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2020-21 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Tom Killips
Tom Killips

Kat Lopez

  • Position Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Mayfield Senior School
  • Hometown Pasadena, CA

Biography

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2019-20: Personal-bests in 200 free (1:59.64), 1000 free (11:23.59), 50 breast (31.21), 100 breast (school record 1:06.42) and 200 breast (2:24.96) ... First on team in 50 breast (31.21), 100 breast (1:06.42) and 200 breast (2:34.19) ... Second in 400 IM (4:43.21) ... Second in 100 breast (1:06.42) at Liberty League Championship ... Finalist in 200 breast (2:24.96) and 400 IM (4:43.21) ... 

2018-19: Compiled 241.75 points ... Ten wins and six second place finishes ... Had 205.00 individual points ... First on team in 100 breast (1:07.54 at Liberty League Championship) and 200 breast (2:27.13 at Liberty League Championship) ... Second on team in 50 breast (37.09 at Liberty League Championship), 50 fly (29.02 vs. St. Rose), 100 fly (1:01.94 at vs. St. Rose) and 400 IM (4:43.92 at Liberty League Championship) ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week once ...

High School: Four years of varsity swimming ... Captain as senior ... Most Valuable Swimmer three years ... Freshman of the Year in 2015 ... Team won 100 fly at League Championship in 2017 and 2018 ... Swam for Rose Bowl Aquatics ... Senior 2 Dedication Award in 2015 ... Senior 2 Dedication Team Award twice ... One year of golf (2018) ... National Spanish Exam Winner ... AP Statistics Class Award ... Spanish 2 Class Award ... Four years of California Scholarship Federation ... National Honor Society ... 

Personal: Information Technology and Web Science major ... Dean's Honor List ... IT intern for Trust Company of the West ... Science Ambassadors ... Daughter of Liza and Carlo Lopez.

On attending Rensselaer: "I chose RPI because of the academic and athletic balance. I knew that I would be challenged academically but also would be able to continue my swimming career at the collegiate level for a competitive university." - August 2019

Benefits of undergraduate community: "I am surrounded by some of the most brilliant individuals I have ever met, and that makes me want to work to be that much better in the classroom and the pool." - August 2019

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'2"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'2"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'2"