NEW COMMIT: The NC State Wolfpack have added a verbal commitment from Shannon Kearney for the Class of 2022. Kearney is a backstroker at New Trier Swim Club in Illinois.
Kearney said in the announcement on her Instagram,
“I’m excited to announce my verbal commitment to pursue both my academic and athletic careers at North Carolina State University! This is an amazing opportunity and I can’t wait to be a part of the family! Go Pack!!”
Kearney will be a senior at Wilmette, Illinois’ Loyola Academy this fall. Swimming for her school, she was the 100 backstroke third place finisher at the 2016 Illinois High School state championship last fall.
Some of her best times are:
- 50 Back 25.24
- 100 Back 54.47
- 200 Back 1:57.68
- 50 Free 24.33
- 100 Free 52.20
Kearney has seen significant improvement in the past year. Her best backstroke times were swum at NCSAs this March. Since 2017 she has knocked nearly eight tenths from her best 50 backstroke time. That’s small change compared to the full second that has come off her 100 time, and more remarkably the six seconds she has dropped from her best 200 backstroke a year ago. With that upward trajectory, Kearney could be a real difference maker for the Wolfpack. As her lifetime bests stand now, Kearney would have been a 200 backstroke B finalist and a 100 backstroke C finalist at the 2017 ACC Championships.
Emma Muzzy has also verbally committed to the Class of 2022.
