2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Bonnie Schmitz
- Position:
- Fly/Free
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Castilleja HS
- Hometown:
- Portola Valley, Calif.
Notes
Spent four seasons in the UCLA swim & dive program from 2018-19 through 2021-22 ... Competed at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships.
Career Highlights
2021-22 Bruin Embodiment Award
Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-22)
10-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2021-2022
Competed in six of UCLA's regular season meets, and the Pac-12 Championships, as a senior ... Handed the "Bruin Embodiment Award" at the team's end-of-year banquet ... Swam in the 50 free, 100 fly, and 200 fly (season-best 2:09.51) at Pac-12s ... Went a season-best 58.57 in the 100 fly during the USC dual meet from Feb. 11-12 ... Scored in the 200 fly at the UNLV Invitational ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed).
2020-21
Competed in two regular season meets for the Bruins ... Set personal bests in the 50 fly (27.46), 100 fly (58.24), and 200 fly (2:08.31) during the USC dual meet on Feb. 12-13 ... Made her season debut in the Fresno State dual meet on Jan. 15-16, grabbing sixth place in the 200 fly (2:15.14) ... Selected to the 2020-21 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution) ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed) ... Season-best times: 200 free (2:00.70), 100 fly (58.24), 200 fly (2:08.31).
2019-20
Competed in five dual meets, the USD Pentathlon, and the Ohio State Invitational as a sophomore ... Set a new PR in the 500 free (5:20.15) at the USA Swimming President's Day Classic in February ... Swam a season-best 2:11.56 in the 200 fly at the same meet ... Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters ... Season-bests: 50 free (27.84), 100 free (59.15), 200 free (2:00.22), 500 free (5:20.15), 100 back (1:13.66), 100 breast (1:19.72), 100 fly (59.46), 200 fly (2:11.56),
2018-19
Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director's Honor Rolls ... Made her collegiate debut in the Arizona State dual meet on Nov. 3, 2018 ... Swam at the Pac-12 Invitational in the 100 fly and 200 fly ... Season-bests: 50 free (26.41), 100 free (56.85), 100 fly (59.07), 200 fly (2:10.35).
High School
Earned four varsity letters in swimming at Castilleja High School ... Was named all-league each of her four seasons ... Team Captain in 2018 ... Received the Sportsmanship Award as a senior ... Qualified for the CIF CCS Championships in all four of her seasons ... Reached the CCS 200 medley relay final in 2017 ... Twice reached the CCS 400 free relay, in 2015 and 2018 ... Finished eighth in the 400 free relay at the 2015 CCS Championships ... Was on the school record-holding relay teams in the 200 medley, 200 free, and 400 free.
Club
Competed for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, a silver medal club with USA Aquatics ... Was the PASA-Alpine Team Captain in 2018 ... 2015 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals Champions.
Personal
Bonnie Catherine Schmitz was born on Jul. 24, 2000 to parents Craig and Christie in San Jose, Calif. ... Has one younger sister: Emily ... Chose UCLA because "it had everything - amazing athletics, incredible academics, tons of school spirit, and an overall great atmosphere" ... Calls making CCS Finals with her relay team as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Missy Franklin and Janet Evans ... Hobbies and interests include going to the beach, surfing, shopping, and doing yoga ... Her uncle, Mark Schmitz, and great grandmother, Shirleyanne Mason, both attended UCLA ... Majoring in psychobiology.
Best Times
50 free - 25.62
100 free - 55.87
200 free - 1:59.08
500 free - 5:20.15
100 back - 1:05.47
200 back - 2:21.86
100 breast - 1:13.04
200 breast - 2:41.80
100 fly - 58.24
200 fly - 2:08.31
200 IM - 2:14.69
400 IM - 4:48.83
(last updated: Jun. 15, 2022)
