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Heather Czappa was a four-year letterwinner on the UWM women's swimming team, performing primarily as a backstroke specialist. She was a two-time Midwestern Collegiate Conference champion in the 100-yard backstroke, becoming the first individual women's conference champion in UWM history.
She also captured a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke in 1997 and a runner-up finish in the 100-yard backstroke in 1999. She was part of the 200-medley relay team that finished second in the league in 1998. Plus, Czappa captured third-place finishes in the 200-yard backstroke (1999) and 400-yard medley relay (1998). In all, she set school records in four events during her time at UWM while also earning team MVP honors.
Czappa continued her UWM career by serving as an assistant coach from 1999-2005. During her tenure, both the men's and women's teams won MCC championships.
In the classroom, Czappa was on the Dean's List throughout her UWM career, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1999. She earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors while also claiming a spot on the MCC All-Academic Team three times.
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