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Career

2005-06: Named the Big Ten’s Co-Swimmer of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten … Has earned 21 All-America honors in his career, grabbing seven at this year’s NCAA Championships … Defended his NCAA championship in the 100 back, winning with a time of 45.93 … He became the first back-to-back NU champion since Bill Heusner in 1948 and 1949 … Earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the 50 free and a ninth-place finish in the 100 free … Earned All-America accolades by finishing fourth with the 200 and 400 medley relays and seventh with the 200 and 400 free relays … Won three individual golds and five overall at the Big Ten Championships … Became the first conference swimmer to win the 50 free and 100 back at the Big Ten Championships in three-consecutive years … Set individual school records in the 200 free and 200 back … Member of the relay team that set school records in the 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay … Recorded team-best times in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back and 200 back in 2005-06 … Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week three times, on Nov. 22, Jan. 17 and Feb. 7 … Earned Collegeswimming.com’s National Swimmer of the Week honor on Jan. 17 … Earned a silver medal as a member of the 4×100 medley relay at the Short Course World Championships in Shanghai, China … He swam the fly leg during the preliminary heat … Earned a bronze medal in the 4×100 free relay, recording a time of 47.47 during the second leg of the United States’ third-place finish in the prelims … He participated in four events, advancing to the finals in the 100 back and 100 IM at the World Championships … Earned a spot in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd department.

2004-05: Became Northwestern’s men’s swimming’s first national champion since 1958 with his victory in the 100 back at the NCAA Championships … Beat Florida Olympian Ryan Lochte with a career-best and school-record time of 45.62 in the finals … Earned two other All-America honors as an individual by making the final heats of the 50 and 100 free at NCAA Championships … Finished seventh in the 50 free with a time of 19.55 and sixth in the 100 free with a time of 42.63 … Swam the backstroke leg for the ‘Cats 200 medley relay team that placed fifth and 400 medley relay team that placed fourth at the NCAA Championships … Both relays set new school records at the NCAA Championships … Member of the 400 free relay quartet that placed seventh and earned All-American honors at the NCAA Championships … Also earned Honorable Mention All-American honors as a member of the Wildcats’ 200 free relay that won the consolation final and placed ninth … Earned seven All-America honors in total … Honored as Swimmer of the Big Ten Championships and named first-team All-Big Ten after winning five events and placing second in two others … Won the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships with a Big Ten and Northwestern-record time of 19.35 … As a foreshadow of things to come, won the 100 back at the Big Ten Championships with a Big Ten and Northwestern-record time of 45.92 … Also set a Big Ten and school record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 42.62 in the prelims before finishing second in the finals … Member of the 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay that both broke the Big Ten and Northwestern records and finished first at the Big Ten Championships … Swam the backstroke leg for the 200 medley relay quartet that won the Big Ten Championship and set a school record in the process … Part of the 400 free relay squad that set a school record and finished second to Minnesota at the Big Ten Championships … Named Collegeswimming.com’s National Swimmer of the Week on November 24 … Honored as Big Ten Swimmer of the Week on November 23 … Named Co-Swimmer of the Meet at the TYR NU Invite on November 21.

2003-04: Earned two All-America and five honorable mention All- America honors in three individual and four relay events … Posted individual All-America performances in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle and the 100-meter backstroke … Broke school records in the 50 free,100 free and 100 backstroke … Member of school-record breaking and All-American 200 and 400 freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays … Named Co-Big Ten Swimmer of the Year, Big Ten Freshman of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten … Won four gold medals in the Big Ten Championships (50 free, 100 free, 100 backstroke and as part of the 400 medley relay team) … Broke the Big Ten, Big Ten Championship, pool and Northwestern records in the 100 back with a time of 46.68 … Set a Big Ten Championship record in the 50 free (19.44) … Swam a Big Ten-record 46.74 split in the 100 backstroke leg of the 400 medley relay at the Championships … Collegeswimming.com’s Swimmer of the Week (2/6) … Two-time Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (11/25, 2/2) … Three-time Northwestern Hilton Garden Inn Athlete of the Week (11/24, 1/19, 3/1) … Also swam in three events at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July … Made the final of the 100-meter backstroke, finishing seventh with a personal-best 55.13 … Also made the semis in the 100-meter and 50-meter free … Set personal bests in both (50.18 in the 100 free, 22.82 in the 50 free).

High School: All- American, All-State and Team MVP … State and National Champion … Named Chicago Sun-Times Athlete of the Year and Chicago Tribune/WGNChannel 9 Athlete of the Month (February 2003) … Set state marks in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events and the 100 backstroke … Led the Scouts to the school’s first state title in boys swimming … Swimming World High School Swimmer of the Year … Team was named Swimming World’s national high school champion … Placed fourth at Nationals in the 100 backstroke … Competed in Youth Olympic Festival in Australia in January of 2003 … Swam for the Patriot Aquatics Swim Club, coached by Lea Mauer, a former Olympic medalist and American record holder in the 100 backstroke … His senior year, was ranked in the top-10 in the world rankings for 15-to-17- year-olds in the 50 and 100 free and the 100 and 200 back … Also a standout water polo and volleyball player.

Personal: Born Matthew C. Grevers on 3/26/85 … Son of Ed and Anja Grevers … Chose Northwestern over Texas, Arizona and California … Major is undecided.

Career Highlights:
Swam the finals of five events at the 2005 World University Games, earning two silvers (100m
back and 400m medley relay) and two bronze medals (50m back and 400m free relay) … tied
for third in the 100m back at the 2005 World Championship Trials … captured his first NCAA
title in the 100y back in 2005

SC Worlds History:
Competed on his first SCWC team ‘06

2004 World Rankings:
45th, 50m free
51st, 100m free
16th, 100m back
25th, 200m back
81st, 100m fly

2003 World Rankings:
137th, 50m free
94th, 100m free
40th, 100m back
80th, 200m back

Courtesy of Northwestern University Swimming & Diving & USA Swimming