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2011 WOTY Finalist - Annie Chandler

Annie Chandler

“Honoring your team can be pouring your heart into practice, striving for academic excellence, leading with integrity, or joyfully serving your community. The ability to contribute is an honor. Community service can open an athlete’s eyes to a world beyond sport – a world incomprehensibly grateful for your contributions.”

What are they doing now?
Annie’s life right now is “very swimming centric,” as she trains for next summer’s Olympic Trials. At the same time, she hasn’t put her Journalism degree behind her – she continues to write ongoing blogs for swimming magazines, recounting her experiences at swim meets in Paris … China …. and the upcoming Pan American Games in Guadalajara.

School: University of Arizona

Division I

Conference: Pac-12 Conference

Major: Journalism

Sport: Swimming and Diving

She’s an NCAA Division I swimming national champion and record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke, but Chandler’s excellence extends well outside the pool. A top-12 finalist for the University of Arizona’s Outstanding Senior Awards, Chandler excelled in the classroom, graduating cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She also served as managing editor of the Tombstone Epitaph, the school’s biweekly newspaper, in 2010 and earned first-team Academic All-American honors by ESPN The Magazine the same year.

A supporter of her community, Chandler has dedicated countless hours to service, visiting with hospital patients, working with underprivileged children and volunteering at numerous swimming clinics to spread her love of the sport.

Chandler was a leader in athletics as well, serving as captain of Arizona’s swimming and diving team, and helping freshmen transition into their lives as student-athletes as a Peer Athletic Leader.

In addition to her individual national championship in the 100-yard breaststroke, Chandler won six national championships in medley relays during her four-year tenure at Arizona. Chandler, an 18-time All-American, also competed internationally in 2008 and 2010 as a member of the U.S. women’s national team.