Julia Duarte (EABH - The American School of Belo Horizonte, Brazil) has signed a National Letter of Intent to swim with the Lady Scarlet Hawks beginning with the 2009 season.

Julia Mazzoni Duarte has signed a National Letter of Intent to swim with the Illinois Tech Swim Team Coach Bond announced today. Duarte is a breaststroke specialist and will join the team as an incoming freshman in the fall of 2008.

"Like many of our other recruits this year, Julia brings a wealth of major meet experience to the program. She has swum at the Brazilian National Meet and I look for that experience to prepare her for competing in the NAIA National Meet." said Bond. "She has the talent to come in and score points for us at the NAIA National Meet right away and her progress over the past 2 years has shown that she is continuing to get stronger and faster. I look forward to working with her over the next four years to help that trend continue."

Julia will be studying engineering at IIT.