Academic Notes: Majoring in hotel & restaurant management...Two-time WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.

2019-20 (Senior):

2018-2019 (Junior): Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 200 IM and 400 medley relay at the WAC Championships... Finished first in the 200 butterfly with a career-best time of 1:59.75... Earned fourth place in the 100 fly with 54.89... Swam to first in the medley relay with 3:41.29... Participated in NIC in 100 and 200 butterfly, 200 individual medley, 800 freestyle relay, 200 and 400 medley relay.

2017-18 (Sophomore): Earned one All-WAC second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly and 200 IM at the WAC Championships...Finished fifth in the 200 Fly with a career-best time of 2:02.81...Advanced to the B final and finished 11th in the 100 Fly with a career-best time of 56.09...Advanced to the B final and finished 13th in the 200 IM with a career-best time of 2:06.81...Totaled three top-three finishes during the season...Placed third in the 200 Fly versus Idaho and Northern Colorado.

2016-17 (Freshman): Totaled one gold medal with one All-WAC first team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 500 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay at the WAC Championships...Swam the third leg of the 800 Free Relay team that won gold with a time of 7:20.31...Advanced to the B final and finished 10th in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:04.06...Won the C final and finished 17th in the 100 Fly after a season-best prelim time of 57.34...Also recorded a season-best time of 5:11.09 in the 500 Free...Placed sixth in the 200 Fly at Kansas Classic with a season-best time of 2:03.97...Totaled 11 top-three finishes during the season...Placed second in the 200 Fly versus Oregon State and 200 IM versus Northern Colorado.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter and one-year team captain at Sam Barlow HS...Placed sixth at the 2016 Oregon 6A State Championships in both the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly...Four-time First Team swimmer in 100 butterfly...Owns career-best times of 57.18 in the 100 butterfly, 2:03.08 in the 200 butterfly and 5:05.10 in the 500 freestyle...Holds school record in the 100 butterfly...Recorded a junior national cut in the 200 butterfly...Also swam for Mount Hood Aquatics Club...Holds club record in the 200 butterfly...3.5 high school GPA...Honor roll student and member of National Honor Society and Yearbook.

Personal: Kate Shannon Bier was born Feb. 28 in Portland, Ore....Daughter of John and Emily Bier...Three sisters, Megan, Lauren and Sophie...Hobbies include cooking and planning events...Lists most memorable athletic moment as the moments leading up to her 200 fly swim at finals in high school...Chose NAU because she loves Flagstaff.