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2018-19 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Grace Wakabayashi

  • Position Freestyle
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Major Gender and Sexuality Studies (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown South Pasadena, CA
  • High School South Pasadena

Biography

2017-18: Earned two Honorable Mention All-America accolades (13th-place – 1,650-yard freestyle and 14th-place – 500-yard freestyle) and helped the 800-yard free relay team set a school record (7:27.35) at the NCAA Championships (3/21-24)…placed second in the 800-yard free relay at the UAA Championships (2/14-17)…finished first in the 500-yard free (4:59.61) at the MIT Winter Invitational (12/1-3) and won the 1,000-yard free (10:42.32) against LIU-Post (1/12)…swam the team’s fastest 1,000-yard free of the season (10:34.75) against Johns Hopkins and TCNJ (11/18)…ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
2016-17: Earned All-America accolades in the 800-yard freestyle relay (eighth place, NYU-record 7:30.28) and Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16th, career-best 17:17.14) at the NCAA Championships (3/15-18)…won the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.84), took second in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:17.67), placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.42), and set a 100-yard freestyle personal best of 53.90 in the victorious 400-yard freestyle relay (3:25.40) at the MIT Invitational (12/2-4)…posted personal-best times in the 200-yard freestyle (11th, 1:53.62) and 500-yard freestyle (6th, 4:59.25) at the UAA Championships (2/8-11)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar Award.
 
2015-16: Earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades as a member of NYU’s record-breaking 800-yard freestyle relay (10th, 7:32.65) at the NCAA Championships (3/16-19)…made collegiate debut with a second-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:44.91) vs. Cortland (10/10)…swam a personal best in the event (10:36.11) vs. TCNJ (11/14)…set a season-best in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.02) at the MIT Invitational (12/4-6)…recorded season-best times in the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.80) and 1,650-yard freestyle (17:22.91) at the UAA Championships (2/17-20)…IAAC Fall and Spring Honor Rolls…CSCAA Scholar All-American.
 
High School: Four-year team member…junior and senior captain…four-year Rio Hondo League Champion...also competed for the Rose Bowl Aquatics Club.
 
Personal: Minoring in chemistry and American Sign Language…volunteered at Hillside Education Center…plans to attend medical school.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Freestyle
    5'7"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Freestyle
    5'6"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Freestyle
    5'6"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Freestyle
    5'6"