Alex Liang Season 2020-21

Career Honors

• Four-time All-America: 400 IM (2019- 15th; 2020; 2021- 13th), 800 free relay (2019- 12th)
• 2020 Pac-12 Champion in the 400 medley relay (3:06.81)
• 2021 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America third team
• 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
• 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic
• 2018 CSCAA Academic All-American
• 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Ranks fourth all-time at Stanford in the 400 IM (3:42.19)
• Ranks eighth all-time at Stanford in the 200 IM (1:43.15)
• Ranks ninth all-time at Stanford in the 200 fly (1:42.65)

Lifetime Bests

• 200 Fly- 1:42.65
• 200 IM- 1:43.15
• 400 IM- 3:42.19

As a Graduate Student (2021-22)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Placed tenth at the Pac-12 Championships in three events: 200 fly (1:43.87), 200 IM (1:43.96), and 400 IM (3:43.82)

As a Senior (2020-21)

• All-American in the 400 IM (13th)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Also swam at the NCAA Championships in the 200 IM (17th, 1:43.15) and the 200 fly (18th, 1:42.27)
• Marks in the 200 IM and prelims of the 200 fly were lifetime bests
• Placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400 IM (3:42.44) and fifth in the 200 IM (1:43.72) and 200 fly (1:42.87)

As a Junior (2019-20)

• All-American in the 400 IM
• Pac-12 Champion in the 400 medley relay (3:06.81)
• Also scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 fly (fifth, 1:43.35), 200 IM (sixth, 1:44.14) and 400 IM (seventh, 3:45.28)
• Swam B standards in 500 free and 100 fly

As a Sophomore (2018-19)

• 2x All-American: 800 free relay (15th) and 400 IM (12th)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Also competed at the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly (25th, 1:42.93) and 200 IM (34th, 1:44.35)
• Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in three events: 200 fly (fifth, 1:42.74), 400 IM (fifth, 3:43.10) and 200 IM (eighth, 1:44.02)

As a Freshman (2017-18)

• Swam at the NCAA Championships in three events: 400 IM (21st, 3:42.85), 200 fly (35th, 1:44.11) and 200 IM (38th, 1:45.38)
• Scored in two events at the Pac-12 Championships: 400 IM (fourth, 3:43.89) and 200 IM (seventh, 1:45.10)

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, Calif.
• Led team to a 2014 SCVAL League Title and CCS runner-up finish
• Team finished 4^th at 2016 CIF State Championships
• Four-time CCS Champion (2016, 2016, 2017, 2017)
• Three-time State Champion (2016, 2016, 2017)
• Fourteen-time NISCA All-America (2014-2017)
• Three-time team MVP (2015-2017)
• Broke 4 high school records
• Competed for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (2014-2017)
• Four-time Junior National Combined-Team Champions (2014, 2015, 2015, 2016)
• Two-time Junior National Individual Champion (2015, 2016)
• Participated in the 2016 Olympic Trials

Personal

• Son of Yifan Liang and Hui Wang
• Has one brother, Andrew, who swam at Stanford
• Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina