Athletics Hall of Fame
Kevin Makarowski ’97 is Union’s first male national champion in the sport of swimming, winning the 200 individual medley at the NCAA Championships in 1995. He helped lead the Union Men’s Swimming & Diving teams to state championships in the final three of his four seasons. He earned a remarkable 23 NCAA All-American honors plus three honorable mention All-American awards. The winner of Union’s Pike and Jaffe Awards, Makarowski was a three-time state or league swimmer of the Year. He broke 11 of Union’s 19 swimming records during his career and still owns nine of the records 11 years later. In addition, six of those nine records still own the UNYSCAA State Championship marks.
