Milwaukee Athletics

2012-13: Capped his career with an outstanding showing at the Horizon League Championships, finishing eighth in the 1000 free, eighth in the mile and 11th in the 500 free ... posted career-best times in all three events at the league meet ... finished fourth in the 500 free and eighth in the 1650 free in the season opener against Wisconsin ... one week later, placed sixth in the 50 free in only time competing in the event ... posted 11 top-six finishes on the year ... named to the Academic All-League Team ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2011-12: Finished sixth in the 1650 free, eighth in the 500 free and 11th in the 1000 free to help Milwaukee to its third-consecutive team title at the Horizon League Championships ... posted a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 500 and 1000 free in UWM's first-ever win over Wisconsin Oct. 7 ... one week later, took seventh in the 1000 free and eighth in the 500 free against Grand Valley State ... finished fifth in both the 500 and 1000 free in the Panthers' win over Ball State Oct. 28 ... touched the wall sixth in the mile, and eighth in the 500 free and the 400 IM at the Stevens Point Border Battle Nov. 11-12 ... finished runner-up in the 1000 free in a win at Western Illinois Jan. 28 ... took fifth in the 500 free and sixth in the 1000 free in a lop-sided win over Green Bay Feb. 4 ... Horizon League Academic Honor Roll member.

2010-11: Placed seventh in the 1650 freestyle, eighth in the 1000 free and 16th in the 500 free at the Horizon League Championships ... time in the mile was a career-best and touched the wall in a season-best time in the 1000 ... third in the 1000 free against Wright State Oct. 29 ... won the 1000 free against Wheaton College Nov. 5 ... second in the mile at the Stevens Point Border Battle Nov. 13 ... career-best in the 500 free at the Iowa Hawkeye Invitational Dec. 3 ... third in the mile in UWM's win over Carthage Jan. 16 ... second in the 100 free at University of Chicago Jan. 22 ... Horizon League Academic Honor Roll member.

2009-10: Set season-best times in each event at the Horizon League Championships, placing sixth in the 1650 freestyle, seventh in the 1000 free and 10th in the 500 free at the championship meet ... won the 1650 free and took third in the 500 free at the Stevens Point Border Battle Nov. 14 ... second in the mile at the Falcon Invitational Dec. 5 ... won the 1000 free and was second in the 500 free at University of Chicago Jan. 23 ... topped the field in the mile and was second in the 500 free in win over Western Illinois Jan. 30 ... third in the 500 and 1000 free against Green Bay Feb. 6.

High School: The 2008 Iowa state champion in the 500 freestyle ... earned four medals at the state meet as a senior, missing out on a repeat in the 500 free by three-tenths of a second ... swam at state with the 200 medley and 400 free relay teams and took sixth in the 200 IM ... school-record holder in the 500 free has earned All-America consideration in the event ... helped his squad win a district championship in 2008.

Personal: Son of Bruce and Shelley Verink ... majoring in civil engineering ... brother, Tyler, swam in college at the University of Iowa ... considers beating his brother in the 1500m for the first time to be his most memorable sports experience ... career goal is to graduate and find a job ... club team is the Black Hawk area swim team ... born April 29, 1991.