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Inducted May 2005 Whitney was discovered at the Bucksport
community pool and encouraged to join a club team as Bucksport had
none. She joined Mavis Falvey of the Bangor YWCA Marlins swim team
in 1974. She quickly was establi She returned to Maine to attend University
of Maine at Orono on a full swim scholarship for Coach Jeff Wren. D In 1984 she was the NCAA Division 2 National Champion in the 200 Backstroke and an Olympic Trials qualifier that year but elected not to attend the meet. By her senior year she held many individual and relay school records. Whitney was named by Sports Illustrated Magazine as one of Maine's all-time Top 50 Greatest Sports Figures in a 1999 article. |
Whitney
Leeman-Zeiger
uring her
collegiate career at Maine, Whitney won 16 individual New England
swim titles and was named the 1985 Kay Fromer Award Winner, an award
given to the New England swimmer that scored the most points over
their four year career.