Drew Onken

Photo by: Sideline Sports

Position:
Breaststroke/Individual Medley
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.
High School:
Walker School

2011-12: CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Year… 2012 CCSA Men’s Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet… CSCAA Scholar All-America Honoree… Named a Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com… Four-time CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week honoree… NCAA qualifier… Posted the ‘Cats top times of the season in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 56.65 at the Kenyon Invite (12/3) and in the 200-yard breaststroke with a mark of 1:59.08 at the NCAA Championships (3/22)… Was also the Wildcats’ top swimmer in the 200-yard IM with a 1:46.69 at the CCSA Championships (2/16) and in the 400-yard IM with a 3:47.38 also at the CCSA meet… Qualified for the NCAA Championship meet in the 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard IM and 400-yard IM… Recorded Davidson’s second-best time of the season in the 200-yard backstroke with a 1:50.96 at the Kenyon Invite (12/1)… Won the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:55.11 and was the top finisher in the 200-yard breaststroke, clocking in at 2:06.41 in the season-opener vs. Clemson (10/1)… Swam on Davidson’s first-place 400-yard free relay (3:26.32), won the 100-yard backstroke (58.04) and took second in both the 200-yard breaststroke (2:07.32) and 200-yard IM (1:57.18) vs. East Carolina (10/15)… Was on the winning 400-yard medley relay and picked up a pair of wins in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.27) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:06.36) against William & Mary (10/29)… Swam the breaststroke leg of Davidson’s winning 400-meter medley relay and earned wins in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:05.90), 200-meter breaststroke (2:26.03) and 400-meter IM (4:36.00) vs. College of Charleston (11/5)… A member of Davidson’s 800-free relay team that took second place at the Kenyon Invitational (12/3) in a time of 6:42.93… Won the 400-yard IM b touching the pads in 3:53.35 to set a poll record and finished second out of 28 swimmers in the 200-yard breaststroke with a 56.64 at the Kenyon meet… Also swam on the ‘Cats’ third-place 400-yard medley relay and was the runner-up in the 200-yard back… Finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a 58.13 and was top swimmer in the 200-yard event with a 2:08.26 and in the 400 IM with a 4:04.72 to lead the Wildcats to a 195.5-88.5 victory over Gardner-Webb (12/21)… Was the runner up to teammate Dylan Ludwick in the 200-yard free with a time of 1:44.18 and took third in the 100-yard free with a 48.23 at the CCSA Duals (1/28)… Swam on Davidson’s first-place 400-yard medley relay at the meet as well… Was a three-time individual champion at the 2012 CCSA Championships, taking top honors in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200-yard breaststroke to earn Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet honors (2/16)… Was also a member of Davidson’s first place 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay and 400-yard free relay to help the ‘Cats to the runner-up spot at the meet… Qualified for the NCAA meet in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200-yard breaststroke… Took 47th in the 200 IM with a time of 1:48.04 and just missed the finals of the 400 IM with a time of 3:49.65 for 19th place at the NCAA National Championships (3/22)… Set new school and CCSA records in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:59.01 to take 28th place at the national meet.

Wildcat Career: 2010 & 2011 Mid-Major All-America Honorable Mention by CollegeSwimming.com ... school-record holder in the 200 breaststroke (2:00.25/2010) and the 400 IM (3:49.37/2011) and as a member of the 200 medley relay ... Wildcat Top-10 performer in the 200 free (1:38.57/2nd), the 500 free (4:38.94/10th), the 1000 free (9:51.26/7th), the 200 back (1:49.39/3rd), the 100 breast (:56.29/3rd), the 200 fly (1:49.69/2nd) and the 200 IM (1:48.16/2nd) ... 2011 CCSA co-Men's Swimmer of the Year ... 2011 CCSA champion in the 400 IM (3:49.37) and 200 breaststroke (2:01.14) and as a member of the 400 medley and 800 freestyle relays ... 2011 CCSA championship finalist (200 IM/2nd) ... 2010 CCSA champion in the 400 IM (3:51.93) and as a member of the 200 and 400 medley and 800 free relays ... 2010 CCSA championship finalist (200 IM/2nd; 200 breast/2nd) ... named 2010 CCSA Men's Most Outstanding Freshman Performer ... conference championship relay team member (2010, 2011) ... received team's 2010 Billy Ray High Point Award and Most Promising Freshman awards and was named co-recipient of the Dick Redding Most Valuable Athlete award with Geoffrey Peitz ... All-Academic CCSA (2011) ... individual event winner against Coll. of Charleston (2009-10, 2010-11), Clemson (2009-10, 2010-11), Davidson Invitational (2010-11), East Carolina (2009-10, 2010-11), Emory (2009-10), Gardner-Webb (2010-11), Georgia Tech (2010-11), NC State (2009-10), Virginia Tech (2009-10), VMI (2009-10, 2010-11) and William & Mary (2009-10, 2010-11) ... relay event winner against College of Charleston (2010-11), East Carolina (2009-10), VMI (2009-10, 2010-11) and William & Mary (2010-11).

Prep/Personal: All-County for Cobb County as a junior and senior ... two-time county champion in the 200 IM ... All-America in 2009 ... school record holder in the 100 breast and 200 IM ... graduated summa cum laude ... trained eight years with the Marietta Marlins, under the direction of Yit Aun Lim ... three-time Georgia State Champion in the 400 IM (summer long course 2008, winter short course 2008, summer long course 2009) ... named most outstanding male performer at the 2008 winter short course at the Georgia State Championships ... qualifier at junior nationals (2007, 2008, 2009), senior nationals (2008), US Open (2009) and the world championship trials (2009).