Kelly Hecking

College career As a sophomore she went undefeated in the 100 and 200 backstroke in dual meets and swept them at the 2000 Big East championships.

She became the eighth woman in the history of the Big East conference swimming and diving championship to win the same event four years in a row in 2002. Hecking was the only Notre Dame swimmer to win an individual event four times at the Big East Championship (3-meter diver Jenny Chiang '13 also achieved the feat). She is the most successful Notre Dame Fighting Irish athlete in any sport at the Big East Championships (Notre Dame swimming & diving competed in the original Big East Conference from 1996–2013 before leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference). She earned 19 Big East Championships during her career (1999–2002): seven individual championships (4x-100 backstroke and 3x-200 backstroke) as well as a dozen relay championships (3x-200 free, 1x-400 free, 4x-200 medley, 4x-400 medley) as a member of 4 Big East Championship teams.

Bohm's second 200-yard backstroke NCAA All-American honorable mention overlapped with Hecking's first, as Bohm finished 12th and Hecking 13th at the 2001 NCAA Championships. Hecking posted her career best time of 1:57.45 in the 200-yard backstroke at the 2002 National Collegiate Championships earning her a 12th-place finish and her second individual All-American honorable mention. It stood as a Notre Dame 200-yard record until 2010 it was surpassed by Kim Holden in the 2010 Big East Championships. She qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke as well as several relays all four years of eligibility and was an 8-time NCAA All-American honorable mention: twice as an individual (200 backstroke—2001 & 2002) and six times as a relay participant (1x-400 free, 2x-200 medley, 3x-400 medley). She was named a Big East Academic All-star in both 2001 and 2002.