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2023-24 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Katherine Kostecki

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • High School St. Joseph's Academy
  • Event Back
  • Major Computer Science, Data Science, & Economics, and Business Analytics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best
50-Yard Free 23.99
100-Yard Free 53.67
100-Yard Back 58.38

Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)


2023-24:
- Competed in five meets throughout the season
- Placed fifth in the 200 Back at NEWMAC Championships

2022-23:
- Finished 8th in the 200-back at the MIT Invite
- Took 4th at the NEWMAC Championships in the 200-back


2021-22:
- Competed in four meets during the season


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Computer science, data science, & economics, and business analytics major
- Concentration in Chinese
- Accenture Technology Development Program Summer Analyst, 2022
- Researched human motor control movements in relation to a study of Parkinson's Disease at Tel Aviv University through MISTI Israel. 
- UROP in the Graybiel lab at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and studying the effect Parkinson's has on the brain. 
- Chief External Affairs Officer for Kappa Alpha Theta
- Former Baker Dining Chair
- Women Business Leaders
- Global Research and Consulting 


High School:
- A 2020 graduate of St. Joseph's Academy
- Salutatorian
- Earned one varsity letter in swimming
- Placed second in the 100-back and 6th in the 200-free at the 2020 Missouri High School State Championship
- Also competed for the Flyers Aquatic Swim Team (FAST)
- Earned the Decade Award
- National Honor Society
- Mu Alpha Theta
- Beta Chi Pi
- Rho Kappa
- Literati
- Chinese Honor Society
- Robotics programmer
- Class Treasurer
- Missouri Youth and Government
- Missouri Youth Secretary of State
- Student Ambassador
- Kairos (religious retreat) Leader 
- Scholar Bowl
- World Wide Technology Hackathon Team 
- SWENext member
- VISION club co-founder and co-leader
- KMOX Student of Achievement
- National Center for Women in Technology Aspirations in Computing - regional honorable mention
- FIRST Dean's List Finalist, St. Joseph's Academy STEM Scholar
- St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society Alliance Girl of Stem Award Winner
- AP Scholar with honors
- Princeton book award
- Best All-round Junior
- First Honor Roll
- Cum Laude


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Going to California for training trip last year for winter break

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

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    5'8"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

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    5'8"
  • 2022-23Junior

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    5'8"
  • 2023-24Senior

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    5'8"