Stitts earned 14 All-America honors in swimming for the Bears from 2000-03. The breaststroke specialist, she set a world record with three of her teammates in winning the 200-yard medley relay at the 2000 NCAA Championships, and she established individual school records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Stitts captured a gold medal as part of the U.S. 400-meter medley relay at the 2000 Olympics. She also won gold in the 100 breaststroke at the 1999 Pan American Games and a silver medal in the 100 breast and gold in the 400 medley relay at the 1998 Goodwill Games. In addition, Stitts was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic choice.