Summer West

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Huntington Beach HS
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.

Honors and Awards

2023 Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2022-23 Sophomore Season: Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... First Chance Meet: earned first in the 1650 free (17:04.64), second in the 500 free (4:53.36), fourth in the 200 free (1:52.90) and sixth in the 100 free (53.06) ... Northwestern/Purdue/Iowa Quad-Dual: took eighth in the 1000 free (10:14.45), ninth in the 500 free (4:59.26) and 14th in the 100 breast (1:07.88) ... Minnesota Invite: came in 19th in the 1650 free (17:02.70), 23rd in the 500 free (4:56.37) and 30th in the 200 free (1:51.91) ... Iowa Dual: placed fourth in the 1000 free (10:35.15) and sixth in the 500 free (5:12.72) ... Wisconsin Dual: claimed eighth in the 500 free (5:09.18) and 1000 free (10:29.03); also part of the 400 free relay that claimed fourth (3:37.29) ... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: took fifth in the 100 free (54.43) and ninth in the 100 back (1:01.01); also part of the 200 medley relay that took eighth (1:52.20) and swam the 400 free relay in an exhibition (3:35.82) ... SMU Dual: finished second in the 500 free (5:04.97), fifth in the 1000 free (10:31.91) and seventh in the 200 free (1:58.62); also part of the 200 free relay that finished fifth (1:39.52) and the 400 free relay that was eighth (3:45.23) ... Nebraska/South Dakota Tri-Dual: placed fifth in the 1000 free (10:35.48), seventh in the 500 free (5:13.91) and swam the 400 free relay (3:38.76) in an exhibition

2021-22 Freshman Season: Placed second in the 500 free (4:50.04) and 1650 free (16:48.44), and third in the 200 free (1:51.37) at the Minnesota First Chance Meet • came in third in the 1000 free (10:02.93) in a tri-dual against Northwestern and Iowa • finished 10th int he 1000 free (10:25.70) in a tri-dual versus Wisconsin and Michigan • at the Minnesota Invite, took 20th in the 1650 free (17:00.97), 40th in the 500 free finals (4:57.67) and 53rd in the 200 free prelims (1:52.64) • placed sixth in the 400 free relay (3:42.53) and eighth in the 500 free (5:05.03) and 1000 free (10:28.456) versus Wisconsin • won the 1000 free against St. Thomas (10:30.04) • In her collegiate debut, took second in the 1000 free (10:36.30) at Iowa.

High School/Club: A 2021 graduate of Huntington Beach High School where she swam for coach Candace Mason • also swam for Irvine Novaquatics • touched sixth in both the 800m and 1500m free at the 2021 USA Swimming Futures Championship • finished first in the 500 free and fifth in the 200 free at the 2021 California CIF Southern DII Section Championships • earned a finals berth in three events at the 2020 Speedo Champions Series in Carlsbad, placing fourth in the 1000 free, seventh in the 500 free and eighth in the 1650 free • two-time All-Conference honoree • holds high school records in the 200 free, 500 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay

Personal: Daughter of Steve and Brandi • her father, Steve, swam for the University of Michigan from 1991-1995 • has one brother, Jake • enjoys surfing, photography and designing clothes in her free time • plans to major in sociology.