Two More Swimmers Join Tiger Swimming & Diving Roster For 2004-05 Season

Dec. 4, 2003

CLEMSON, SC – Head swimming and diving coach Chris Ip has announced the signing of two additional swimmers to the Clemson roster for the 2004-05 season. Patrick Raisor and Whitney Sandison will join the Tigers next year, as the team has now signed a total of eight swimmers (four men and four women) to the squad.

Raisor, from Evansville, IN, was a three-time member of the all-state academic team from 2001-2003. He was named to the All-Southern Indiana Athletic Conference team from 2001-2003 and was a conference and sectional champion in 2002 and 2003. Raisor was named the most valuable swimmer for his William Henry Harrison High School team from 2001-2003 and holds the team record in the 200 and 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast and 200 IM. He earned four varsity letters in swimming and one in soccer in high school.

A Prairie Valley, KS native, Sandison was a Junior National Qualifier in the 800, 1000 and 1500m free from 2001-2003. She placed in the top three at the Central Sectional and Central Zone meets in 2002 and 2003. Sandison was a two-time Scholastic All-American and a member of the National Honor Society. She was a member of the Missouri Valley All-Star team from 1997-2001. Sandison attended Shawnee Mission East High School and swam for the Kansas City Blazers club team.