Faith Hirschi
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: El Paso High School: Loretto Academy Height: 5-8 Event: Back/Free Birthdate: 08/12/1993 Experience: 1L Club: West Texas Typhoon SC

Rice
2011- 2012: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Scored in both backstroke events at the C-USA Championships in her first season of Division I swimming... Placed third in the consolation finals of the 200-backstroke with a career-best 2:02.88, the second-fastest time by an Owl all season... Finished 13th in the conference in the 100-backstroke with a personal-best 57.75, the Owls' fourth-best mark of the year... Also swam the 400-individual medley at conference, posting a season-best 4:35.53... Competed on different Owl relays during the course of the year... Swam the 200-free in a home dual meet against the Miami Hurricanes and the 500-free at the Incarnate Word Invitational.

High School - A 2011 graduate of Loretto Academy in El Paso... Named the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame Private School Female Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2011... Four-year varsity letterwinner for Loretto under head coach Wright Stanton IV... Helped lead the Angels to a fifth-place finish at the Association of Private & Parochial Schools (TAPPS) state meet... Earned TAPPS first team All-State in 2010 and honorable mention all-state accolades in 2009 and 2008... Four-time first team all-state honoree by the Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (TISCA)-Private Schools... Three-time first team all-city selection by the El Paso Times... Outstanding student who maintained a 3.73 grade point average... USA Swimming Scholastic All America in 2010... Two-time TAPPS Academic All State as a junior and senior... Member of the National Honor Society... Wrote for the school newspaper (The Prax).

Club - Veteran competitor for the West Texas Typhoon Swim Club... NSCA Junior National Qualifier... Coached by Jack Lin.

Personal - Full name: Faith Elizabeth Hirschi. Born: August 12, 1993, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Parents: Nathan and Janice Hirschi of El Paso, Tex. Volunteers time in a number of community service outreach programs. Rice College: Hanszen

Hanszen College