Coach Bond announced today that Andrea Zuniga, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, has committed to Illinois Tech. Zuniga will come in as the team's top backstroker and joins the program as a freshman for the 2008-09 season.

Andrea has consistently been in the top 5 swimmers for her age group in Venezuela and has recently moved up into the top 10 nationally for all ages in the backstroke events. She trains with the Emil Friedman team, which is the top program in Venezuela with 16 national titles over the past 25 years. Andrea is also quite accomplished in the classroom. She ranks 5th in her class of 104 students and maintains a high GPA. Andrea will be studying Architecture at IIT.

"I look forward to the opportunity to work with Andrea. Her contributions to the program will be immediate. We can expect her to play a major role on our national team right away." said Coach Bond. "We have, once again, brought in a swimmer with a great deal of experience at a high level of competition. I expect this freshman class to be the best in school history and I don't worry about them feeling any pressure from that expectation. All of the girls have shown the ability to perform in a very competitive environment."