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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

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