Ithaca College Athletics

2009-10: Rhoades added five more All-American honors to her impressive Ithaca resume during her junior season, and was named Empire 8 Swimmer of the Year and Swimmer of the Meet at the Empire 8 Championships. Rhoades placed third nationally in the 50-yard freestyle with a school-record time of 23.18 seconds. She added another first-team All-American honor in the 100-yard freestyle when she placed fourth in the event finals, and set a school record in the preliminaries of the 100 free in 50.78 seconds. Rhoades was part of three All-American relays, as her teams finished sixth in the 400 medley relay, and 11th in both the 200 free relay and 200 medley relay. She won state and conference titles in the 100 free, 200 free and on the 400-yard medley relay team. She was a four-time runner-up in the conference meet and three times in the state meet. Rhoades was a four-time honoree as Empire 8 Athlete of the Week for women's swimming & diving.

2008-09: Rhoades was a three-time All-American and five-time UNYSCSA and Empire 8 champion in an excellent sophomore season. Rhoades earned individual All-American honors in the 100-yard freestyle by finishing 10th at the NCAA Championships. She was a first team All-American on the 400-yard medley relay team (sixth place) and honorable mention in the 200 medley relay (ninth place). Rhoades’ times of 23.73 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle and 50.84 seconds in the 100 free at the UNYSCSA and Empire 8 meet were Ithaca school records and earned first-place finishes. Rhoades is also on three school-record holding relay teams. She earned a total of 14 all-state and all-conference finishes on the year and was Empire 8 Athlete of the Week for the week ending Oct. 27.

2007-08: Rhoades was named Rookie of the Meet at the Empire 8 Championships after winning conference titles in the 100-yard freestyle and with four relay teams. She swam on four all-America relay teams, including the 200 and 400-yard medley units that set school records (placing eight and 15th, respectively, at nationals). Rhoades helped Ithaca win NYSWCAA and Empire 8 titles in both medley relays and the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relays; both those foursomes placed 15th at the NCAA Championships. She was named Empire 8 Athlete of the Week twice during the season.

High School: A 2007 graduate of Dryden High School, Rhoades was coached by Vicki Alexander. She was a four-year letter winner as a member of the swimming & diving team and served as team captain her senior year. Rhoades was an all-conference performer in each of her four seasons at Dryden and was the team’s high point scorer as a junior. She was a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that broke the conference record in 2007.

Personal: A clinical health studies/physical therapy major, she is the daughter of Bernie Rhoades.