2011-12: Placed second in the 500 free and fourth in the 200 fly in UALR's season-opening meet at St. Louis ... Added a sixth-place finish in the 1,000 free at the Hendrix Classic ... Helped the Trojans to a victory in the 1,500 free relay at the Hendrix Relays ... Garnered a third-place finish in the 1,000 free at the UALR Invite ... Added top-13 finishes in the 200 free and 500 free at the Hilltopper Invitational ... Member of the team that placed fifth in the 800 free relay at the UALR Christmas Invitational ... Placed third in the 1,000 free and 500 free events in UALR's dual meet against Vanderbilt ... Set two new individual school records in the 1,000 free (10:37.97) and 1,650 free (17:47.50) at the Sun Belt Championships in Rockwall, Texas ... Also was a member of UALR's record-setting 800 free relay team (7:41.40) at the SBC Championships.

2010-11: Finished third in the 500 yard freestyle and fourth in the 100 yard freestyle against Ouachita Baptist to open the season ... Won her first collegiate races in a three-team dual meet at Centenary College, taking first place in the 500 and 1000 yard freestyle events ... Finished fifth in the 500 yard freestyle event at the Hendrix Classic ... Member of the teams that won the 1500 yard freestyle and finished third in the 800 yard freestyle relay at the Hendrix Relays ... Won the 1000 yard freestyle at the UALR Invitational ... Also placed fourth in the in the 100 yard freestyle at the UALR Invite ... Picked up a top-16 finish in the 200, 500 and 1650 yard freestyle events at the Hilltopper Invite ... Member of the team that finished third in the 800 yard freestyle relay at the Hilltopper Invite ... Helped the Trojans to a third-place finish in the 800 yard freestyle relay at the Tunica Invitational ... Added top-16 finishes at the Tunica Invitational in the 200 yard butterfly, 500 yard freestyle and 1000 yard freestyle ... Member of the team that finished second in the 800 yard freestyle relay at the Washington Invitational ... Placed second in the 500 and 1000 yard freestyle events in a dual meet against Houston ... Broke the 29-year-old UALR school record in the 1650 yard freestyle (17:53.28) at the Sun Belt Championships ... Also helped the Trojans set a new school record in the 800 yard freestyle relay (7:42.72) at the SBC Championships ... Named to the Sun Belt Conference's Honor Roll for recording a GPA of 3.00-3.49.

Prior to UALR: Swam for two years at the University of North Dakota ... In 2009, finished in the top-16 of several events at the Conference USA Championships, including the 500-freestyle, 200-freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly. 

High School: Was member of the team that won the 2008 Kansas High School Swimming Championships while swimming for head coach Kyle Farrington at Blue Valley Northwest High School ... was an All-State selection in 2008 ... Was a member of the team that finished in the top three of the 400-yard freestyle relay in 2008.

Personal: Born August 28, 1989 in Shawnee Mission, Kan. ... Parents are Laurie and Kevin Nelson ... Has two sisters, Grace and Jessica ... Majoring in Elementary Education.