MEET-BY-MEET/PERSONAL BESTS

FIRST YEAR (2021-22): Among the top performers on the 2021-22 Salem swim team, earning 14 Top-10 finishes and 10 Top-3 individual finishes along the way … her 10 Top-3 performances marked the most on the Salem roster … snagged four Top-10 finishes at the Pfeiffer Dual (Oct. 9), including a third-place (50 butterfly/42.28), two fourth-place (50 backstroke/41.94) (50 freestyle/35.78) and a seventh-place (100 freestyle/1:19.72) … capped off the Greensboro Dual (Oct. 30) by finishing first in both the 50 butterfly (31.51) and 50 backstroke (41.25), while claiming third in the 50 freestyle (32.93) … emerged with three Top-75 finishes at the Guilford Invitational (Nov. 6), including the 100 breaststroke (1:56.78/50th), 100 backstroke (1:29.56/52nd) and 50 freestyle (35.21/74th), while placing 90th in the 100 freestyle (1:19.89) … joined Salem teammates Allison Wakefield, Sophie Lee and Olivia Nivens in the 200 medley relay (2:48.39), leading the Spirits to a 19th-place finish in the Guilford Invitational … concluded the William Peace Pacer Invitational (Nov. 19-20) by earning Top-50 finishes in all six events … her top performance at the William Peace Pacer Invitational came in the 200 backstroke (3:24.31/24th), while she was 26th (100 backstroke/1:30.89), 32nd (200 individual medley/3:30.70), 37th (200 freestyle/3:00.04), 39th (100 breaststroke/1:59.39) and 47th (100 freestyle/1:23.11) in her remaining races … also part of the Spirits finishing 18th in the 200 freestyle relay (2:21.36) alongside teammates Anna Fretwell, Kylie Clark and Olivia Nivens, in Raleigh, N.C. … opened February action with a trio of Top-3 finishes in the Pfeiffer Dual (Feb. 2), touching the wall first in the 200 backstroke (3:34.77) and third in both the 100 butterfly (1:46.34) and 200 individual medley (3:45.32) … wrapped up the virtual dual with Mount Vernon Nazarene (Feb. 3) by earning first in the 100 butterfly (1:50.65) and second in both the 200 individual medley (3:37.57) and the 200 backstroke (3:31.84) … concluded her season at the Sun Coast Conference Championships in Fort Pierce, Fla., by competing in three events … wrapped up the 200 individual medley (3:27.27) in eighth, before placing 12th (100 butterfly/1:40.17) and 11th (200 backstroke/3:18.44) in Salem’s first-ever postseason conference championship appearance.

PREP: Homeschooled student who graduated in 2020, one year early of estimated date … competed in the North Carolina Home Educators Athletic Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior … swam for the Northwest North Carolina YMCA under the tutelage of coach Richard Huffman … member of the Watauga Swim Team, coached by Josh Wilson.

PERSONAL: Abigail Hawkins … daughter of Jamie and Wes Hawkins … born May 2, 2003 … has one sibling, Aiden … member of debate and mock trial club.