2026-27 Women's Swim/Dive Roster
Roster
Bailey Mahoney
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Waukee, Iowa
- High School:
- Northwest
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Northwest High School in Waukee, Iowa ... Competed on varsity for four years, serving as team captain as a senior and co-captain as a junior ... Named Second Team All-State and earned the All-Academic Award as a senior, following All-Academic honors as a junior as well ... Helped her team win the 2025 state title, in addition to state, regional, and conference championships as a sophomore and a state championship as a freshman ... Holds her school's 1-meter 6-dive and 1-meter 11-dive records, along with Waukee High School's 1-meter 6-dive record ... Also competed in track and field for three years and was a 2023 state champion gymnast.
PERSONAL: Born in Des Moines, Iowa to parents Mike and Pam Mahoney ... Has two siblings: Aubrey and Zoey ... Her father, Mike, played baseball at Creighton University before a professional career with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, and her sister Zoey plays soccer at Drake University ... Plans to major in nutritional sciences with hopes of becoming a sports dietitian ... Chose Pepperdine because, "it fulfilled all of the things I was looking for in the school I would be attending. It had the exact major I wanted to study (nutritional sciences), gave me the opportunity to continue diving at the collegiate level, is in a beautiful location, and is a Christian school."
FAVORITES: Sports hero is Simone Biles ... Also admires professional athletes Molly Carlson and Suni Lee ... Outside of diving she likes reading Happy Place by Emily Henry (book), watching the Hunger Games series (movies) and New Girl (TV show), listening to Noah Kahan (musical artist), Culver's ice cream (food), and gymnastics (sport outside her own) ... Hobbies include cooking, reading, and listening to music.
