Cassie Vietas
Cassie Vietas
Height: 5-3
Year: Senior
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
High School: Robinson
Major: Exercise Science/Doctorate of Physical Therapy

2018-19 Season: Named to the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association All-Academic Team for both the fall and spring semesters ... Tabbed to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference Team ... Selected to the GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team ... Established personal-record times in six events ... Placed fifth in the 100-yard backstroke at the GNAC Championship and added a sixth-place effort in the 400-yard individual medley, while placing 10th with a personal-record time of 2:29.77 in the 200-yard individual medley at the title meet on February 1 ... Scored in three different events at the NEISDA Championship, placing 10th in the 200-yard backstroke and 12th in the 100-yard backstroke, while posting a personal-best mark of 11:32.32 to finish 11th in the 1000-yard freestyle on February 21 ... Finished first in the 50-yard backstroke and added a third-place effort in the 100-yard backstroke vs. Gordon College and Elms College on October 27 ... Registered personal-record times of 5:53.76 and 1:11.36 to place third in both the 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly, respectively vs. University of New England on November 17 ... Recorded 13 top-five finishes and ranked 13th on the team in point-scoring.

2017-18 Season: Named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference Team ... Chosen to the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association All-Academic Team ... Competed in nine meets and 10 different events during the season ... Turned in 13 top-five finishes ... Competed in the 50 and 500-yard freestyle as well as the 200-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship ... Placed third in the 1000-yard freestyle and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke vs. Wellesley College on November 11.

2016-17 Season: Named to the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association All-Academic Team and the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Scored 116 points to rank 12th on the team ... Posted 14 top-five finishes, including a pair of victories ... Swam in nine different events and set personal-record times in all of them ... Scored 44 points at the GNAC Championship on December 3 and finished sixth in the 200 and 50-yard backstroke and set a personal-record time of 31.19 in the 50 ... Tallied 21 points at the NEISDA Championship on February 16, placing 13th in the 200-yard backstroke and 14th in the 1000-yard freestyle with a career-best mark of 11:43.12 ... Scored 13 points vs. Plymouth State University on January 7 after winning the 100-yard backstroke and placing second in the 1000-yard freestyle ... Finished first in the 500-yard freestyle vs. Babson College on November 15.

2015-16 Season:
Swam in the 50-yard backstroke vs. Westfield State University to make her collegiate debut on October 24 ... Missed nearly three months of the season with an injury ... Scored nine points on the season in six meets ... Swam primarily in the backstroke, competing in all three lengths ... Recorded five top-five finishes ... Placed third in the 50-yard backstroke with a personal-best time of 32.75 and added a third-place effort in the 100-yard backstroke vs. Westfield State.

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner in swimming and diving and also earned a letter in cross country for Robinson High School ... Earned the Coaches Award for the Knights swimming and diving squad following her junior campaign ... Received a Captains' Award for Robinson High School swimming & diving ... Chosen a Captain for RHS swimming and diving as a senior ... Named to the Robinson High School Hall of Fame ... Earned two Outstanding Mathematics awards and an Outstanding Physics Award at Robinson High ... Swam for Greater Tampa Swimming Association, South Tampa Aquatic Team and Okinawa Dolphins Swim Team ... Member of the National Honors Society, the Latin Honors Society and Student2Student at RHS ... Member of the Junior Classical League at Robinson High School ... Born April 17, 1997 ... Majoring in Exercise Science in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at Simmons and would like to pursue a career in Physical Therapy ... Daughter of Jennifer and Jay Vietas ... Serves as a Simmons Ambassador Program Supervisor ... Earned Dean's List honors every semester at Simmons ... Enjoys reading and volunteering.