Pepperdine University Athletics

PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Earned All-PCSC first team honors in the 200 IM (6th place) and All-PCSC honorable mention in the 400 IM (15th place) and 200 back (13th place) ... Scored 50 individual points at the PCSC Championships as a junior ... Had the team’s fastest time in the 200 IM (2:08.73), second-fastest time in the 200 back (2:07.93) and third-fastest time in the 400 IM (4:37.21) ... PCSC All-Academic first team ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Scored 21 individual points at the PCSC Championships as a sophomore ... Competed in eight of nine meets ... Had the team’s best times in the 1,000 free (10:39.99) and 1,650 free (18:03.34) and was second in the 200 IM (2:09.00), third in the 500 free (5:12.54) and 100 fly (59.83), fourth in the 50 fly (27.90) and fifth in the 200 fly (2:15.09) ... PCSC All-Academic first team ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2016-17: Earned All-PCSC first team honors in the 400 IM (seventh place), 200 back (seventh place) and 200 breast (eighth place) as a freshman ... Scored 68 individual points at the PCSC Championships making her the high point-winner for the Waves … Earned PCSC Athlete of the Week honors (1/30) … Had the fastest 200 free time on the year for the Waves with a 1:55.84 at the PCSC Championships … Had the fastest 200 back time with a 2:07.72 at the PCSC Championships … Had the third-fastest 500 free time with a 5:14.95 at the A3 prelims… Had the second-fastest 100 back with a 1:00.40 at the A3 prelims … Had the third-fastest 200 breast with a 2:26.93 at the PCSC Championships … Had the second-fastest 400 IM on the year with a 4:36.05 at the PCSC Championships … Named PCSC All-Academic first team … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Foothill High School, located in Pleasanton, Calif. … Swam four seasons, mainly in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke … Was a North Coast Section qualifier as a junior … Named a team captain … Was the highest point-scorer for her team as a sophomore and scored the second-most points as a junior … Named team MVP and Rookie of the Year as a freshman … Part of the school-record-setting 200 medley relay team … Named to the North Coast Section Scholastic Team all four years.
 
CLUB: Swam for the Pleasanton Seahawks … Swam in the 2013 Sectionals in the 100 and 200 breast finals … Competed in the 2014 Sectionals 100 breast finals … Team won the 2015 Sectionals Large Group title.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Pleasanton, Calif. … Daughter of Matt and Heidi Skinner … Has one brother, Nick … Father played tennis at U.S. International University … Majoring in political science … Chose Pepperdine “because the school fit me to a T. Everything the school offers and stands for is what I relate to. Pepperdine has an amazing family-oriented atmosphere that makes you feel loved and accepted for who you are as a person. I couldn’t have pictured a better place to help me grow into the person I want to become.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Natalie Coughlin (pro athlete), Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys (pro teams), The Truth About Forever, The Mortal Instruments Series and The Selection Series (books), The Devil Wears Prada and anything Disney (movies), Once Upon a Time (TV show), Carrie Underwood (musical artist), chicken (food) and football (sport other than swimming).