Joselyn Auxer
Joselyn Auxer
Height: 5-2
Year: Sr
Hometown: Shepherdstown, W.V.
High School: Jefferson
Position: Fly/Breast

The Auxer File

2012-13: Placed fourth in the 400-free relay (4:06.93), sixth in the 200-free relay (1:49.96), and 10th  in the 200-medley relay (2:15.47) at the Mount Holyoke Invitational … Was fourth in the 200-free relay (1:48.40), seventh in the 200-medley relay (2:04.29), and eighth in the 400-medley relay (4:30.40) at the Seven Sisters Championship …

2011-12: Placed fourth in the 200-free relay (1:49.67), fifth in the 400-free relay (4:03.45), sixth in the 200-medley relay (2:03.44), and ninth in both the 400-medley relay (4:46.79) and the 50-fly (30.41) at the Mount Holyoke Invitational… Placed first in the 200-medley relay (1:57.05) and eighth in the 400-medley relay (4:38.01), the 400-free relay (4:03.56) and the 800-free relay (9:07.09) at the Seven Sisters Championship … Named to Seven Sisters All-Tournament team … Placed eight in the 200-medley relay (1:54.44) at NEWMAC Championships …

2010-11: Placed eighth in the 50-fly (30.95), and ninth in the 200-free relay (1:54.61), the 200-meleyd relay (2:11.84), and the 400-free relay (4:18.93) at the Mount Holyoke Invitational … Finished fourth in the 200-medley relay (2:02.04), and eighth in the 400-medley relay (4:35.43) and the 800-free relay (9:11.23) at the Seven Sisters Championship …

Before Mount Holyoke: Four-year member of the swimming team … Three-time All-Area Team …MVP … Swimming Career Achievement Award … Academic Award … Broke seven records, still holding two of those …Four-time state qualifier …Made it to the finals in multiple events including, 100-fly, 400-freestyle relay and 200-freestyle relay …

Personal: Sociology and Politics double major … Daughter of Dawn Fye and Jim Auxer.

Getting to Know Joselyn

  • Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - I loved the academics, all-women’s aspect and the swim team.
  • What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - Meeting so many new people everyday, intersections, and being able to have small class sizes
  • Favorite Sports Movie - Coach Carter
  • Best Sporting Event Ever Attended - Olympic Trials 2008 in Omaha, Ne
  • Favorite Pro Sports Team - Pittsburg Steelers
  • Favorite TV Show - Jersey Shore
  • Favorite Athlete(s) - Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, LeBron James
  • Childhood Idol - My Parents
  • Hobbies - Tanning, Shopping, Swimming, and relaxing
  • Best Concert You Ever Attended - Aaron Carter
  • Magazine Cover You'd Like to Be On - Shape-up 
  • Biggest Fear - Dying
  • Most Famous Person Ever Met - Wayne Wilson, won a superbowl with the Redskins 
  • Person You'd Like to Have Dinner With - Snooki & Deena 
  • Most Prized Possession - My engraved bracelet (my mom and I both have one) 
  • Place You'd Like to Visit - Jamaica 
  • First Memory of Your Sport - Getting potty trained so I could do swim lessons 
  • Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - Out touching the girl next to me in NEWMACS 2011 in the 200 Butterfly 
  • Pre-Game Rituals - Listening to I'm Me by Lil Wayne 
  • Best Advice From a Coach - If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly! 
  • If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Pay for the rest of my college, give some to my parents, and charities. 
  • Career Aspirations - Doing Research for prisons on different inmates