Senior (2005-06):

White, a senior, earned two NCAA national championships this season with her wins in both the 500-yard freestyle competition and the 1650-yard freestyle competition.  This is the second consecutive year that she has won two national championships and the second consecutive year that she has won the 500-yard freestyle relay.  She earned two more All-America certificates with her second place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay and her seventh place finish in the 200-yard freestyle competition.  At the conference championships this season, White earned the title of Conference Champion in four events with her wins in the 200-yard, the 500-yard, and the 1650-yard freestyle competitions as well as the 800-yard freestyle relay.  White was named the Female Swimmer of the Year in the University Athletic Association conference.

Junior (2004-05):

Samantha White won two NCAA national championships this season, one in the 500-yard freestyle event, and another as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay. White became the eighth individual in school history to win a national championship and the second to win at least two in the same year. For the meet, she earned All-America honors in four events, three of them as an individual. By doing so, White became the fourth swimmer in school history to have at least three individual All-America honors at more than one NCAA national meet. The four All-America citations raised her career total to nine, which ranks 10th in school history. In addition to winning the 500 free, White was the national runner-up in the 1,650-yard freestyle event and finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle. She scored 61 points at the national meet, accounting for 15 percent of her team's score, even though she was one of 18 competitors for Emory. White was honored as the squad's Most Valuable Performer. At the conference championships, she won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events and swam a leg on the first-place 800-yard freestyle relay unit. For the season, White was sixth on the team out of 39 competitors in points scored in dual and championship meets.

Sophomore (2003-04):

Sophomore Samantha White earned All-America citations in the 200-, 500-, and 1650-yard freestyle events at the national championships. She placed second in the nation in both the 500 and 1650 freestyle events. She was also a member of the fifth-place 800-yard freestyle relay, increasing her career All-America citations to five. White's time of 4:56.66 in the 500 free preliminaries broke the school record. White turned in the fastest times on the team this season in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle events. She was fifth on the team out of 35 competitors in points scored in dual and championship meets.

Freshman (2002-03):

At the NCAA championships, freshman Samantha White finished sixth in the 500-yard freestyle, earning her first career All-America certificate. Her time of 5:00.87 in the 500 freestyle makes her the third-fastest individual in school history. White finished fifth out of 33 Emory swimmers for most points scored this season in dual and championship meets. White was named the conference Athlete of the Week on consecutive weeks in October (14-20 and 21-27). She was honored as the team's co-Rookie of the Year.

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"The energy of our team is incredible; whether in practice or at a meet, the support for each and every swimmer is ceaseless. It's these connections that enable people to succeed -- individually and as a team -- both in and out of the water. The fun does not stop at Emory swimming and diving!"