Julie Nguyen
Julie Nguyen
Height: 5-4
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Salem, Mass.
High School: Salem
Major: Nursing

2014-15 Season: Tallied 91 points to rank ninth on the team ... Swam in 10 different individual events ... Posted 13 top-three finishes, including a pair of first-place efforts ... Scored 16 points at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championship, including a 15th-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle and a 21st-place showing in the 500-freestyle on February 13-14 ... Placed in four events and scored 20 points in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship on December 6-7 ... Finished second in the 500-freestyle with a season-best time of 5:43.21 at the GNAC meet and also placed third in the 400-individual medley, fourth in the 200-freestyle and seventh in the 100-freestyle in addition to helping the Sharks set the GNAC and pool record in the 200-medley and 800-freestyle relays ... Opened the season by scoring 13 points at Westfield State University with a first-place effort in the 500-freestyle and a second-place outing in the 50-freestyle on October 25.

2013-14 Season: Scored 125 points to rank sixth on the squad, including 16 top-three finishes and a pair of first-place showings ... Competed in 12 different events, including all three distances in the breaststroke ... Made her collegiate debut on October 26 vs. Westfield State University and finished second in the 500-yard freestyle ... Scored 18 points and placed in four different events, including a third-place effort in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:48.00 at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championships on December 7 ... Tallied 38 points at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championships and placed 11th in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard individual medley with respective season-best times of 2:05.94 and 1:06.61 ... Scored 13 points with a first place effort in the 50-yard breaststroke with a season-best mark of 35.66 and added a second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle vs. Western New England University on January 25.

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner for Salem High School ... Earned State and Sectional Qualifier status all four years for the Witches ... Named the Most Valuable Performer for SHS ... Recipient of the Coaches Award for Salem High ... Broke school records as a freshman ... Tabbed to the Honor Roll at SHS ... Earned the Biology Award, the Sculpture & Ceramics Award as well as the Graphic Design Award at Salem High School ... Member of the National Art Honor Society at SHS ... Competed for the YMCA North Shore swim team ... Born February 27, 1995 ... Majoring in Nursing at Simmons ... Daughter of Nga and Tuan Nguyen.