Nika Carlina Petric
Nika Carlina Petric

Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Kranj, Slovenia

High School:
Gimnazija Kranj

Event:
Freestyle

Birthdate:
09/27/1992



04/10/2013

Season Recap: Boilers Send 8 to NCAAs, Matthews Wins Title

Boilermakers finish fifth at Big Tens, 19th at NCAA Championships.

03/21/2013

Matthews Wins Consolation Final of 1-Meter Diving at NCAAs

Redshirt-junior earns 4th career All-America honor, posts Purdue's 3rd best 1-meter score.

03/20/2013

Eight Boilers to Represent Purdue Women at NCAAs in Indy

Boilermakers expected to compete in 10 events, including seven individual events.

03/06/2013

Six Purdue Women's Swimmers Earn Invites to NCAAs

Gustafson, Nichols & Sheets each headed to national championship meet for the second time.

02/26/2013

Twelve Score for Purdue Women at Big Ten Championships

Gustafson & Matthews eclipse school records, Tweardy places 2nd twice as top scorer.

Purdue Personal Preferences
Favorite Athlete: Laure Manaudou
In Her MP3 Player: Coldplay
Favorite Actor: Denzel Washington
Favorite Month of the Year: May
Favorite Holiday: Her Birthday
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite Purdue Building: Recitation Building
Favorite Big City: Prague
Unique Travel Locale: Miami
Country She'd Most Like to Visit: Australia
Pets at Home: Pak, Dalmatian

Before Purdue: Petric established three new national records for her age group in her native Slovenia... European Juniors champion... competed in the World Championships for Slovenia as well as the European Championships four times... helped her club team win three national championships.

Personal: Full name is Nika Karlina Petric... born in Ljubljana, Slovenia... parents are Darjan and Karmen Petric... father was a competitive swimmer and her mother was Nika's coach... older brother Jan is member of the Purdue men's team... majoring in interior design in the college of liberal arts.