The Carvell File

2013-14: Finished fourth in the 800-free relay (8:21.02) and 10th in the 400-free relay (3:55.64) at the WPI Gompei Invitational … Placed second in the 800-free relay (8:14.69) at the Seven Sisters Championship … Also finished fourth in the 400-medley relay (4:22.55) and seventh in the 200-medley relay (2:01.59) … Was sixth in the 800-free relay (7:56.08) at the NEWMAC Championship …

2012-13: Placed second in the 400-free relay (3:58.04), fourth in the 400-medley relay (4:28.85) at the Mount Holyoke Invitational … Also placed sixth in the 200-medley relay (2:03.59) and the 100-fly (1:05.18) … Was seventh in the 50-fly (29.24) and ninth in the 100-free (1:00.68) at the MHC Invite … Placed third in the 200-medley relay (1:57.95) and fourth in the 400-medley relay (4:22.41) at the Seven Sisters Championship … Also posted eighth in the 100-free (58.06), ninth in the 400-free relay (4:02.00) and 10th in the 200-IM (2:24.22) and the 200-fly (2:27.96) at Seven Sisters … Finished fourth in the 800-free relay (7:57.34) at NEWMAC Championship …

Before Mount Holyoke: Four-year member of the swimming team … Indian Prairie Scholar … Four-time Academic All-Conference … Member of the IHSA Sectionals Team in Illinois … Competed at IHSA States where she was part of a qualifying relay team …

Personal: International Relations major … Daughter of DongYi and William Carvell.

Getting to Know Erica

• Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - For the amazing academics, the location, the diversity of the students and the swim team.
• What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - I love the campus, the people and the unique perspective MHC encourages us to view our lives through.
• Favorite Sports Movie - Friday Night Lights
• Best Sporting Event Ever Attended - Chicago Bears game
• Favorite Pro Sports Team - Chicago Blackhawks
• Favorite TV Show - Friends
• Favorite Athlete(s) - Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian, Corey Crawford
• Childhood Idol - My sister
• Hobbies - Listening to music, shopping, swimming
• Best Concert You Ever Attended - Coldplay
• Magazine Cover You'd Like to Be On - Women's Health
• Most Famous Person Ever Met - Matt Grevers
• Person You'd Like to Have Dinner With - Andrew McMahon
• Most Prized Possession - My birthstone ring
• Place You'd Like to Visit - Fiji
• First Memory of Your Sport - Swimming laps with my dad and my sister and attempting to keep up
• Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - None yet
• Pre-Game Rituals - Listening to music
• Best Advice From a Coach - Go to practice
• If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Pay for college, give some to my parents, travel, charities
• Career Aspirations - Travel, to do something I love and to inspire those around me