McKenna DeBever Season 2018-19

Top Times:

• 100 Free: 50.22
• 200 Free: 1:46.02
• 100 Back: 54.75
• 200 Back: 1:54.44
• 200 Breast: 2:29.70
• 200 Fly: 2:03.45
• 200 IM: 1:55.74

2018-19 (Senior):

• Earned first individual win of the season in the 100-yard backstroke against Rice and TCU (55.98)
• Won the 100-yard freestyle against SMU (51.49)
• Notched a victory in the 100-yard backstroke against LSU (54.75)
• Logged victories in the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.82) and the 200-yard IM (2:02.79) in dual meet featuring Vanderbilt and Houston
• Placed sixth with a lifetime-best time of 1:55.74 in the 200-yard IM at the SEC Championships
• Named to the winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
• CSCAA Scholar All-America - First Team

2017-18 (Junior):

• Represented Texas A&M and Peru in the 2018 FINA World Championships in China
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Pair of 6^th place finishes at SEC Championships, in the 200 free (1:46.36) and 200 IM (1:55.58)
• Scored points for the Aggies at SECs with a 6^th-place finish in the “C” Final (22^nd overall) of the 100 freestyle (49.27)
• Member of 5^th-place 200 freestyle relay team at SEC Championships (1:28.91)

2016-17:

• Represented Peru at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
• Placed 28^th in the 200 IM at Worlds, while lowering her own Peruvian record in the race to 2:16.52
• Redshirted while sitting out season per NCAA transfer rules
• Swimming unattached, DeBever posted times of 50.03c in the 100 free, 55.20c in the 100 fly and 2:00.59c in the 200 IM at the Austin Grand Prix

 
2014-16 (Auburn):

• De was a finalist in the 100 free and swam a leg on the Tigers’ 400 free relay at the 2015 SEC Championships and was a relay alternate at the 2015 NCAA Championships
• competed at the 2013 Junior World Championships and the 2015 Pan American Games and had a U.S. Olympic Team Trials cut in the 200 IM
• An excellent student, De was a two-time member of the SEC Honor Roll while at Auburn.

 
High School/Club:

• 2014 graduate of Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Fla. She also attended Regis Jesuit High School in Denver, Colo.
• De was coached by current Texas A&M men’s assistant coach Jason at the (Fla.) School Sharks
• Four-year member of the Presidential Honor Roll
• Scholastic All-American
• Earned the Marine Corps Distinguished Athletic Award.

 
Personal:

• McKenna Victoria is the daughter of Steve and Sandra De of Aurora, .
• Born June 5, 1996 in Los Angeles, Calif.
• Biomedical sciences major
• Has three siblings Taylor, Riley and Alexis
• Her father graduated from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M in 2001 and also competed in crew during his undergrad years at Loyola-Marymount University in California. He was a member of the USA crew national team and competed at three world championships
• Her mother played softball and was a member of the crew team at LMU.
• Her sister, Taylor, swam at Bryant University and another sister, Alexis, swims at LMU.

 
Close Up
Favorite TV Show: Real Housewives of OC, NYC, Beverly Hills, etc.
Most Played Song on iPod: Depends on the month
What do you drive? White Ford Expedition
Bookmarked Websites: Howdy, Facebook, Netflix and SwimSwam
Superstition: I have to name my goggles before I race in them
Worst Job: Plant sitter
Favorite City to Visit: Budapest
Talent I’d Most Like to Have: Not have to look at a single textbook and be able to get straight A’s
Dream Date: Somewhere in Italy or Croatia
Pre-Competition Music: Flume
Favorite Quote: “Road to the mountain top- determination, will and never give up”
Something about me that most people don’t know: I have tri-citizenship (America, Peru and Italy)
Favorite Tradition at Texas A&M: Midnight Yell
 
Describe in one word:
Coach Bultman: Patient
Coach Jamison: Tough
Coach Lerew: Old-fashion
Coach Holmes: Lovely