Anji Li

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Cuernavaca, Mexico High School: Tec de Monterrey Event: Freestyle/Backstroke Birthdate: 04/23/1993

Purdue Personal Preferences
Favorite Athlete: Cesar Cielo
In Her MP3 Player: Pink Floyd
Last Concert She Attended: Metallica
Favorite Actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Favorite Month of the Year: April
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Cuisine: Italian
Favorite Purdue Building: The Krannert Building
Favorite Big City: Beijing
Unique Travel Locale: Tepoztlan, Mexico
Country She'd Most Like to Visit: Thailand
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Biking
Another Sport She Enjoys Playing: Handball
Professor Whose Class She Enjoyed: Jeff Beckley, Math
Furry Friends: Orejas & Mich, Dachshunds; Bonnie, Rabbit
Other Hobbies/Interests: Photography

2011-12: Li competed primarily in the backstroke events and 50 free... season-best times in the 100 (55.63, 3rd) and 200 back (2:02.50, 5th) from the Big Ten Championships both ranked among the top five on the team in 2011-12... her 100 (7th) and 200 back (10th) times also ranked among the fastest in program history... honored with the team's Most Improved award... also competed in the 50 free at Big Tens, finishing with a season-best time of 23.45... qualified for the C final of the 100 back at Big Tens... qualified for the C final of the 50 free, 100 and 200 back at the Ohio State Invitational, placing third in in the 200... was also part of 200 free and 400 medley relay teams at Ohio State that posted Purdue's fourth-fastest times of the year... swam the 100 free and 200 IM at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA Last Chance meet... made her Purdue debut in the November dual meet win against Northwestern after making the team as a walk-on.

Before Purdue: Four-year medalist at the SCM Mexican Nationals... also a three-year medalist at the Mexican National Olympics... medaled in the 50 free three times (2008, 2009 & 2011) and the 100 free twice (2008 & 2011); also medaled in the 50 and 200 back... medaled twice in the 50 free (2008 & 2011) and 50 back (2008 & 2010) at the Mexican National Olympics... competed for coach Margarita Nolasco... graduated in the top 10 percent of her academic class.

Personal: Full name is Anji Ines Li... born in Cuernavaca, Mexico, a community located about 50 miles south of Mexico City... daughter of Xiangyue Li and Hailin Zhao; her father Xiangyue is a civil engineer and her mother Hailin is a physics professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)... family also includes younger brother Andong Li... majoring in actuarial science.