Olivia Katcher

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hollywood, Fla.
High School:
Miami Country Day School

Why Brown Statement: For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to attend Brown. There seemed to be some magnetic force pulling me in the direction of Providence. I came to visit the school December of my junior year of high school and fell in love with the campus and the academics. Of course the open curriculum was appealing but what I truly appreciated with the responsibility Brown entrusted in its students. I found that at Brown, more than at any other school I had learned about or visited, the students were interested in the courses they were taking. They truly wanted to be in those classrooms, learning subjects they wanted to know more about. They were taking their classes because they wanted to, not because it was a requirement the school's administration told them they had to take. I continued to stay in touch with the coaches after my visit to the school and in October of my senior year, I took an official visit. That is when I fell in love with the team. I stayed at the girls' "Swim House" and had one of the best weekends of my life. Not only did I bond with the other recruits that were on my trip, I bonded with the girls on the team as well. We made cookies, watched movies, walked on Thayer together, and had burgers, fries, and milkshakes at BBC. I committed during my official visit and when I went back to school that next Monday, I wore my Brown sweatshirt I had bought on my trip from the bookstore. I wore a Brown sweatshirt every single day of school from then on."

Concentration: Double Concentration in English Nonfiction and History of Art Architecture

Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song: 4:44
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite dessert: Georgetown Cupcakes
Favorite city: London
Favorite athlete: Alia Atkinson
Favorite pro team: New York Giants
Favorite movie or TV show: Mary Poppins
Current favorite music artist:  JAY-Z
Last book you read:  Americanah
Favorite restaurant in Providence:  Trattoria Zuma
Favorite holiday:  Thanksgiving
Favorite activity outside the pool:  Soulcycle, baking, dancing, singing
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Audrey Hepburn
Person you’d like to have dinner with: Grace Kelly
Travel destination: The Maldives
Other sport you enjoy: Boxing
Role model / someone you look up to: My dad
Something you cannot live without: Family
Favorite Brown building: The John Hay Library
Enjoyed this professor’s class: Professor Vibha Pingle
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear:  Ivy Championships 2015
Favorite quote: "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare

2017-18: Competed in four meets on the season.

2016-17: Did not compete for the Bears.

2015-16: Set a personal best in the 400 IM against Columbia and the 50 freestyle at the Big Al Invite … Finished fourth in the 1000 freestyle at Cornell … Also appeared in meets against Yale, Dartmouth/Princeton, Harvard/Penn and Columbia.

2014-15: Finished 22^nd in the 500 Free (5:03.46) and 23^rd in the 200 Fly (2:07.66) at Ivy Championships ... Finished 2^nd in the 500 Free in dual meet at Columbia.

Before Brown: Four-time athlete of the week ... District Champion in the 200 and 500 freestyle... Regional Champion in the 500 freestyle ... editor-in-chief of school's award winning literary magazine, "Amused" ... During her freshman, sophomore, and junior years of high school, she was homeschooled in Miami, Florida after previously living in Greenwich, Connecticut for 15 years ... Swam on FLA (Fort Lauderdale Aquatics) under the head coach, Duffy Dillon ... For her senior year, attended Miami Country Day School and swam on the club team, SOFLO (South Florida Aquatics) with head coach, Christopher Anderson.

Personal: Daughter of Gary and Joann Katcher ... Aspires to be a journalist, specifically a fashion journalist ... Enjoys the history of art and architecture ... Favorite destination is London ... Enjoys traveling and hopes to backpack around the world after graduation from Brown.