A record-breaking swimmer at the University of Texas, Fetter-Witt was a fifteen-time NCAA Champion. Not only did she win the 50-yard freestyle all four years in college (1988-91), she also became the first woman ever to swim the 50-free in under 22 seconds. Simultaneously holding the American record in the 50-yard and 50-meter freestyle, she became only the third woman in NCAA history to win the same event four times. As a freshman, she represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She finished fifth in the final of the women's 50-meter freestyle. Returning to Texas, she won the 100 free her last three years and was a part of three national championship teams. In 1989 she received the Female Athlete of the Year Award in Swimming and 1990 she was the recipient of the Honda Award for Swimming, again recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year. She became a member of the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 2003. Fetter later became head swim coach for the Greater Nebraska Swim Team and Lincoln Southwest High School men's and women's teams. Leigh Ann currently resides in San Antonio and is the Head Age Group Coach at Alamo Area Aquatics Association - Northside, working at one of the best facilities in the United States. She is married to Mike Witt and has two daughters, Ashley and Kaitlyn.