Pepperdine University Athletics

PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Earned All-PCSC first team in the 400 IM (fifth place) and second team in the 500 freestyle (ninth) and 1,000 freestyle (12th) ... Scored 57 individual points at the PCSC Championships as a senior ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Earned All-PCSC first team honors in the 500 free (2nd place), 1000 free (3rd place) and 400 IM (4th place) ... Scored 81 individual points at the PCSC Championships as a junior … Had the team’s fastest time in the 500 free (5:00.85), 400 IM (4:29.30), and 1000 free (10:26.94) … PCSC All-Academic first team … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Competed in eight of nine meets as a sophomore ... Had the team’s best time in the 400 IM (4:36.72), was second in the 200 free (1:56.17), 500 free (5:05.45), 1,000 free (10:48.84) and 1,650 free (18:46.76) and was fourth in the 200 IM (2:14.32 ... PCSC All-Academic first team ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2016-17: Earned All-PCSC first team honors in the 400 IM (fourth place) and the 500 free (seventh place) as a freshman ... Scored 62 individual points at the PCSC Championships … Swam the third-fastest 400 IM in Pepperdine history with a 4:32.99 at the PCSC Championships … Swam the fifth-fastest 500 free in Pepperdine history with a 5:03.59 at the PCSC Championships … Swam the third-fastest 200 free on the year with a 1:56.84 at the PCSC Championships … Swam the fifth-fastest 200 back with a 2:14.98 at Cal Poly … Swam the fifth-fastest 50 breast on the year with a 31.79 at the A3 finals ... Made the PCSC All-Academic first team ... A Pepperdine-Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Tulare (Calif.) Western High School ... Swam four varsity seasons for coach Dave Hodge… Competed in the 200 free, 500 free, 100 back, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay… Was team captain her senior year… Was All-Fresno County first team all four years of high school… Was Division 2 champion in the 200 free her junior and senior year, 500 free all four years, and a member of the champion 400 free relay team her senior year… Set the Division 2 Valley records in the 200 and 500 free, and school records in the 100 back, 200 free, 500 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.
 
CLUB: Swam for TNT Swim Team from 2006-2016 and was the team record holder in the 500 and 1000 free.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in sports medicine … Born in Tulare, Calif. ... Daughter of Mike and Tami McCarthy… Older sister to Madison … Came to Pepperdine because “out of all the schools that I visited, it felt the most like home. And after meeting the swimmers and coaches, I knew that it was a perfect fit for me.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Natalie Coughlin (pro athlete), Carolina Panthers (pro team), Pretty Little Liars (book), Pitch Perfect (movie), Guilt (TV show), Selena Gomez (musical artist), chicken strips (food) and gymnastics (sport other than swimming).