Swimming

Stephen Decatur High School

Class of 1995

Inducted 9/16/2022

A product of the Decatur Swim Club, Erin Didde Levy was a three-time all-state swimmer who finished third in the 100 backstroke in 1993, seventh in both the 200 freestyle and 100 back in 1994, and eight in the 100 back in 1995.
Also in her high school years, she qualified for and swam at the US Open and 1994 Olympic Festival. She was selected to attend National Swim Camp in Colorado Springs based on her standing as one of the fastest 15-year-old swimmers in the country.
In March of her senior year at Stephen Decatur, Levy qualified for US Senior Nationals and placed 12th in the country in the 200 back.
Levy went on to swim at the University of Illinois and became one of the team’s top swimmers. She was forced to retire because of bad back at 21 in 1998, but held five Illini school records when she was through.