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2017-18 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Tim Kou

  • Position Breaststroke/Freestyle
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 180
  • Class Senior
  • Major Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
  • Hometown San Jose, CA
  • High School Bellarmine College Prep

Biography

2016-17: Earned four All-America honors at the NCAA Championships (3/15-18) by finishing fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (school-record 54.29), fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:58.60), seventh in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:01.20), and seventh in the 400-yard medley relay (3:17.63)…also earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades by finishing 10th in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:41.29) at the NCAA’s…two-time CollegeSwimming.Com National Swimmer of the Week (10/12 & 10/18)…two-time UAA Athlete of the Week – Swimming (10/10 and 10/17)…NYU Junior Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year…CSCAA Scholar All-American…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar Award…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic…IAAC Spring Honor Roll.
 
2015-16: Earned All-America honors as a member of the Violets’ seventh-place 400-yard medley relay (3:18.74) and sixth-place 800-yard freestyle relay (6:40.70) at the NCAA Championships (3/16-19)…placed second in the 100-yard (56.24) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:02.38), and was third in the 400-yard medley relay (3:20.59) at the UAA Championships (2/17-20)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic…IAAC Fall and Spring Honor Rolls…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sport-Scholar Award…CSCAA Scholar All-American.
 
2014-15: Established a season-best time in the 200-yard IM (1:51.90) at the NCAA Championships (3/18-21)…contributed to NYU’s record-breaking 800-yard freestyle relay (6:44.87) and also set personal-best times in the 100-yard breaststroke (first place, 56.00), the 100-yard butterfly (11th place, 51.47), 200-yard breast (first place, 2:01.43), and in his 100-yard leg (46.78) of the 400-yard free relay at the ECAC Championships (12/5-7)…made his collegiate debut by winning the 800-yard free relay, the 200-yard free and the 400-yard free relay, and finishing second in the 100-yard free at the Rochester Invitational (10/24-25)…CSCAA Scholar All-American…Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll.
 
High School: Four-year team member…also competed for the Santa Clara Swim Club.
 
Personal: Concentration in finance and accounting…minoring in mathematics and computer science…plans to pursue a career in finance and consulting.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'10" 186 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'10" 180 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'10" 180 lbs
  • C

    2017-18Senior

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'10" 180 lbs
    C