2006-07: Won the 50 Free in the AWCC Championships for the third straight year (25.95)... Also garnered first in the 100 Free (58.83)… Member of three school record-breaking relay teams at the CAC Championships with the 200 Free Relay (1:46.36), the 400 Free Relay (3:53.12), and the 800 Free Relay (8:32.16)…Won the consolation heat of the 50 Free in the CAC Preliminaries (25.67) … Took sixth place in the 50 Free at the Randolph-Macon Invitational (26.56)… Won the 50 Free a total of six times, swimming a team seasonal-best 25.67 … AWCC Scholar-Athlete.

2005-06:Repeated as the 50 freestyle champion (26.70) and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay (AWCC-record 2:00.31) and 200 freestyle relay (1:49.34) teams at the AWCC Championships … Won three events in a tri-meet with Mary Baldwin and Wells as well as dual meets against Chatham and Salisbury … Member of school-record setting relay teams in the 400 freestyle (3:58.66 in a tri-meet with St. Mary’s and Gallaudet) and 200 medley (1:59.44 at the Randolph-Macon Invitational) … Also tied for second in the 50 freestyle (26.34) and placed second in the 400 medley relay (4:32.20) at the Randolph-Macon Invitational.
2004-05:Won the 50 freestyle and was part of two winning relay teams at the AWCC Championships … Helped the 200 and 400 medley relay teams set school records at the Grove City Invitational … Member of the winning 1,600 freestyle relay and 1,600 medley relay teams against College of Notre Dame (Md.) … Won the 50 and 100 freestyle events versus Mary Baldwin.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ran indoor and outdoor track and was on the swimming team at Villa Maria Academy … Lettered twice in indoor and outdoor track and led the outdoor track team to the Southern Chester County League championship as a junior and senior … Earned a letter all four years of high school on the swimming team and led the squad to the SCCL and Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association championship as a senior … Earned the Ken McCormick Award as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Majoring in elementary education … Also runs track at Hood … Daughter of James and Barbara Hitchens … Katherine Elizabeth Hitchens was born Nov. 23, 1986, in Drexel, Pa.