2017-18 Women's Swimming Roster

Penny Nichols

  • Position Freestyle
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Highschool Desert Vista HS

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE CAREER

Junior (2017-18) - Member of 400 free relay team that defeated Arizona State…swam a season-best 24.12 at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free…notched a career-best time in the 100 free at the Pac-12 Championships, touching the wall in 52.54…recorded season-best 2:00.04 in the 200 free at UC Santa Barbara…marked season-best time in the 100 back at the Pac-12 Championships, touching the wall in 57.54…swam season-best time 56.19 at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 fly…recorded season-best 2:13.77 in the 200 back against Cal Poly…earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honors with a 3.58 GPA.

Sophomore (2016-17)
At the Ohio State Invitational, finished with a personal-best time of 23.74 in the 50 freestyle…also at the Ohio State Invitational, recorded a career-best time of 56.12 in the 100 fly…earned a personal-best time in the 100 back at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 56.32…in the 100 free, she logged a career-best performance when she touched the wall at 53.12…swam a personal-best in the 200 IM in the season-opener against USC with a 2:16.37…named to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic First Team with a 3.76 GPA as a member of the WSU Honors College studying hospitality business management.


Freshman (2015-16) – Swam a season-best time of 24.00 in the 50 freestyle during the preliminaries at the Pac-12 Championships…earned a season-best time of 53.51 in the 100 freestyle against Oregon State University…in the 200 freestyle, had a season-best time of 1:57.46…at the Ohio State Invitational, clocked a time of 56.30 in the 100 butterfly, her best of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB CAREER

Earned four varsity letters at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ariz. under coach Shawn O’Connell…as a FRESHMAN, won the school’s Most Improved Award and Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award…only swimmer on the team to earn points at the state championship meet…as a SOPHOMORE, placed third in state in the 100 back…also the lead off of the championship 200 medley relay team…team placed second in state…as a JUNIOR, was an Academic All-American and won the Athlete of the Year Award…at state, placed fourth in the 100 back and 100 fly...the Thunder went undefeated and won the state championships…broke the school record in the 100 back, 50 back and 200 free relay…as a SENIOR, Academic All-American…team placed third in state…swam on the Lifetime Arizona Swim Team under coach Nate Moore…a member of the Junior National Team on LTAZ for two years.

PERSONAL

Mother, Paula…sister, Emily…brother, Paul…on the honor roll all four years of high school with a 4.0 GPA…Science Student of the Year freshman and sophomore year…English Student of the Year as a senior…a member of the National Honor Society…plans to pursue viticulture and enology at WSU.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Freestyle, Backstroke, Fly
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Freestyle, Backstroke, Fly
  • 2017-18Junior

    Freestyle