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High School: Four-year letterwinner at Dunwoody High School under coach Tom McFerrin ... Elected captain in senior season ... As a senior, earned All-America honors in the 50 freestyle ... Was a Georgia state champion in the 50 free ... Won all individual events at the county meet in all four seasons ... Named DeKalb County Swimmer of the Year in 2001-02 ... School record holder in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 butterfly events ... Broke metro record in the 100 free and set a new county record in the 50 free ... Academic All-America in junior and senior seasons ... Named DeKalb Athlete of the week and DiVarsity Athlete of the Week on two occasions ... Member of the Student Government and Interclub ... National Honor Society ... Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class ... Recipient of Coca-Cola award for excellence in athletics and academics.
Personal: Born Natanya Leah Harper on Jan. 22, 1985, in San Antonio, Texas ... Parents are Carol and Jimmy Harper ... Has a younger sister, Alicia (14) ... Great grandfather played third base for the Brooklyn Dodgers ... Majoring in management.
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