By far the finest female swimmer in school history, Ana Ossa completed her intercollegiate career in 2005-06. In each of the three years in which she competed for the Highlanders she was honored as the New Jersey Institute of Technology Female Athlete of the Year.
Ossa completed her career as the holder of 16 of 17 individual school records, lacking only the mark in the 50-yard freestyle. As a member of the Highlander’s relay teams, she set school records on four of the five relays. After her initial round of record breaking, Ossa went on to re-set many of her records numerous times. In all, she swam nearly 50 school record setting performances in her three year career.
At the Metropolitan championships in her senior year, Ossa scored points in all three of her individual events, setting new school records in each and earning an appearance in the Championship Final of the 200 yard breaststroke.
Ossa represented NJIT as part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) on February 12, 2007 at halftime of women’s basketball game between Seton Hall and Villanova in South Orange, NJ.
A native of Bogota, Colombia, Ossa was enrolled in the Albert Dorman Honor’s College and graduated in 2007 with a 3.96 GPA in electrical engineering.
She is currently a project manager for Alcetel- Lucent in Murry Hill, NJ.
