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Sean Grier
Sean Grier

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Hummelstown, Pa.

High School:
Hershey

Event:
Butterfly/Backstroke

Birthdate:
05/02/1992


04/16/2013

Swimming and Diving Celebrates Season, Seniors at Banquet

Savoy, Whitmire earn Most Outstanding Swimmer awards at annual banquet

03/30/2013

Lions' 200 Medley Relay Earns All-America Honors

Penn State records an all-time best 6th place in the event

03/30/2013

No. 24 Penn State Closes Out 2013 NCAA Championships

Savoy posts second honorable mention All-America performance

03/28/2013

Men's Swimming's 400 Medley Relay Earns All-America Honors

Penn State sits in 14th place after day one of the NCAA Championships

03/28/2013

Seven Swimmers Set to Compete in NCAA Championships

Nittany Lions begin NCAA Championships on Thursday

LION CAREER
2011-12: Earned All-America honors for the second straight year, supplying the butterfly leg of the 200 and 400 medley relays...Broke Penn State's 10-year record in the 100 butterfly with a 46.83 swim at Big Tens...Earned All-Big Ten second team honors...Set a personal best in the 100 backstroke with a NCAA B Cut at Big Tens with a 47.16 (2/24/12)...Swam the fly leg on the school-record 400 medley relay that swam 3:07.62 at NCAAs (2/23/12), which eventually finished eighth in the nation...Helped the 200 medley relay break the school record at Big Tens with a time of 1:25.61 (2/22/12), earning a second-place finish...Swam the third leg in the 200 free relay at NCAAs (2/24/12), finishing with a season best 1:19.20...Swam the second leg of the 400 free relay at NCAAs with a team best 2:56.65.

2010-11: Earned a trip to the NCAAs in seven different competitions... Had season-best finish in the 100 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships with a ninth-place finish with a time of 47.86 (2/25/11)...Swam a time of 48.13 in the 100 backstroke at the NCAA Championships (3/25/11)... Notched top two personal-best finishes in the 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships (17th) with a time of 1:45.62 and the NCAA Championships (32nd) with a time of 1:46.05...Finished ninth at the Big Ten Championships and 34th at the NCAA Championships in the 100 butterfly.... Helped his team to a 19th place finish in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays at the NCAA Championships...Helped the Nittany Lions record a ninth place finish in the 200 medley relay at the NCAA Championships and a third place finish at the Big Ten Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL
Six-time PIAA State Champion capturing the 2009 and 2010 200 medley relay and 400 free relay events...The 2010 PIAA 200 medley relay was swam in a state and national record of 1:30.27...Won four conference, three PIAA District 3, and two PIAA team championships at Hershey...Named a 12- time All-American

PERSONAL
Sean Patrick Grier was born in Lebanon, Pa. on May 2, 1992 to Cheryl and Dennis Grier...Has one sister, Alexis...Majoring in business...Intends to work as a financial advisor after Penn State.

ON CHOOSING PENN STATE
"The Team was very accepting when I was on my recruiting trip and they are so closely knit that it just felt right."

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