Benn Fraker

• Home: Peachtree City, GA
• Birthdate: 2/23/1989

Height: 6-0
Weight: 177 lbs
Date of Birth: Feb. 23, 1989
Birthplace: Rome, Ga.
Hometown: Peachtree City, Ga.
Current Residence: Charlotte, N.C.
College: Georgia State University
Coach: Cathy Hearn

Career Highlights:

• 2007 U.S. National Champion
• First C-1 boat on the Senior National Team
• 13th in 2007 World Cup Rankings
• Fifth at the 2006 Junior World Championships
• 2005 Junior Pre-World Champion at age 16

Personal:
Most athletes struggle to make the jump from the junior level to the senior level, but Fraker has already accomplished it, winning the U.S. Team Trials in 2007 and being named the first boat on the Senior National Team.

A win at the Junior Pre-Worlds in 2005 was huge for Benn and the U.S. team as he was matched up against the best juniors in the worlds. Benn has a great chance to continue the U.S.'s rich legacy of success in slalom canoe. Benn is coached by Cathy Hearn (a multi-time world champion and the USACK Canoe Coach) and her brother Davey Hearn (3-time Olympian and 2-time world champion), both home-grown athletes/coaches.

• Family: Parents - Tom and Marsha Fraker; brother - Davis; sister - Addie...Father was a recreational kayaker and got him interested in the sport.

• Hobbies: Reading, writing, all sports, hanging out with my family
• Music in iPod: Modest Mouse, Saul Williams, Elliott Smith

Favorite TV show: "The Office"