2008-09: Member of the Wildcats' sprint freestyle unit ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Swam season-best times in all three of her individual events at the Big Ten Championships, participating in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free ... Earned a pair of bonus final appearances at the TYR Invitational, coming back for the evening session in the 50 fly and 200 free.

HIGH SCHOOL: Won the 2007 state championship in the 100 freestyle ... Broke a 28-year-old Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) record in the 100 free ... Also holds the school record in the event ... All-conference and all-state honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Team, area, conference and state MVP ... As a senior at the FCIAC Championships, won the 50 and 100 free events, and anchored two winning relays to lead the team to a school-best third-place finish at the meet ... Swam three years of club with the New Canaan YMCA ... Named club MVP in 2006-07 ... Also dove for two years in high school, in addition to playing two years of water polo ... Three-time Connecticut Athlete Scholar ... Honor roll all four years of high school ... AP Scholar.

PERSONAL: Born Molly Anne Hennessy on 10/13/89 ... Daughter of Mark and Tracey Hennessy ... Raised in Chicago area for 10 years ... Chose Northwestern over Brown, Amherst and Georgetown ... Majoring in engineering.

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