2024-25 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Scored in all three of her individual events (200, 500, 1650 free) at the Big Ten Championships as just Purdue's third freshman swimmer to accomplish the feat since the current top-24 scoring format was introduced in 2016
• Now ranks among the Purdue all-time leaders in the 200 (1:46.33, 7th), 500 (4:45.01, 8th), 1000 (9:53.30, 9th) and 1650 style (16:30.43, 10th)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• Two-time state runner-up in the 500 freestyle as an upperclassman
• Two-year All-American in the 200 free as an upperclassman
• Also an All-American in the 500 free as a senior
• Achieved Junior Nationals time standards all four years
• Three-year district and regional champion in the 200 and 500 free
• Three-year team MVP at Carrollwood
• Top 24 finisher in 200 free at Junior Nationals as junior
• U.S. Open qualifying time in the 200 free
• USA Swimming Southern Zone Select Camp
• Salutatorian of her graduating class earned a bevy of academic honors
• Cum Laude Society, National Honor Society and Rho Kappa Honor Society
• Academic Excellence Awards in physics, biomechanics, physiology, biology and journalism
• Carrollwood Day School Faculty Award
PERSONAL
• Major: Dietetics / Nutrition, Fitness & Health
• Full name is Adele Elizabeth Sands
• Born in Tampa, Florida
• Parents are William and Brenna Sands, both Purdue alumni
• Family also includes older siblings Will, Sam and Hallie
• Father is a retired from the U.S. Marine Corps
• Scored in all three of her individual events (200, 500, 1650 free) at the Big Ten Championships as just Purdue's third freshman swimmer to accomplish the feat since the current top-24 scoring format was introduced in 2016
• Now ranks among the Purdue all-time leaders in the 200 (1:46.33, 7th), 500 (4:45.01, 8th), 1000 (9:53.30, 9th) and 1650 style (16:30.43, 10th)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• Two-time state runner-up in the 500 freestyle as an upperclassman
• Two-year All-American in the 200 free as an upperclassman
• Also an All-American in the 500 free as a senior
• Achieved Junior Nationals time standards all four years
• Three-year district and regional champion in the 200 and 500 free
• Three-year team MVP at Carrollwood
• Top 24 finisher in 200 free at Junior Nationals as junior
• U.S. Open qualifying time in the 200 free
• USA Swimming Southern Zone Select Camp
• Salutatorian of her graduating class earned a bevy of academic honors
• Cum Laude Society, National Honor Society and Rho Kappa Honor Society
• Academic Excellence Awards in physics, biomechanics, physiology, biology and journalism
• Carrollwood Day School Faculty Award
PERSONAL
• Major: Dietetics / Nutrition, Fitness & Health
• Full name is Adele Elizabeth Sands
• Born in Tampa, Florida
• Parents are William and Brenna Sands, both Purdue alumni
• Family also includes older siblings Will, Sam and Hallie
• Father is a retired from the U.S. Marine Corps