2021-22 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Biography
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: PCSC individual champion in the 100 back, setting the school record with a time of 55.58 … Was a member of the PCSC champion and school record-breaking 200 medley relay team with a time of 1:43.94 … Also set a school record in the 200 back with a time of 2:01.89, good for second place at the PCSC Championships … All-PCSC first team in five events: 200 medley relay (first place), 200 IM (third place), 100 back (first place), 400 medley relay (second place) and 200 back (second place) … Scored 86 individual points at the PCSC Championships, fifth among all swimmers and most on the Pepperdine squad … Competed in all 11 meets as a graduate student … PCSC Athlete of the Week (11/23/22) … PCSC All-Academic first team … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
FLORIDA STATE: Graduated from Florida State University, located in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2021 … Placed first in the 200 back vs. FAU (2019) and vs. UNF/USF/UWF (2020) ... Team was ranked in the top 25 each year from 2017-20 and placed in the top eight of the ACC … Three-time ACC All-Academic Team member … College of Business Dean’s List (2018-21).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Evergreen (Colo.) High School in 2017 … Inducted into the Evergreen High School Hall of Fame … Helped Evergreen win two 4A state titles … Earned a bronze medal in the 400 IM at the 2017 Colorado swimming senior championships … Earned bronze medals in the 100 back and 100 fly at the CHSAA Class 4A state championships as a junior … Earned a gold medal in the 200 free at the Angel Invite Denver … Four-time All-Conference Academic Team member … Four-year member of student government.
CLUB: Competed on the JeffCo Hurricanes (Evergreen site) from 2006-17 … Member of the Junior National team in 2016/17 … Earned a sixth-place finish at the 2015 Speedo Sectionals … Far Western qualifier and Age Group Western Zone qualifier.
PERSONAL: Born in Denver, Colo. … Son of Bill and Trudee Coughlin … Sister of Taylor … Brother-in-law, Jacob Garner, played football at Villanova and cousin, Patrick Coughlin, played basketball at the University of Sioux Falls … Chose to attend Pepperdine “due to the prestige of Pepperdine’s athletics, academics, the Graziadio School of Business, and the location of Pepperdine in Malibu.”
FAVORITES: Hobbies include hiking, going to the beach, boating and going to concerts … Sports hero is Natalie Coughlin … Favorites include Peyton Manning (pro athlete), Denver Broncos (pro sports team), A Moveable Feast (book), Pirates of the Caribbean (movie), The Sopranos (TV show), Led Zeppelin and Lil Wayne (musical artists), seafood (food) and football (sport besides swimming) ... Favorite thing about swim/dive is the bond that swimming creates between you and the water, and how the sport can be both individual and team-oriented.
