CAROL LIN

SCHOOL: Fox Chapel.

WHO IS SHE? Only a freshman, Lin has splashed onto the WPIAL scene as one of the district's top swimmers.

LAST WEEK: Lin won the 100-yard butterfly and was also a member of two first-place relay teams in a meet against North Hills.

AMONG THE BEST IN EVERYTHING: In the most recent WPIAL swim honor roll, Lin has the top times in the 100 freestyle (53.54 seconds) and 200 freestyle (1:56.19). Swimmers are listed only in two events. "With her times, she would be ranked in the top five in every single event," Fox Chapel coach Todd Clark said. For the WPIAL championships, swimmers can compete in only two individual events. Lin will most likely do the 100 and 200 freestyles.

STRING MUSIC: Lin also is an accomplished violin player and is a member of the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra that practices weekly at Carnegie Mellon.

MAKING THE GRADE: Lin is an excellent student, carrying a 4.0 grade point average. She remembers having only one 'B' in her life. "It was in fifth grade gym class," Lin said. One might wonder how an accomplished athlete like Lin gets a 'B' in elementary school gym. "We had to run the mile and I didn't do too well," she said. "I'm better in the pool than on the land."

FAMILY SWIM: Lin's brother, Michael, is a freshman swimmer at Harvard.

-- By Mike White

SCHOOL: Leechburg.

WHO IS HE? A 6-foot-3 forward and one of the leading scorers in WPIAL boys' basketball.

THE PAST WEEK: Tressler scored 23 points Friday to spearhead the Blue Devils' 54-49 victory at Duquesne, a Section 4 rival that was No. 1 in the Post-Gazette's WPIAL Class A rankings. He had 21 points Tuesday in a 72-52 victory against St. Joseph.

SEASON: A senior, Tressler is averaging 23.7 points and 11 rebounds per game for Leechburg (10-7, 5-4). He has missed three games because of injuries but has scored at least 12 in the other 14 contests. Tressler's high was 40 in a 107-102 overtime loss to Freeport.

CAREER: This is Tressler's fourth year as a starter. He has 1,096 career points, second in school history to Mickey Morandini, who scored more than 1,400.

MASKED MAN? Two nights before Christmas, Tressler thought his scholastic career was over. He was hit in the face in a home loss to Duquesne and had three bones broken above his left eye. Doctors wanted to perform surgery but Tressler and his family sought a second opinion, and another doctor said he could play, but only if he wore a protective mask.

FUTURE: Tressler wants to play college basketball. Some Division II and III programs are showing interest, and he has an offer to walk on at Division I St. Francis (Pa.).

-- By Rick Shrum