GREENCASTLE, INDIANA (February 9, 2021) — DePauw senior Katherine Douglas (Coal Valley, Illinois) has been selected as North Coast Athletic Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week for her performance in the Tigers' meet at Rose-Hulman.
Competing in one-meter diving, Douglas broke her own school record for 11 dives by totaling 445.5 points in DePauw's 224-54 win over the Engineers. She previously earned the NCAC honor twice during the 2018-19 season.
Founded in 1837, DePauw University is a top-ranked, 100% residential, private liberal-arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. Through its College of Liberal Arts and School of Music, DePauw provides highly-personalized education in small classes, with 95% of its graduates employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation. DePauw is ranked 5th for study-abroad, and 80% of students receive academic credit for off-campus study, including internships, independent projects, and service work. The university is ranked in the top 20 for both graduate salaries and internship opportunities among private institutions, eighth for Fulbright Scholars, eighth for producing top business executives, eighth for graduate salaries, and second for Teach for America employees. Our graduates have a 90% acceptance-rate for medical school and an 80% acceptance-rate for law school, both well above the national average.
