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2012 Men's Swimming Roster

K.J. Shaw

  • Position Fly/Breast/IM
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • High School Mills E. Godwin

Biography

Best Marks
Event Time Date
100 Breast 59.89 11/20/09
100 Fly 49.36 2/24/12
200 Fly 1:47.82 2/25/12
200 IM 1:52.90 2/23/12
400 IM 4:04.11 2/26/10

2012-13
Took 10th in the 200 fly and 11th in the 100 fly at the Hokie Fall Invitational ... Also advanced to the C final in the 100 breast, taking 23rd ... Won five races in the fall, including the 100 fly against East Carolina ... Swept the 200 fly against conference opponents, including Towson, UNCW, and Delaware.

2011-12
Named an honorable-mention mid-major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com ... Bronze-medalist in the 200 fly at the CAA Championships ... Also made the championship heat in the 100 fly, taking sixth ... Broke the school-record in both butterflys ... Also finished 14th in the 200 IM ... Helped the 400 medley relay swim the second-best time in school history ... Advanced to the B final of the 200 fly at the Terrapin Cup, taking 10th overall ... C-finalist in the 100 fly and the 200 IM ... Finished 10th on the team with 92.75 points on the year.

2010-11:
Authored one of the year's most inspiring tales of perseverance and achievement ... Suffered a major head injury in October, fracturing his skull an requiring several days stay in the ICU ... Remarkably, not only returned to swimming in the spring semester (defying the prediction of several doctors), but qualified for the CAA Championship team ... At the conference meet, set three school records and made the championship finals in both the 100 and 200 fly ... Swam 49.47 in the prelims of the 100 fly for his first school record, and finished sixth in the finals that night at 49.85 ... Saturday, went 1:48.74 in the prelims of the 200 fly to break another school record and advance as the top seed ... Finished second in the finals for All-CAA honors, and another record of 1:48.67 ... At the end of the year, was selected as an "Impact Award" winner in the College Swimming & Diving Honors ... During his abbreviated dual-meet season, won both the 100 and 200 fly against Towson.

Freshman Year (2009-10): Set the 200 fly school and freshman records in the CAA Championship prelims with a time of 1:49.98 … Finished fourth in the 200 fly at the CAA Championships with a time of 1:50.53 … Set the W&M freshman record in the 100 fly with his time of 50.08 at the CAA Championships … Took sixth in the 400 IM at the CAAs with a time of 4:04.11, the seventh-best time in school history … Placed 14th in the 200 IM with a time of 1:53.69 at the CAA Championships … His time of 1:53.38 in the 200 prelims is the seventh-best time in school history … Took sixth in the 400 IM with a time of 4:08.68 at the Terrapin Cup Invitational … Finished ninth in the 200 IM at the Terrapin Cup with a time of 1:55.83 … Also finished ninth in the 200 fly with a time of 1:51.64 at the same meet … Placed 14th in the 100 breast with a time of 59.89 at the Terrapin Cup Invitational … Finished first in the 400 IM with a time of 4:38.82 versus ECU … Placed second in both the 100 and 200 fly versus ECU … Touched second in the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.40 versus ODU … Won the 200 fly versus Towson with a time of 1:56.52 … Came in second in the 200 breast versus the Tigers with a time of 2:16.61 … Also came in second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:01.35 versus Towson …

Prep: Member of both the 2009 NCSA Junior Nationals men’s and combined team champions … Received the 2008 West Point Academy Leadership Award.

Personal: Son of Kendall and Debra Shaw … Sister, Liz, swam for the University of Virginia … Came to the College because of its liberal arts education.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009Freshman

    Fly/Breast/IM
    6'1"
  • 2010Sophomore

    Fly/Breast/IM
    6'1"
  • 2011Junior

    Fly/Breast/IM
    6'1"
  • 2012Senior

    Fly/Breast/IM
    6'1"