﻿{"id":227987,"date":"2016-11-04T08:29:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=227987"},"modified":"2016-11-04T08:29:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:29:34","slug":"north-dakota-state-champ-emma-hepper-gives-verbal-commitment-to-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/north-dakota-state-champ-emma-hepper-gives-verbal-commitment-to-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota State Champ Emma Hepper Gives Verbal Commitment to Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><i>Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website <\/i><\/i><i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/agonswim.com\/\">AgonSwim.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The University of Minnesota has added\u00a0<strong>Emma Hepper\u00a0<\/strong>to the Class of 2021. Hepper swims for AquaStorm and attends Bismarck High School.<\/p>\n<p>Hepper shared,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I chose Minnesota because I have been a huge Gopher fan since I was a little girl! It has always been a goal of mine to swim at Minnesota and I am so happy to be apart of them team! The coaches are so friendly and are really dedicated to what they do and genuinely want to see improvements in all of their swimmers. I know by choosing to commit to Minnesota I will be challenged not only in the pool but also in the classroom. Minnesota has everything that I could ever want in a school plus more. So excited to be a Gopher!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Her best times are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100 Back 57.40<\/li>\n<li>200 Back 2:02.47<\/li>\n<li>100 Free 52.92<\/li>\n<li>200 Free 1:52.17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hepper is the 2015 North Dakota\u00a0state champion in the 100 backstroke. 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