Career Honors
- Nine-time NCAA All-American
- 200 free - 2024 (12th), 2025 (11st)
- 500 free - 2024 (4th), 2025 (2nd)
- 1650 free - 2022 (15th), 2024 (2nd), 2025 (2nd)
- 800 free relay - 2024 (3rd), 2025 (1st)
- 2025 ACC Champion in the 1650 Free
- Two-time Pac-12 Championship Team Member
- Two-time Pac-12 Champion
- 1650 free - 2023, 2024
- Finished career ranked in the "Stanford Top-10" in three events
- 1650 Free - No. 2 (15:36.43)
- 500 Free - No. 3 (4:31.63)
- 200 Free - No. 6 (1:42.44)
- All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team - 2025
- Elite 90 Award Winner - 2025
- CSC Academic All-American - 2025
- CSC Academic All-District - 2025
- All-ACC Academic Team - 2025
- Three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American - 2022, 2023, 2024
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll - 2023, 2024
As a Senior (2024-25)
- Four-time NCAA All-American - 800 Free Relay (1st), 500 Free (2nd), 1650 Free (2nd), 200 Free (11st)
- ACC Champion - 1650 Free
- All-ACC Swimming & Diving Team
- Elite 90 Award Winner
- CSC Academic All-American - First Team
- CSC Academic All-District
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Also scored at the ACC Championships in the 500 Free (2nd) and 200 Free (4th)
- Won the 500 Free and 1000 Free in the regular-season finale vs. California (Feb. 1)
- Earned a pair of distance freestyle event titles against USC (Jan. 18)
- Touched first in the 200 Free in the UCLA meet (Jan. 17)
- Claimed 500 Free and 1000 Free race wins in the Arizona State and California tri-meet (Nov. 7-8)
As a Junior (2023-24)
- Four-time NCAA All-American - 1650 free (2nd), 800 free relay (3rd), 500 free (4th), 200 free (12th)
- Two-time Pac-12 Champion - 1650 free and 800 free relay
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Also scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 500 free (2nd) and 200 free (3rd)
- Tallied a pair of race wins in the 1000 free and 500 free against California (Feb. 17)
- Earned a trio of event titles over USC in the 200 free, 500 free, and 1000 free (Feb. 3)
- Registered a 200 back win against Arizona on Jan. 20.
- Won the 500 free and 1000 free against Arizona State (Jan. 19)
- Clocked a 1650 win at the Texas Swim Invite mid-season meet. (Nov. 18)
- Touched first in the 150 free event against Washington State (Oct. 28)
- Notched event titles in the 500 free, 1000 free, and 400 free relay against Arkansas (Oct. 27)
- Opened the season with a 1000 free win against Pittsburgh on Oct. 13.
As a Sophomore (2022-23) • Pac-12 Champions
- Pac-12 Champion - 1650 Free
- Swam the 500 free, 200 free and 1650 free at the NCAA Championships
- Earned points for Stanford at the Pac-12 Championships: 500 free (4th)
- Won the 1000 free and 500 free against Cal (Feb. 11), USC (Jan. 28) and ASU (Jan. 20)
- Won the 1650 free at NC State/ GAC Invite (Nov. 19)
- Won the 1000 against Washington (Oct. 28)
- Won the 500 free against Utah (Oct. 13)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
As a Freshman (2021-22) • Pac-12 Champions
- NCAA All-American - 1650 free (15th)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- Debuted in the dual against San Jose State, winning the 1000 free (Oct. 1)
- Won the 500 free and 1000 free against Arizona (Jan. 22)
- Member of the winning 800 free relay team at UCLA (Jan. 28)
- Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 free (ninth), the 500 free (seventh) and the 1650 free (second)
- Also swam at the NCAA Championships in the 200 free (25th) and 500 free (19th)
Prior to Stanford
- Led Iowa City West High School to four conference championships (2017-20) and three regional championships (2018-20)
- State champion in the 200 free and 500 free (2019)
- Six-time All-American (2018-19)
- Three-time conference Athlete of the Year (2018-20)
- Three-time regional Athlete of the Year (2018-20)
- School record holder in 50 free, 100 free, 200 free and 500 free
- Member of three record-setting relay teams in the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free
- Five-time conference record holder in the 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay
- Competed for the Iowa Flyers Swim Club (2011-20)
- Bronze Medal Club (2020)
- Silver Medal Club (2016)
- USA Swimming Scholastic All-American (2018-20)
- USA Swimming 18 and Under World 100 (2020)
- Futures 200 fee and 1500 free champion (2019)
- Iowa long course record holder in seven events
Personal
- Parents are Robert and Pei-fen Chou
- Siblings are Jasmine, Ariel and Jade
- Sister, Jasmine, swam for Truman State (2014-18)
- Sister, Ariel, swam for Macalester College (2016-20)
- National Honor Society
- Volunteered at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Melrose Meadows Retirement Community
- Member of Lead West, a club focused on helping student-athletes with transition to high school
- Hobbies include drawing, baking and dancing.
- Is PADI Scuba Diving certified
- Danced for 12 years and danced competitively for three years
- Is working towards becoming trilingual