Sam Tadder Season 2023-24

Career Honors

• Member of the 2022 and 2023 Pac-12 Championship teams
• All-American in the 400 IM (12th)
• 2021-22 CSCAA Scholar All-American (second team)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023)

As a Junior (2023-24)

• Scored at the Pac-12 Championships: 400 IM (8th), 200 IM (10th), 200 breast (14th)
• Won the 400 IM race against Arizona on Jan. 20
• Reached the finals at the Texas Swim Invite mid-season meet in the 200 breast (Nov. 18)

As a Sophomore (2022-23) • Pac-12 Champions

• All-American in the 400 IM (12th)
• Earned NCAA cuts in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breast
• Earned points at the Pac-12 Championships: 400 IM (5th), 100 breast (11th)
• Won the 200 breast against UCLA (Jan. 27)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Freshman (2021-22) • Pac-12 Champions

• CSCAA Scholar All-American (second team)
• Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400 IM (ninth), 100 breast (20th) and 200 breast (23rd)
• Part of the winning 800 free relay team at UCLA (Jan. 28)
• Won the 200 breast and took second in the 100 breast against Arizona State (Jan. 21)

Prior to Stanford

• Participated in National Select Camp (2018)
• 2021 Olympic Trials qualifier.
• Two-time region champions (2019-20)
• Two-time state team champions (2019-2020)
• Nine-time high school All-American
• Nine-time state champion
• Former national high school record holder in 200 IM short course
• High school record holder in 200 IM, 400 free, 500 free and 100 breast
• State record holder in 200 free relay and 400 free relay
• Competed for Tide Swimming (2011-2021)
• Top-10 team at Junior Nationals (2019)
• Virginia Senior runner-up finish (2018)
• Virginia Senior Championships MVP (2020)
• 17-time Virginia Senior State champion - individual and relays
• Summer Junior National champion (2019)
• Versatile athlete who also competed in club soccer and gymnastics

Personal 

• Parents are Mark and Dottie
• Has one sibling, Shannon
• National Honor Society
• Math Honor Society
• Hobbies include cooking, baking and surfing
• Was a Virginia Beach lifeguard
• Was involved in a special needs program at her high school