Kate Hooven
Co-Captain
Club: Santa Clara
Event: Team
Height: 5-8
Date of Birth: January 3,1985
Birthplace: Newton, Mass.
Hometown: Pleasanton, Calif.
Current Residence: Pleasanton, Calif.
Career Highlights:
2008 - Serves as Team Co-Captain
2007 - Nominated to the 2007 U.S. Pan American and 2008 U.S. Olympic Teams; Served as Team Co-Captain; FINA World Championships: Combo 3rd, Team Tech 5th, Team Free 5th; Pan American Games: Team 1st (Olympic Games qualifying event); FINA World Trophy Cup: Combo 2nd, Team 3rd
2006 - Served as Co-Captain of the 2006 U.S. National Team I; U.S. National Championships: Solo 4th, Team 1st; Swiss Open: Team 1st; FINA World Cup: Team 4th; FINA World Trophy Cup: Combo 1st, Team 4th
2005 - U.S. National Championships: Team 1st, Solo 13th; FINA World Championships: Team 4th, Combo 5th
2004 - U.S. National Championship: Duet 4th, Solo 8th, Team 2nd; U.S. Open: Duet 2nd, Team and Combo 1st
Personal:
Daughter of Robert and Katherine Hooven...Goal is to win a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games...Proudest moment was winning the Combo event at the 2006 FINA World Trophy Cup...Competed for The Ohio State University (2003-04) and helped the Buckeyes to a 2004 U.S. Collegiate National Championship before returning to California to focus on synchro...Was named a Scholastic All-American at OSU...Would like to finish school and study art or design...Also enjoys surfing, playing the guitar, running, designing clothes, traveling and baking...Learned to swim as a baby but did not try synchro until she was 11...Attributes her synchro inspiration to watching the 1996 U.S. National Team strike gold in Atlanta...Hooven is responsible for the "look" of the Team as she coordinates the Team makeup for competition.
Awards:
2006 - Named to the USSS All-America Team I
2005 - Named to the USSS All-America Team I
2004 - Outstanding Buckeye Award Winner
2003 - Named to the USSS All-America Team II
2002 - Named to the USSS All-America Team II
2000 - Walnut Creek Grand Slam Award