Luke Mitchell Bio

Swimming & Diving

Courtesy: UCSD Release: 10/08/12

Luke Mitchell

Position:	Butterfly/Individual Medley
Height:	6'2"
Weight:	185
Year:	Freshman
City/State:	Lake Forest, CA
High School:	Laguna Hills HS
College:	Muir
Major:	History/Spanish
Experience:	High School

CLUB
Swam for NGSV Gator Aquatics in Laguna Hills during freshman year of high school and competed for Mission Viejo Nadadores in Mission Viejo during his remaining three years in high school.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2012 graduate of Laguna Hills High School in Laguna Hills.

PERSONAL
Born June 3, 1994 in Fountain Valley ... Parents are Scott and Nancy Mitchell ... Has an older sister named Sarah and an older brother named Jake ... Majoring in history and Spanish at Muir College ... Taken is his favorite movie ... Has Coldplay's Princess of China on his iPod playlist ... Reading, writing poems and stories and listening to music are among his interests ... His greatest influences include Homer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Jefferson among others ... Could eat either baklava or bacon for the rest of his life if given the chance ... Making his first Junior National cut in the 200 backstroke is his most memorable swimming moment ... Will either continue on in his major to become a teacher or professor or go to law school after graduating from UC San Diego.