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**Returning All-American**
ASU: Ranks third in ASU history with a 55.27 in the 100 backstroke and sixth in the 50 free (23.40)...also part of the 400 medley relay team that is second in school history (3:40.01).
2004-05: Repeated as an NCAA performer in three different relays...earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 400 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay...recorded ASU's third fastest time in the 50 free (23.68) against Indiana...placed 20th in the 50 free (23.86) and 29th in the 100 free (52.60) at the Pac-10 Championships...earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 Academic honors.
2003-04: Made her first trip to the NCAA Championships, earning honorable mention All-American honors in the 400m medley relay and the 400m freestyle relay...set a personal-best time of 23.40 in the 50 freestyle during the preliminaries at the NCAA's, placing her sixth in the Sun Devil record books for this event...also swam the 100 backstroke at the NCAA's...placed 11th at the Pac-10 championships in both the 50 free and the 100 back...in the 400 medley relay at the Pac-10s, swam a leadoff leg of 55.27, the second-fastest 100 back time in school history...swam personal bests in the 100 freestyle (51.70) and the 200 backstroke during the season.
2002-03: ASU's second-leading 100 backstroker...placed 21st in the 100 back at the Pac-10 Championships in a personal best 57.73...set a best in the 100 free at the Pac-10s with a 53.26...also swam the 50 free (23.98) and 200 back (2:08.20) extensively.
High School: A 2002 graduate of Desert Vista High School (Phoenix, Ariz.)...earned four letters in swimming...captained the swim team her junior and senior years...named All-City in 1999 and 2001...named Desert Vista MVP in 1999 and 2001...holds the city and regional records in the 50 free with a 24.2-second effort.
Personal: Majoring in business (management)...born August 12, 1984, in Portland, Maine...parents are William and Sandra Baldinger...has one sister, Kristen (23) and one brother, Tim (15)...her sister was a backstroker at Ohio University...full name is Erin Elizabeth Baldinger.
PERSONAL BEST TIMES:
50 Free: 23.40
100 Free: 51.70
100 Back: 55.27
