Kelsie is Alabama Bound

ALABAMA BOUND: Notre Dame senior Kelsie Ludolph has decided to walk on at Alabama next school year. Ludolph, who swam on three state-medal-winning, all-American relay teams at ND, chose Alabama over Indiana.
"I liked both schools equally as far as their swimming programs," said Ludolph, who plans to major in business and minor in nutrition. "It was a tough decision. I had to ask myself if I was not going to swim, which school would I like more, and I liked the Alabama campus better."
Ludolph, a four-year state qualifier, will have a chance to earn scholarship monies once she is on the team, based on her times and the team's needs.
She also will be reunited with former teammate Brooke Baldi, who is a freshman at Alabama. Baldi and Ludolph were members of Notre Dame's all-American, 12th-place state 200-yard freestyle relay teams in 2005.
- Stan Morris