Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  2-year returning letterwinner.....PBC All-Academic Team 2014,2015....Competed in 5 of 6 meets as a sophomore in 2014....Finished 12th at 2014 FMU Invitational with personal-best 5K time....Placed 100th at 2014 PBC Championships with a personal-best 6K time.....Ran in six of seven meets as a freshman in 2013....Finished 100th at the 2013 Peach Belt Conference Championship Meet (6K).....Season-best time (26:01) and finish (24th) at 2013 FMU Invitational....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society.....PBC Presidential Honor Roll 2014, 2015....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2013 (fall), 2014 (spring and fall), 2015 (spring).

PERSONAL:  Born Nicole Haley Edlmann in Summerville, S.C.....A graduate of Bishop England High School....Award-winning swimmer for the Battling Bishops....Nickname is Niki.

PERSONAL FAVORITES:As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Nurse....Favorite Athlete: Ryan Lochte....Favorite Sports Team:  USA Swim Team....Favorite Movie: Mad Max: Fury Road....Favorite TV Shows: Sons of Anarchy and Grimm....Favorite Food:  Japanese hibachi....Favorite Vacation Spots: Neuschwanstein, Germany and Munich, Germany....Celebrity Crush: Theo Rossi....Favorite Sports Other than Your Own: Swimming, martial arts, Zumba....Favorite Website (outside social media): iTunes....Favorite Social Media Site: Facebook....Your Motivation Music: Whatever sounds good.....Favorite Thing About FMU: Nursing Program....Favorite Off-Field Activities: Swimming, dancing, being with friends....Goals for Upcoming Season: Improve my 5K time and contribute to the team....Hobbies: Drawing, listening to music, exercising, writing stories, doing nail art....Interesting Notes: I went to the High School State Championship four years in a row; I’m a 1st degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do; I’m half-German and half-Hispanic; I’ve traveled to Germany and England....Brush With Greatness: I met Olympic swimmers Staciana Stitts and Robert Margalis. Met Iron Man triathlete, Mirinda Carfrae. I also swam in the Olympic Pool in Munich, Germany, where Mark Spitz won his seven gold medals.