2017-18 Women's Swimming Roster

Rachel Thompson

  • Position Freestyle
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Ana, Calif.
  • Highschool Foothill HS

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE CAREER

Senior (2017-18) - Earned one win each in the 200, 50, and 100 Free…member of six winning relays…member of season-best 400 free relay team that clocked in at 3:21.12…member of 800 free relay team that broke the school record at the Pac-12 Championships, touching the wall in 7:12.87…swam a career-best time of 1:48.87 in the 200 free at the Pac-12 Championships, fifth fastest in program history…swam a career-best 23.66 in the 50 free…notched a career-best time in the 100 free, touching the wall in 51.33…earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention honors with a 3.12 GPA.

Junior (2016-17) At the Pac-12 Championships, earned the fifth-fastest time in WSU history in the 200 free touching the wall in 1:49.23...swam a personal-best in the 100 freestyle during the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 51.47…in the 50 free at the Ohio State Invitational, earned a career-best time of 24.03…earned two wins during the season in the 200 free, against NAU and Oregon State…member of the 800 freestyle relay team that broke the school record at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 7:14.51…earned Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention honors with a 3.12 GPA.

Sophomore (2015-16) – At the Pac-12 Championships, earned the fifth-fastest time in WSU history in the 500 freestyle at 4:52.39...swam a personal-best in the 100 freestyle during the Ohio State Invitational, with a time of 51.58…in the 200 freestyle, earned a season-best time of 1:49.39 during the preliminaries of the Pac-12 Championships, less than a second away from her personal best…at 1:49.00, had the fastest split time on the 800 freestyle relay team that beat the WSU record at the Pac-12 Championships with an overall time of 7:18.03...earned Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention honors with a 3.12 GPA.

Freshman (2014-15) – In the prelims of the 200 free at the Pac-12 Championships, swam the fifth-fastest time in WSU history, touching the wall in 1:49.30…qualified for the evening finals in the 500 free, finishing 24th overall with a personal-best time of 4:53.88, the seventh-fastest in WSU history…as the leadoff leg of the 800 free relay, led team to a sixth-place finish at the conference championships (7:21.78)…at dual with Nebraska, clocked a career-best time in the 1650 free (17:30.41), while notching fastest-career mark for 1000 yards (10:32.51).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB CAREER

Earned four varsity letters in swimming at Foothill High School under coach Steve Pickell…as a freshman, finished second in the 100 back at the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division 2 Championships…as a sophomore, led team to a league victory and second-place finish at CIF-SS D2 Championships…Knights repeated as league champions during junior season…named team captain during senior campaign…led team to a fourth-place finish at the CIF-SS D1 Championships…finished third in both the 100 free and 200 free…competed with the Orange County Waves swimming club that finished third at the 2012 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships.

PERSONAL

Born in Orange, Calif…a four-year scholar athlete and four-year honor roll member…father Michael…mother Jennifer…older sister Michelle golfs at CSU-Fullerton…younger sister Danielle…hobbies include music and drawing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Backstroke, Freestyle
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Backstroke, Freestyle
  • 2016-17Junior

    Backstroke, Freestyle
  • 2017-18Senior

    Freestyle