Maddie Paschal

2016-17 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2016-17 All-ACC Academic Team

2016-17 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2015-16 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention

2015-16 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2014-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2014-15 Team Most Improved Award

2013-14 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2016-17 (Senior): Closed out her senior season with a school record time of 54.05 in the 100 back at the 2017 ACC Championships … Also set a new personal-best mark of 1:58.42 in the 200 back at the ACC Championship meet, the third-fastest time on the season for the Jackets … Swam the first leg of both the record setting 200 medley relay (1:38.50) and the 400 medley relay (3:37.26) teams … Was also a member of the second-fastest relay times for the Jackets in both the 200 medley relay (1:40.56) and the 400 medley relay (1:40.56) … Was the anchor leg in the third-fastest 200 free relay time (1:34.22) for Tech on the year … Also had the fifth-best mark for the Jackets on the season in the 50 free (23.63), a new career-best mark … Totaled 15 top-10 finishes on the season … Took second-place overall in the 50 back (26.90) at the half-double meet with Georgia Southern … Posted a runner-up finish in the 100 back (57.23) in the double-dual meet with Boston College and Pitt, as well as in the 100 back (56.27) in the dual meet with Notre Dame … Recorded a third-place finish in the 150 back versus Georgia Southern (1:32.53), in the 100 back versus Georgia (56.93) and both SCAD and Florida State (56.65) … Also posted a third-place finish in the 200 back (2:03.57) in the tri-meet with Cincinnati and FAU … Placed 15th in both the 100 back (55.20) and the 200 back (2:00.15) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished in 27th overall in the 100 back (55.41) at the 2016 AT&T Winter Championships …Finished 19th overall in the 100 back (54.06) and 23rd in the 200 back (1:58.42) at the 2017 ACC Championships … Team Co-Captain … Named to the 2016-17 All-ACC Academic Team … Recognized as a 2016-17 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention.

2015-16 (Junior): Had an outstanding breakout season helping to break three school relay records and an individual record … Was 5-for-5 in career-bests this season with new bests in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back and 200 back … Led off two record-breaking medley relays as the backstroke leg at the ACC Championships … Recorded a career-best in the 50 back on the lead-off leg of the 200 medley relay with a time of 24.85, which broke the school record at the Georgia Tech Invitational by three seconds … Was part of the relay that broke the 200 free relay record with Alex Rieger (So.), Morgan Lyons (So.) and Chiara Ruiu (Jr.) … Helped break the four year old 400 medley relay record with Florina Ilie (Fr.), Laura Branton (Fr.) and Iris Wang (Fr.) at the ACC Championships … Broke the school record in the 100 back with a time of 54.10, which was good enough to win the B-final at the ACC Championships … Finished 22nd in the 200 back at the ACC Championships with a career-best time of 1:59.10 … Recorded a career-best time in the 50 free at the ACC Championships with a time of 23.68 … Also turned in a career-best mark in the 100 free at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 54.22 … CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention.

2014-15 (Sophomore): Earned the team’s award as the Most Improved Swimmer in 2014-15 … Established career-highs in all four of primary events and cracked Georgia Tech’s all-time top-10 list in two individual events and in two relays … Touched the wall in 14th overall with a career-best time of 55.82 in the 100 back at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which is the fourth-best time in school history … Finished 25th at the ACC Championships in the 200 back with a time of 2:01.89, the school’s ninth-best time all-time … Recorded a career-best 50 free time of 23.91 at the ACC Championships … Finished eighth in the 100 free at the meet versus Miami, Virginia Tech and UNC-Wilmington with a career-best time of 55.25 … Led off the 200 medley relay at the ACC Championships that clocked in with a time of 1:41.88, Tech’s second-fastest all-time … Also led off the 400 medley relay at the ACC Championships that finished 10th overall with a time of 3:46.41, Tech’s seventh-best in history.

2013-14 (Freshman): Provided depth for the Yellow Jackets in both freestyle and backstroke events as a freshman on the Flats … Posted team’s fourth-best time in the 100 back (57.41) and the fifth-fastest in the 200 back (2:05.85) … Also recorded top-10 season times in both the 50 and 100 free events.

Before Tech: A four-time letterwinner and senior captain under coach Kat Russell … Named the MVP of her high school swim team all four years … A six-time Georgia All-Star swimmer … A member of the National Honors Society, Service Club and Future Educators of America … Was also named an Honors Graduate.

Personal: Full name is Madeline Leigh Paschal … Born June 5, 1995 in LaGrange, Ga. … Daughter of William and Heather Paschal … Has a sister named Allie … Both parents were varsity athletes at St. Joseph’s College (men’s basketball, women’s volleyball and women’s basketball) … Majoring in business administration.