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Career Best Scores: 287.78 in one-meter dual meet; 280.45 in one-meter championship (school record); 302.92 in three-meter dual meet; 286.10 in three-meter championship; 175.65 in platform diving (school record). General: Three-year letter winner who will return for her senior campaign as one of Carolina's top women's diver...participates in ACC Outreach program...graduate of the Carolina Leadership Academy...member of UNC's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 2006-07: Placed third at the ACC Championships on the one-meter board with a school record championship meet score of 280.45...finished fourth at ACC's on the three-meter board, achieving a career-high 286.10 points...set career best scores for dual meet competition on the one-meter board versus Maryland and on the three-meter board in the meet against Johns Hopkins...honored as an All-Conference Performer for the one-meter board...named to 2006-07 ACC Academic Honor Roll...spring 2007 Dean's List selection...won the team's most improved performer award...also captured the squad's David McInnis Diving Award. 2005-06: Scored her first career point at ACC's with a 16th-place finish on the three-meter board...also competed on the one-meter board, taking 23rd with a score of 186.20 in the preliminaries...had her best meet of the year with a pair of fourth place finishes at Duke including a season best score of 262.57 on the one-meter...named to the 2005-06 ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2004-05: Competed on the exhibition level in her first ACC Championships...garnered the second-best exhibition score on the one-meter board...posted a 364.55 score on the three-meter board, also the second-best from an exibition diver...had career best dual meet scores on the one- and three-meter boards against East Carolina...named the outstanding strength and conditioning performer on the women's diving team. 2003-04: Redshirted during the 2003-04 season. Prep: Graduated from the Durham School of the Arts on May 28, 2003...competed on diving team her junior and senior years and swimming team her junior and senior years as a freestyle sprinter...also competed in gymnastics as a freshman and sophomore...swimming and diving team captain as a junior and a senior...two-time North Carolina high school diving champion...first-team All-America her senior year...2002 high school Heisman nominee...National Honor Society member...2003 Scholar Athlete. Personal: Given name is Laura Anne Filip...was born October 30, 1985 in Mountain View, Calif....daughter of Stan and Lyn Filip...has one sister, Rachel, 23. Learning About Laura |
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