Rebecca Amparano

	Class: Freshman
	Hometown: Kearney, Mo.
	High School: Kearney High

	Height: 5-7
	Event: Fly/IM

04/14/2013

Annual Maroon & White Event Brings Out MSU's Best & Brightest

157 Student-Athletes Honored at 3rd Annual Honors Banquet and Awards Ceremony

02/16/2013

Bears Bring Home Unprecedented Sixth Consecutive MVC Title

Nine individual champions, two relays power Missouri State to a 121-point victory

02/16/2013

Saturday Prelims Position Bears for Powerful Finish at MVC Championships

MSU women will have 14 A-Final swims, led by two top times and the top four seeds in the 200 breast

02/15/2013

Bears On a Roll Heading Into Friday Finals in Carbondale

Missouri State qualifies 16 athletes for A-Finals, including the top times in three events

02/15/2013

Bears Take 78-Point Lead into Final Day at MVC Championships

Missouri State collected another relay title and three individual champions on Friday

02/16/2013

Highlights from Day Two of the MVC Swimming & Diving Championships

Honors & Awards
• 2012-13 All-MVC First Team

2012-13: Dropped 1.3 seconds from prelims to finish 10th in the 200 IM (2:06.66) on first day of conference...Made first career A-Final appearance in 100 fly, placing seventh overall at 2013 MVC Championships...Jumped up four spots in 200 fly championship final to finish third and earn All-MVC first team honors; Appeared on the MSU all-time top performers list at No. 3 in the 200 fly with her time of 2:02.66...Made the C-Final in the 200 fly and 400 IM at the Purdue Invitational.

Background: Amparano is a butterfly/IM swimmer from Kearney, Mo....Swam club for Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas City...Achieved junior national cuts as a junior in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 400 IM...Placed sixth in the A-Final at the 2011 CSRVIII Spring Sectionals meet in the 200-meter butterfly (2:25.54)...Competed at sectionals and Grand Prix meet in Austin, Texas as a sophomore.

Personal: Rebecca Lynn Amparano is the daughter of Felix and Wendy Amparano...Born February 9, 1995 in Abington, Pa....Has two siblings: Rachel and Elias...Following college, Amparano plans to attend medical school.

Career Bests at Missouri State
Event	Time	Opponent/Meet	Date
100 Fly	57.05	2013 MVC Championships - Prelims	2/15/13
200 Fly	2:02.66	2013 MVC Championships - Finals	2/16/13
200 IM	2:06.66	2013 MVC Championships - Finals	2/16/13
400 IM	4:36.70	Purdue Invitational - Finals	11/17/12