Illinois Signs Three Recruits

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, May 8. THE University of Illinois announced the signing of Meghan Mason from Naperville, Ill., Ann Miller from Columbia, Md., and Sara Stoneburg from Copley, Ohio, to the 2007-08 incoming class.

Mason is a USA Swimming sectional qualifier. In 2005, Mason swam on the state champion 400 free relay and on the runner-up 200 medley relay en route to National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All-America honors. This past season, she earned All-State honors, competing on a pair of relays that finished in the top-six at the 2007 IHSA State Championships. Mason also has club team experience with the Fox Valley Swim Team in the sprint freestyle.

"Meghan is a great addition to our squad for the upcoming season," head coach Sue Novitsky said. "She has continued to improve through her high school career and has competed well in pressure situations. We look for her to come in and help rebuild our sprint group after our strong graduating class. In addition to being a solid swimmer, Meghan has a terrific personality and is a real team player. She is excited to be come a part of the Illinois family."

National Club Swimming Association 2007 Junior National qualifier Miller joins the Orange and Blue after a successful high school career at Wild Lake and with the Retriever Aquatic club team. Miller qualified for the 200 breast, 200 fly and the 200 and 400 IM at the 2007 Junior Nationals. She has maintained a perfect grade-point average throughout high school and plans to major in mechanical engineering at Illinois.

"We are excited to add Ann to our incoming class of 2007," Novitsky said. "Ann has made some strides with her swimming in the past year and we are anticipating that she will continue to improve at Illinois. Ann sought us out initially because of our strong engineering school and it worked out great that she is a tremendous fit for the program both athletically and academically."

Stoneburg is a multiple-time state qualifier in Ohio and a USA Swimming sectional qualifier. Stoneburg has club experience with Akron Firestone and swims the sprint freestyle as her main event. In 2007, Stoneburg swam on the Firestone 10th place 200 free and 400 free state relays and also placed 10th individually in the 200 free at the Ohio state finals.

"Sara is a great addition for us and will help us to refortify our sprint freestyle group," Novitsky said. "She has continued to improve of the past couple of years and we feel that she is a good fit and will work well within our system. Sara was a strong relay swimmer for her high school and we expect her to be competing for spots on our relay teams. Sara brings a strong desire to improve and work ethic to the team that we always look for in our student-athletes."

The trio of signees for the 2007 class joins December 2006 additions Rebecca DeSalle (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) and Kasey Madden (Medina, Minn./Wayzata).

Special thanks to Illinois for contributing this report.

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