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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Coon Rapids, Minn.
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- High School:
- Centennial
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- Experience:
- Distance
Bio
Honors & Awards
- School Record Holder: 400 and 800 yard freestyle relays
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022-23)
- A-R-C All-Academic Team (2022-23)
- Two-time letterwinner (2021-23)
2022-23 | sophomore
- Set new career-bests in the 50 and 100 yard freestyles
- Placed sixth in the 200 yard freestyle at the A-R-C Championships, after coming within .08 of her career-best in the prelims in a time of 2:06.49
- Part of the 400 and 800 yard medley relay teams at the A-R-C Championships that set season-leading times that also ranked in the top three in school history
2021-22 | freshman
- Part of the 400 and 800 yard freestyle relay squads that broke school records
- Swam team-leading teams in the 1000 and 1650 yard freestyles
- Swam the third-fastest 1650 freestyle in school history at the A-R-C Invitational, becoming the third Storm swimmer to break the 20 minute barrier
High School
- A 2021 graduate of Centennial High School
- 2021 Academic All-American
- Four-year section medalist
- Five-year letterwinner
- Four-year member of the Honor Roll
- Member of the National Honor Society
Personal
- Daughter of Shane and Lisa Smith
- Majoring in data science and minoring in psychology
News Mentions
Five swimmers earn Academic All-District honors
Five total student-athletes on the men and women’s swimming and diving teams earned Academic All-District honors from the College Sports...
February 28, 2023
Minette breaks school record as Storm wraps up season
Headlined by Kate Minette tying for second in a school-record time in the 100 yard freestyle, the Simpson men and women’s swimming and...
February 18, 2023
Minette leads Storm through day two of A-R-C Championships
Both of the Simpson men and women’s swimming and diving teams have wrapped up two of three days of competition at the American Rivers...
February 17, 2023
Storm continues season by competing at Grinnell
The Simpson College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed at the Russell K. Osgood Pool for the second time this season...
January 21, 2023
Minette grabs second weekly conference honor
Kate Minette of the Simpson women’s swimming and diving team continued her terrific campaign by being named American Rivers Conference...
January 16, 2023
Swimming opens up 2023 at home
Both Simpson swimming and diving teams made their debut in 2023 with a home dual meet against Saint Mary’s (Kan.) on Saturday, at the...
January 14, 2023
Ceperley, Minette lead Storm in strong field at Grinnell
The Simpson swimming and diving teams participated in the competitive Pioneer Classic, Friday and Saturday, with Kate Minette breaking two school...
December 3, 2022
Storm swimming falls to Quincy in two narrow battles
The Simpson men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams put in good performances against Quincy, but came up narrowly short on both...
November 5, 2022
Storm make season debut in Kansas
The Simpson College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each opened the season with a third place finish at the Spire Relays.
October 15, 2022