BEFORE PURDUE
• Four-year letterwinner at the University of Michigan
• Four-year NCAA Championships qualifier in the 400 IM
• Helped the Wolverines with 800 freestyle relay medals in 2021 (gold) and 2022 (bronze)
• All-American and championship finalist in the 400 IM as a freshman, finishing seventh at NCAAs
• Four-year scorer at Big Tens scored in all three of her individual events every year
• Four career fourth places finishes in A finals at Big Tens -- three in the 400 IM and one in the 500 free
• Accounted for 191.5 team points in her career at Big Tens
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree earned her degree in biomedical engineering
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach Doug Thorne at Grand Haven High School along the Lake Michigan shore
• Also swam for Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics
• Five-time MHSAA D-I state champion
• Set an MHSAA D-I record in the 200-yard IM
• 12-time All-State selection
• Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• Named 2020 Michigan Female High School Athlete of the Year by the Detroit Athletic Club
• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke and 200m IM
• Chosen to represent the U.S. at the 2019 Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet
PERSONAL
• Major: Biomedical Engineering Master's Program (Device Development)
• Full name is Kathryn Elaine Ackerman
• Born in Grand Haven, Michigan
• Parents are John & Amy Ackerman
• Family also includes sisters Anna & Grace
• Sister Grace also swims at Purdue, both sisters joining the team together in the fall of 2024