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| Born: | 05/03/1990 |
| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Sacramento, Calif. |
| High School: | Rio Americano HS |
| Position: | Sprint Freestyle/Backstroke |
UC SANTA BARBARA
2010 HONORABLE MENTION MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICAN
2010 BIG WEST CHAMPION - 100 BACKSTROKE
2010 BIG WEST CHAMPION - 200 MEDLEY RELAY, 400 MEDLEY RELAY
2010 BIG WEST CHAMPION - 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, 400 FREESTYLE
RELAY
2010: Successfully defended his Big West title in the 100
backstroke with a time of 48.68, a NCAA B-cut...Swam the backstroke
leg on the Gauchos' Big West Champion 200 medley relay (1:28.47)
and Big West Champion 400 medley relay (3:14.74)...Swam the anchor
legs of the Gauchos' Big West Champion 200 freestyle relay
(1:19.71) and 400 freestyle relay (2:57.28)...Placed fourth in the
50 free (20.43).
2009 BIG WEST FRESHMAN SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
2009 BIG WEST CHAMPION - 100 BACKSTROKE
2009 BIG WEST CHAMPION - 400 FREESTYLE RELAY, 200 MEDLEY
RELAY
2009: Named the Big West's 2009 Men's Freshman
Swimmer of the Year and one of the team's Most Improved...Big West
Champion in the 100 backstroke (48.61),...Part of the Big West
Champion, meet, conference and school record-setting 400 freestyle
relay (2:54.93)...Member of the conference champion 200 medley
relay (1:27.67)...Placed fourth in the 100 free (44.39) and 25th in
the 200 free (1:46.10)...Placed second in the 400 medley relay,
setting a school record (3:14.39)...Also competed in the
preliminaries for the 50 free (20.28) at the Big West
Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Swam for Rio Americano High School...Earned All-American honors in
the 100 back, 200 free, 200 IM and relays...Holds league records in
the 100 back and 200 free...Helped the Raiders to a CIF
Championship in 2005...Was awarded with Scholar-Athlete
honors...Also competed for Arden Hills Swimming under coach Brian
Nabeta.
PERSONAL
Kevin Blake Ferguson was born May 3, 1990 to Cindy and Wes...Has
two sisters, Erica and twin sister Laurel, who is also on the
Gaucho swim team...Interests include magic, sleight of hand,
misdirection, sneakiness and wake-boarding... Favorite Movie is
"The Princess Bride"... Favorite musicians are Atmosphere...Enjoys
reading "The Time Traveler's Wife"...Personal heroes are Darren
Brown and Wes Ferguson...Most memorable athletic achievement is the
Big West 100 backstroke victory...Favorite aspect of college
swimming is winning Champs... Related to Charlemagne
(distantly).
