2024-25 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Competed primarily in the backstroke events
• Posted season-best times in the 100 (56.63) and 200 back (2:00.06) as well as the 200 IM (2:07.68) at the Big Ten Championships
• Also raced in both backstroke events in duals vs. Missouri, Notre Dame/Kentucky, Indiana and the Big Ten Triple Duals at Minnesota
• Finished the season strong with a time of 2:00.21 in the 200 back at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA last chance meet
• Finished top five in the 100 back in her collegiate debut at the season-opening Be Better Invitational
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterwinner for coach Doug Throne at Grand Haven High School on Michigan’s western lakeshore
• Also played tennis as a sophomore and junior and earned a varsity letter in water polo as a freshman
• Five-time All-American, 14-time all-state and four-time all-conference honoree
• Helped GHHS win Michigan state titles in the 200 free relay as a junior and 400 free relay as a senior
• Helped set school records in the 200 and 400 free relays and 200 medley relay
• Runner-up at state in the 100 back as a junior and 500 free as a sophomore
• Took third place at state in the 100 back as a senior
• OK-Red Conference champion in the 200 and 500 free as a sophomore, defending her conference title in the 500 free
• Earned all-state honors in the 100 back and 100 fly as well as the relays
• Grand Haven won three straight conference titles from 2021-23 and finished top five at state every year
• Earned a Junior Nationals cut while competing with her Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics club
• Academic All-American as a senior was a four-year academic all-state honoree
• Graduated among the top 10% of her class
• National Honor Society
PERSONAL
• Major: Supply Chain Operations Management
• Full name is Grace Elizabeth Ackerman
• Born in Grand Haven, Michigan
• Parents are John & Amy Ackerman
• Family also includes sisters Anna & Kathryn
• Sister Kathryn swam at Purdue as a grad transfer during the 2024-25 season following a standout career at Michigan
Freshman2024-25
BACKSTROKE/FREESTYLE/IM