Matt Harding swam for four years and played water polo for two at Loomis Chaffee in Windsor, Connecticut.  As a senior on the swim team, Matt placed 10th in the breaststroke at the NEPSSA New England Championship.  Also, as both a junior and senior he attended the YMCA Summer Nationals.  Other than sports, Harding was a part of the Math Team, in the Chamber Singers, the production editor for the student newspaper, and he was president of LCTV.  At Dartmouth, Matt wants to study Mathmatics and Computer Science and get involved in A cappella groups and drama.

Matt is the son of John and Nancy Harding and he has one brother and two sisters.  His father, John, swam for Northwestern University.