Alec LaMothe

Class: Junior Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind. High School: North Central

Height / Weight: 5-10 / 175 Event: Freestyle/Butterfly Birthdate: 01/29/1991

Purdue Personal Preferences
Favorite Athlete: Peyton Manning
In His MP3 Player: Drake
Last Concert He Attended: Dave Matthews Band
Favorite Month of the Year: January
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Food: Spaghetti
Favorite Purdue Building: Lilly Hall
Favorite Big City: Las Vagas
Unique Travel Locale: Turks and Caicos
Country He'd Most Like to Visit: Italy
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Ultimate Frisbee
Furry Friend: Ella, Dog

2011-12 Photo Gallery

2010-11: Distinguished Big Ten Scholar... CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American... Academic All-Big Ten... LaMothe competed in nine different individual events but saw his most action in the 200 and 500 free... his season-best times in the 200 (1:39.28, 5th), 500 (4:28, 5th) 1000 (9:27.95, 5th) and 1650 free (15:25.96, 4th) all ranked among the top five for Purdue in 2010-11... posted his 200, 500 and 1650 free times at the Big Ten Championships, registering an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the mile... swam the third leg on the victorious 800 free relay team at the Purdue Invitational... that unit's time of 6:38.97 was an NCAA provisional mark and stood as the Purdue season best until the Big Ten Championships... swam the anchor leg on the 400 free relay team in the dual meet with Indiana that posted the fifth-fastest time of the year for Purdue... finished second in the B final of the 500 free at the Purdue Invitational... finished as the runner-up in the 1000 free in dual meet win against Eastern Michigan, posting his season-best time in that event... also competed in the 50 and 100 free, 100 and 200 fly and 200 IM.

2009-10: CSCAA All-Academic Honorable Mention...recorded NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 15:31.19 for 18th-place finish in 1,650 freestyle at Big Ten Championships (2/27)...1,000 split of 9:24.03 also was season-best clocking...clocked provisional-qualifying time of 4:27.50 in 500 freestyle at Big Ten Championships (2/25)...also recorded season-best time of 1:50.79 while placing 19th at conference championships (2/27)...won 1,000 freestyle vs. Miami for first collegiate victory (10/30)...also placed third in 100 butterfly...led off victorious 800 freestyle relay and finished second in 1,000 freestyle at Eastern Michigan (11/13)...also finished second in 500 freestyle and took third leg on third-place 200 freestyle relay team at Eagles (11/14)...finished second in 200 butterfly and swam second leg on third-place 200 freestyle relay vs. Ball State (1/15)...opened season with third-place finish in 200 freestyle and fifth-place showing in 100 butterfly at Indiana Intercollegiates (10/10)...placed third in 500 freestyle vs. Notre Dame (11/6) and vs. Northwestern (11/7)...also took fourth in 1,000 freestyle vs. Wildcats...placed fourth in 1,650 freestyle vs. Michigan State (1/8)...also swam second leg on runner-up 800 freestyle relay and anchored fourth-place 200 medley relay vs. Spartans (1/7).

Before Purdue: Four-year letterwinner...helped team win state championship as freshman...won 100 freestyle sectional title...three-time All-American...swam on two third-place relays and finished in top eight in 500 freestyle while helping team to runner-up finish as sophomore...helped team to third-place showing at state championships while finishing in top eight in 500 freestyle and 11th in 100 butterfly...swam on state champion 400 freestyle relay and finished third in 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly while helping team to runner-up finish as senior...won 1,000 freestyle at senior championships.

Personal: Full name is Alec Xavier LaMothe...born in Indianapolis...parents are Christopher and Julie LaMothe...has two sisters, Kellie and Lauren, and one brother, Collin...majoring in biology.

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