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2018-19 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Lexie Wanninger

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Edina, Minn.
  • High School Breck School

Biography

PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Earned All-PCSC honorable mention in the 1-meter diving (13th place) and 3-meter diving (10th place) ... PCSC All-Academic honorable mention ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Earned All-PCSC honorable mention in 3-meter diving (14th place) as a junior ... Scored 13 individual points at the PCSC Championships ... Competed in six of nine meets ... Had the team’s fourth-highest diving scores of the season (147.65 in 1-meter and 131.05 in 3-meter) ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2016-17: Competed in 10 of 13 events for the Waves as a sophomore.
 
PEPPERDINE 2015-16: Competed in five meets for the Waves as a freshman … Had her best 50 and 100 free times at the PCSC Championships, swimming 27.08 and 58.98, respectively … Also posted her best 100 back time at the league championships with a 1:06.2 ... A Pepperdine-Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from the Breck School, located in Golden Valley, Minn., in 2015 … Six-year member of the varsity squad … Earned all-state honors three times and was a four-time all-section performer … Led squad to five sectional championships and a conference title in 2010 … Took the NISCA 200 Point Award as a senior … Prep school-best times included 1:01.50 (100 backstroke), 2:02.69 (200 freestyle) and 28.62 (50 backstroke) … Four-year Honors List student … 2013-14 winner of the Achievement Award for Scholastic Arts Award.
 
CLUB: Swam for the Aquajets Swim Club for 10 years … Competed at the Minnesota State Championships for seven consecutive years … Led team to the Central States Zone Championship title.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Edina, Minn. … Daughter of John and Carrie Wanninger … Has one younger sister, Ellie … Majoring in integrated marketing communication … Has her own photography business and had her first gallery show in the fall of 2014 ... Chose Pepperdine “because of the beautiful campus, amazing academics, study abroad programs and athletics.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys photography and travel ... Favorites include Ryan Lochte (pro athlete), Minnesota Twins (pro sports team), The Great Gatsby (book), Bridesmaids (movie), Castle and The Mindy Project (TV shows), Vance Joy (musical artist), pepperoni pizza (food) and soccer and baseball (sports other than swimming).

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Free/Back
    5'7"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Free/Back
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Free/Back
    5'7"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Free/Back
    5'7"