Patrick Davis Class: Senior Hometown: Clearwater, FL High School: Jesuit Height / Weight: 5-9 / 155 Event: Free Birthdate: 04/22/1984

One of the top distance freestylers in Notre Dame history ... three-time monogram winner ... career-best time of 15:34.41 in the 1,650-yard freestyle ranks three all-time in school history ... best time in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:23.23) puts him fourth on the all-time Irish list and also ranks fifth in the 500 free (4:28.89) ... name appears three times among the top 10 in the 1,000-free times in school history ... earned all-BIG EAST honors in 2004 ... able to maintain stroke integrity over long distances ... great competitor boasts tremendous intensity in spite of easy-going demeanor ... tough racer ... won 1,500-meter freestyle at 2004 Indiana Senior State Long-Course Championships ... one of top students on team carries 3.779 cumulative GPA as a member of Notre Dame's Academic Honors Program for Student-Athletes ... posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring of 2005 ... computer science major worked in robotics lab during summer of 2004.

AS A JUNIOR: Posted BIG EAST "A" cuts in the 500-yard free (4:32.20), 1,650-free (15:48.60) and the 400-yard IM (4:08.68) ... the 400-IM time was swam at Oakland, while the other two were achieved at the BIG EAST Championships ... registered a BIG EAST "B" cut in the 200-yard free (1:44.82) at the Notre Dame Invitational ... top 1,000-yard free time of 9:25.02 came in a meet versus Cleveland State and Canisius ... that time was the third-best on the team during the year ... sixth at the BIG EAST meet in the 1,650-free ... ranked fourth on the team in both the 500-yard free (4:32.20) and the 1,650-free (15:48.60) ... was 15th on the team with 179 total points (174 individual, 5 relay) ... collected five individual first-place finishes and one in relay events ... won the 1,650 free versus Louisville ... turned in the second-fastest unshaved 1,000 free time in school history in the meet versus Cleveland State and Canisius ... established a pool record at St. Bonaventure (Reilly Center Pool) in the 500 free (4:38.80) ... victorious in the 500 free in the meet versus No. 17 Pittsburgh and Michigan State.

AS A SOPHOMORE: BIG EAST Conference runner-up in 1,650 freestyle with career-best time of 15:34.41 that ranked him 50th in Division I, the highest place for anyone on the Irish ... turned in the third-fastest swim in Irish history in the event, behind only ones by two-time conference champ Jonathan Pierce ... his 1,000 split time of 9:23.23 also was third-best in Notre Dame history ... team leader in 1,000 and 1,650 free for second year in a row ... also ranked third on team in 500 free (4:28.89) ... scored 222 points in individual events, the fifth-highest total on the Irish ... scored 26 points in the BIG EAST Championships, also taking ninth in the 500 free and 20th in the 400 IM ... posted top-five finishes in 1650 free (4th), 400 IM (5th), and 500 free (5th) ... posted five dual-meet victories, including winning the 500 free in a quadrangular with #19 BYU, Iowa, and Louisville ... also qualified for conference meet in 200 free (1:44.86) ... paired with Ted Brown to set a meet record (9:22.96) in the 1,000 freestyle relay at the Dennis Stark Relays ... became the first Irish swimmer ever to win the Most Improved Award on multiple occasions.

AS A FRESHMAN: Stepped immediately into role as top distance freestyler on Irish in 2002-03, leading team in 1000 and 1650 freestyle ... also ranked fourth in 500 free and 400 IM ... qualified for BIG EAST Championships in all four events, delivering season-best times in each ... was sixth in 1650 at conference meet ... finished among top three on 16 occasions in dual meets, including four individual victories (two in 1000 free, one each in 500 and 1650 free) ... swam 200 IM vs. St. Bonaventure ... one of three recipients of team's Most Improved Award for improvement throughout the season.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Won conference championship both his freshman and sophomore years in only two years of prep competition at Jesuit High School in Tampa, Fla. ... father Michael, Notre Dame class of 1970, swam for the Irish during his undergraduate days ... member of Notre Dame's Academic Honors Program for Student-Athletes ... member of the National Honor Society, the French Club, Mu Alpha Theta, AHSME, and AIME ... born April 22, 1984, in Clearwater, Fla. ... carries 3.779 GPA as a member of Notre Dame's Honors Program for Student-Athletes ... named to Dean's List five times: fall `02 and both semesters of 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years ... posted perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring of '05 ... named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star three times ... enrolled in the College of Engineering as a computer science major.