 14th in the 200 breast (2:18.75) at the Minnesota Invite · touched second in the 200 breast (2:16.40) and third in the 100 breast (1:02.61) versus Wisconsin · earned a second place finish in the 200 breast (2:17.47) and a fourth place finish in the 50 free (23.60) at the Iowa dual · finished third in the 100 breast (1:04.42) and fifth in the 200 breast (2:20.38) against Florida State · placed second in the 100 back (1:03.50) and third in the 200 breast (2:19.39) against Florida.

High School: A 2019 graduate of Verona Area High School · four-time All-American and All-State · three-time State Champion in the 100 breast · State Champion in the 200 IM as a senior · State Champion in the 50 free as a junior · set state record in the 100 breast · set school records in the 100 breast, 50 free and 200 IM · seven-time Conference Champion · helped the team to a State Runner-up finish as a sophomore · four-time All-Conference · also competed as a member of the track & field team · competed in Junior Nationals · swam for Madison Aquatic Club, Mount Horeb Gators and MOHO Gators · member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Plans to major in environmental science or environmental engineering · daughter of Jennifer and David Bennin · has two sisters, Meleana and Emmy, and two brothers, Luke and Andrew · hobbies include hammocking · chose Minnesota for the great coaching staff, facilities and family culture.