Leon Warnakulasuriya

2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2020-21 (Senior): Freestyle, individual medley and backstroke swimmer … Posted personal bests in the 50 free (21.08) and 100 back (49.13) at the ACC Championships … Recorded season bests in the 50 back (23.71) and 200 back (1:46.80) at the ACC championships … Set season bests in the 100 back (49.99) and the 200 back (1:47.85) at the Georgia Invitational … Clocked times in the 100 back (52.10) and 200 back (1:54.41) against Gardner Webb … Turned in times of 22.10, 52.08, and 1:55.01 against Alabama … Swam the 50 free (21.88), 100 back (52.36), and 200 back (1:55.12) against Auburn … Touched the wall in 24.56, 51.51 and 1:51.92 in the 50 back, 100 back and 200 back

2019-20 (Junior): Backstroke swimmer who also competed for the Jackets in the 200 and 400 free relay and 200 and 400 medley relay this season … Had his best meet of the season at the Georgia Tech Invitational, with season-best times in the 100 back (50.41), 200 back (1:49.77) and 50 free (21.37) … Won bronze in the 200 back (1:53.80) against Georgia Southern, SCAD … Earned top five finishes in the 100 back against South Carolina (52.39) and Auburn (53.08), and 200 back against Tennessee (1:52.25), Florida State (1:52.35) and South Carolina (1:53.92).

2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed for the Jackets in the 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 free and 1000 free … Also swam with the 200 medley and 400 medley relay groups … Set three PRs at the Auburn Invite, in the 50 back (24.25), 100 back (49.54) and 200 back (1:46.62) … Finished third in the 100 back final (50.00) at the Auburn Invite … Set a 50 free PR at the Georgia Tech Invitational, with a time of 22.35, and a 1000 free PR (10:06.08) vs. SCAD … Competed in the 100 back (51.64) and 200 back (1:51.33) vs. Denver … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2017-18 (Freshman): Added depth for the Yellow Jackets in the breaststroke events … Also competed in the 200 free and 200 IM event for Tech on the year … Turned in the fifth-best time on the team in the 100 back (50.52) on the season … Also recorded the fifth-fastest time on the team in the 200 back (1:49.04) and the ninth-best in the 200 IM (1:54.11) … Totaled 10 top-five individual finishes on the year … Picked up a pair of third-place finishes in the 100 back (51.93) and 200 back (1:53.15) events in the dual meet versus Delta State … Finished fourth overall in the 100 back (52.68) and 200 back (1:53.16) events in the season-opening dual meet against Pittsburgh … Also touched the wall in fourth-place in the 200 back (1:53.08) at Northwestern and in the 100 back (54.00) at SCAD … Finished fifth in the 200 back at Notre Dame (1:52.12) and at SCAD (1:54.20), and in the 100 back (52.81) at South Carolina … Recorded a sixth-place showing in the 100 back in dual meets at both Northwestern (52.50) and at Georgia (52.63) … Placed seventh in the 100 back (52.50) at Notre Dame and in the 200 back (1:54.26) at Georgia … Also finished seventh overall in the 100 back (53.04) in the dual meet at South Carolina … Turned in an eight-place showing in the 200 free (1:47.99) in the dual meet versus Emory … Finished 15th overall in the 200 back at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a finals time of 1:49.04 … Also competed for Tech at the GT Invite in the 100 back (51.47), placing 20th overall, and in the 200 IM (1:54.11) … Competed in the 100 back (50.90 and 51.06) and 200 back (1:50.45 and 1:50.70) events at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet … Also swam in the 100 back (59.61 and 1:00.17) and 200 back (2:11.20 and 2:12.66) events at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Atlanta.

Before Tech: Swam and played water polo at Clear Springs High School in League City, Texas … Earned Texas all-state second-team honors in both swimming and water polo his senior season in 2017 … A three-time first-team all-region selection … A three-time team MVP on the swim team … Holds the Clear Springs school record in the 100 back, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free and 200 IM events, while also a member of the record holding 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relay teams … Swam at the 2017 NCSA Spring Junior National Championships competing in the 200 yard back, 400 yard IM, 200 yard free, 100 yard back and 200 yard IM events … Posted four top-10 finishes at the GU TWST Short Course Championships III in 2016 … Also finished 11th overall in the 100 yard back at the 2017 Texas 6A State Championships … Finished second overall in the 100 yard back at the 2017 Texas UIL 6A — Region 6 Championships … Led his water polo team to three district championships in 2014, 2016 and 2017 … A USA Swimming scholastic all-America selection … Also an academic all-state honoree … Was a four-year Superintendent Scholar, a Distinguished AP Scholar and a National Merit Commended Scholar … Graduated in the top three in his graduating class … Also a member of the National Honor Society, English Honor Society, Science Honor Society and Rho Kappa Honor Society … Served as the historian for the Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society … Was both the president (senior year) and vice president (junior year) of the National Technical Honor Society … Was a recipient of the CSHS Leadership Award, the Engineering Scholar Award and the Best Mathematics Student Award.

Personal: Has an older sibling … Chose Tech because of its nationally ranked aerospace engineering program, the chance to swim for an NCAA Division I men’s program and the location of campus … Plans to major in aerospace engineering.