Adriana de la Fuente
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- Height:
- 5-6
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- Hometown:
- Baton Rouge, La.
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- Position:
- Freestyle
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- City:
- Baton Rouge
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- State:
- La
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- High School:
- Baton Rouge Magnet High School
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- Events:
- Freestyle
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- Previous School:
- Baton Rouge Magnet HS
Bio
2023-24 Sophomore Season: Competed in all nine meets this season and swam three season-best times in the 50 Free (30.73), 100 Back (1:20.07), and the 200 Breast (3:14.52) at the 2024 SCAC Championships in Garland, Texas ... Member of Ladies' winning relay team in 400 Free Relay with a time of 4:42.89 January 10, 2024 vs. Millsaps ... Named to the 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and the 2023-24 Winter SCAC Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 Freshman Season: Competed in seven meets while earning six top-five finishes ... Her first top-five finish came against Ozarks in the season opener on Oct. 1 as she finished fourth in the 100-free with a time of 1:15.84 ... Her highest finish of the season was against Millsaps Oct. 22 in the 100-free as she placed third with a time of 1:19.05 ... In that same meet, she was a member of the Ladies' winning team in the 400-free relay with a time of 4:35.58 ... She swam a season-best time of 1:34.81 in the 100-breast to earn a fourth-place finish on Jan. 21 at home against Austin College and capped an impressive meet with a fifth-place finish in the 100-free with another season-best time of 1:12.55 ... Named to the SCAC Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Centenary: Attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School ... National Hispanic Scholar ... Finished fourth in the 2020 Regional Science Fair.
Personal: Born on Jan. 15, 2004 ... Parents are Andre and Carrie de la Fuente ... Has one brother, Nicolas ... Planning to major in Kinesiology.
Favorite Movie: Princess and the Bride
Favorite Hobbies: Sewing, art, singing and crocheting
Favorite Athlete: Lilly King
News mentions
Junior Adriana de la Fuente (Baton Rouge, La.), sophomore Reese Esser (Huntsville, Texas), and sophomore Sydney Welch (Moss Bluff, La.) were all named to the 2024-25 Academic All-District® Women's Swimming & Diving Team by the College Sports Communicators, the organization announced on Tuesday.
The Centenary swimming teams will begin their seasons on Friday as the Ladies and Gents face McMurry University in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference dual meet set for 6 p.m. inside the Centenary Fitness Center.