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Honors & Awards
Five-Time Missouri Class 2 High School Champion
Two-Time Missouri Class 2 High School Team Champion (2024, 2025)
USA Swimming Scholastic All-American (2024)
Freshman (2025-26)
Natalie Dunaway, the five-time Missouri Class 2 High School champion, has worked to a handful of top finishes in the early part of the season. Dunaway has logged a duo of second-place finishes in the 50 free against South Dakota State and Omaha (23.97) and Iowa State (24.40). She added a fourth-place position in the 100 free against Iowa State with a 54.22 swim. Dunaway has contributed to two first-place swims in the 200 medley relay. Against Omaha and South Dakota State, Dunaway swam the 50-yard leg in 23.17.
Dunaway led strong efforts in the 50 free through a fourth-place position against Kansas with a time of 23.59. She also swam a 52.07 in the 100 free, marking a season best in the event. The Kansas City freshman anchored the top-placing 200 medley relay team with a split time of 22.73, contributing to a team score of 1:39.74.
Before Nebraska
Natalie Dunaway helped lead Park Hill South to Missouri Class 2 state championships in both her junior and senior seasons. She swept individual titles in the 50 freestyle (23.23) and 100 freestyle (50.87), while also swimming anchor legs of the Panthers' state championship 200 free relay (state record 1:36.09) and 400 free relay (3:32.26) teams as a senior in 2025. In mid-March, Dunaway notched a personal-best 50 free time (23.07) at the Speedo Sectionals in Columbia, Mo. She added career-best times in the 100 free (50.83), 200 free (1:52.27) and the 50 fly (25.68) at sectionals.
As a high school junior, Dunaway helped Park Hill South to its first-ever state swimming championship by helping the 200 free relay to a state championship (1:36.88). She added a third-place finish in the 50 free (23.86) after swimming 23.70 in the prelims in 2024. Her best 50 free time as a junior was 23.64. Dunaway added a fifth-place individual finish in the 100 free with a season-best 52.21 in the finals. She captured her first state title as the anchor on Park Hill South's 200 free relay (1:36.88) with her 23.21. She was also the anchor on the Panthers' state runner-up 400 free relay squad (3:34.29).
As a sophomore in 2023, Dunaway took third in the 50 free (24.21) at the state meet, before finishing 11th in the 100 free (54.61). She swam the anchor leg on Park Hill South's state runner-up 200 free relay team (1:38.35) and ninth-place 400 free relay squad to help the Panthers to a state runner-up finish in the team standings.
She finished 12th in the 50 free (24.75) and 15th in the 100 free (55.21) as a freshman at the state championships in 2022. She also anchored the 200 free relay team to a fifth-place finish (1:39.96), while Park Hill South finished third in the final team standings.
A four-sport athlete, Dunaway also competed in volleyball, track and field and golf at Park Hill South. She was also a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2024.
Personal
The daughter of Bill and Dana Dunaway, Natalie was born March 6, 2007, in Kansas City. She has two older brothers, Grant and Kyle, as well as a younger sister, Mallory. Natalie is planning on majoring in nutrition and health sciences at Nebraska.
Against Kansas, Consiglio recorded season-bests in the 100 and 200 backstroke events. She logged times of 55.00 and 2:01.81, respectively. Improving from the early season, Consiglio helped with the first-place 200 medley relay team, swimming the leading leg with a split of 25.28 to combine for a finishing time of 1:39.74.
Against Kansas, Consiglio recorded season-bests in the 100 and 200 backstroke events. She logged times of 55.00 and 2:01.81, respectively. Improving from the early season, Consiglio helped with the first-place 200 medley relay team, swimming the leading leg with a split of 25.28 to combine for a finishing time of 1:39.74. Against Kansas, Consiglio recorded season-bests in the 100 and 200 backstroke events. She logged times of 55.00 and 2:01.81, respectively. Improving from the early season, Consiglio helped with the first-place 200 medley relay team, swimming the leading leg with a split of 25.28 to combine for a finishing time of 1:39.74.