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2021-22 Swimming and Diving

Donna Hannig

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Gymnasium Salzgitter Bad
  • Hometown Salzgitter, Germany

Biography

2024-25 (Junior)
  • Member of the GLIAC Academic Excellence team
  • Competed at the GLIAC Championship, where she earned a pair of bronze medals as a member of the 800 and 400 free relay teams. Also swam in the 50 free (12th), 100 free (8th), and 200 free (7th)
  • A constant feature in the Wildcat lineup, earned a handful of podium finishes down the stretch before the post season
2022-23 (Sophomore)
  • Placed first in the 50-yard Freestyle, second and 13th in the 100-yard Freestyle, and 15th in the 200-yard Freestyle at the GLIAC Championships
  • Placed second in the 200-yard Freestyle, third in the 100-yard Freestyle, and 10th in the 100-yard IM in a meet against the Michigan Tech Club
  • Placed second in the 200-yard Breaststroke in a meet against UW - Stevens Point
  • Placed third in the 200-yard Freestyle, 11th in the 50-yard Freestyle, and 17th in the 100-yard Freestyle at the Calvin College Winter Invitational
  • Placed third in the 50-yard and 100-yard Butterfly, and fourth in the 200-yard Freestyle in a meet against University of Findlay and Wayne State University
  • Placed fifth in the 100-yard Butterfly and eighth in the 200-yard Freestyle in a meet against Saginaw Valley State University and Grand Valley State University
  • Placed second in the 200-yard Freestyle, and also placed second and third in the 100-yard Freestyle in a meet against St. Cloud State University
  • GLIAC Academic Excellence Honoree

2021-22 (Freshman)
  • Made school history at the NCAA D2 Swim & Dive Championships by shattering the school record for the 200-yard free relay with a team time of 1:33.55; this earned her first All-American award of the year. 
  • Broke another school record for the 800-yard free relay with a team time of 7:26.37 and earned her second All-American award. Two days later she broke the 400-yard free relay she had previously set with a time of 3:24.84.
  • Placed sixth in the 50-yard Freestyle and 100-yard Freestyle, seventh in the 200-yard Freestyle, and 14th in the 500-yard Freestyle at the GLIAC Championships
  • Placed fourth in the 50-yard Butterfly, sixth in the 50-yard Breaststroke, and seventh in the 100-yard IM in a meet against the Michigan Tech Club
  • Placed second in the 500-yard Freestyle, and third in the 200-yard Freestyle and Butterfly in a meet against UW - Stevens Point
  • Placed first in the 100 S Freestyle and second in the 50 S Butterfly at the Orange Bowl Swim Classic in Key Largo, Florida
  • Placed third in the 100-yard Freestyle, fourth in the 200-yard Freestyle, and fifth in the 50-yard Freestyle at the Calvin College Winter Invitational
Before NMU
  • Swam at MTV Goslar in Germany
  • Swam in the finals for 50 L freestyle, 50 L butterfly, and 100 L butterfly at the Vienna International Swim Meet in 2019
  • Competed in other international tournaments
Personal
  • Daughter of Ulrike Hannig and Thomas Kompe
  • From Salzgitter, Germany
  • Hobbies include reading, hammocking, and cooking