2018-19 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Nezelek, Kate

Kate Nezelek
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Trinity Episcopal
- Hometown:
- Midlothian, Va,
Bio
RICE BESTS
50 Free 22.45 C-USA Championships 2020
100 Free 49.23 C-USA Championships 2020 (School Record)
100 Back 55.11 Phill Hansel Invitational 2019
SENIOR (2019-2020)
• Second Team All-Conference USA — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free
• Third Team All-Conference USA — 400 Medley Relay
• Honor Athlete (Rice Athletics)
• Set Rice Record — 100 Free
• Second-fastest 50 Free in school history
• CSCAA Invitational Second Place — 200 Free Relay, 50 Free
• Scored 31.5 points at CSCAA National Invitational (second-highest total on the team)
• Second Place Finisher, C-USA Championships — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free
• Third Place Finisher, C-USA Championships — 400 Medley Relay
• Top 8 Finisher, C-USA Championships — 100 Back
• Scored 71 points at C-USA Championships (second-highest total on the team)
• Lead leg of 200 Free Relay; fourth-fastest in Rice history
• Lead leg of 400 Free Relay; fifth-fastest in Rice history
JUNIOR (2018-2019)
• C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
• C-USA Champion — 200 Free Relay
• Second Place Finish, C-USA Championships — 400 Free Relay
• Top 8 Finisher, C-USA Championships — 50 Free (third place), 100 Free, 100 Back
• Scored 62.5 points at C-USA Championships (fifth-highest total on the team)
• Leadoff leg of 400 Free Relay; fastest in Rice history
• Leadoff of 200 Free Relay; third fastest in Rice history
SOPHOMORE (2017-2018)
• Lead leg of 400 Free Relay; second fastest relay in Rice history
• Recorded the team's third-fastest 100-free (50.10 at Hansel Invitational, the fifth-fastest mark in school history at the time)
• Posted the team's second-fastest 50-free (23.33 at C-USA Championships)
• C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
FRESHMAN (2016-2017)
• Second Place Finish, C-USA Championships— 200 Medley Relay
• Leg of 200 Free Relay; second fastest in Rice history
• Top-8 Finish, C-USA Championships— 50 Free
• Third Place Finish, C-USA Championships— 200 Free Relay
• Leg of 200 Medley Relay; second fastest in Rice history
• Consolation Finalist, C-USA Championships— 100 Back
• C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
PERSONAL
Major: English; Minor: Sociology
50 Free 22.45 C-USA Championships 2020
100 Free 49.23 C-USA Championships 2020 (School Record)
100 Back 55.11 Phill Hansel Invitational 2019
SENIOR (2019-2020)
• Second Team All-Conference USA — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free
• Third Team All-Conference USA — 400 Medley Relay
• Honor Athlete (Rice Athletics)
• Set Rice Record — 100 Free
• Second-fastest 50 Free in school history
• CSCAA Invitational Second Place — 200 Free Relay, 50 Free
• Scored 31.5 points at CSCAA National Invitational (second-highest total on the team)
• Second Place Finisher, C-USA Championships — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free
• Third Place Finisher, C-USA Championships — 400 Medley Relay
• Top 8 Finisher, C-USA Championships — 100 Back
• Scored 71 points at C-USA Championships (second-highest total on the team)
• Lead leg of 200 Free Relay; fourth-fastest in Rice history
• Lead leg of 400 Free Relay; fifth-fastest in Rice history
JUNIOR (2018-2019)
• C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
• C-USA Champion — 200 Free Relay
• Second Place Finish, C-USA Championships — 400 Free Relay
• Top 8 Finisher, C-USA Championships — 50 Free (third place), 100 Free, 100 Back
• Scored 62.5 points at C-USA Championships (fifth-highest total on the team)
• Leadoff leg of 400 Free Relay; fastest in Rice history
• Leadoff of 200 Free Relay; third fastest in Rice history
SOPHOMORE (2017-2018)
• Lead leg of 400 Free Relay; second fastest relay in Rice history
• Recorded the team's third-fastest 100-free (50.10 at Hansel Invitational, the fifth-fastest mark in school history at the time)
• Posted the team's second-fastest 50-free (23.33 at C-USA Championships)
• C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
FRESHMAN (2016-2017)
• Second Place Finish, C-USA Championships— 200 Medley Relay
• Leg of 200 Free Relay; second fastest in Rice history
• Top-8 Finish, C-USA Championships— 50 Free
• Third Place Finish, C-USA Championships— 200 Free Relay
• Leg of 200 Medley Relay; second fastest in Rice history
• Consolation Finalist, C-USA Championships— 100 Back
• C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
PERSONAL
Major: English; Minor: Sociology
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