2018-19 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Jessica Epps
- Position:
- IM/Fly/Breast
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Tesoro HS
- Hometown:
- Mission Viejo, Calif.
Career Highlights
Four-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2019-20
Participated in seven dual meets, the USD Penthathlon, and the Ohio State Invitational as a true sophomore ... Swam at the 2020 Pac-12 Championships in the 200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM ... Made a pair of "C" Finals at Pac-12s, finishing 20th overall in the 400 IM (season-best 4:21.07) and 22nd in the 200 fly (2:03.08) ... Placed fifth in the 200 free against UC San Diego on Jan. 3 with a season-best time of 1:54.39 ... Third in the 200 fly (2:08.90) in the Washington State dual meet on Jan. 11 ... Scored against Cal in the 400 IM (4:30.40, fifth) on Feb. 1 ... Best result at the Ohio State Invitational came in the 200 fly, where she logged a season-best time of 2:02.93 to take 15th overall ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters ... Season-bests: 50 free (26.95), 100 free (56.07), 200 free (1:54.39), 100 back (1:03.47), 200 back (2:13.85), 100 breast (1:12.34), 100 fly (1:01.21), 200 fly (2:02.93), 200 IM (2:03.22), 400 IM (4:21.07).
2018-19
Named to the Fall 2018 Director's Honor Roll ... Season-bests: 200 free (1:53.14), 200 breast (2:23.79), 200 fly (2:03.40), 200 IM (2:02.85), 400 IM (4:22.53) ... Swam on 200 and 400 free relay teams ... Competed at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships in the 200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM ... Made her NCAA debut against Arizona State on Nov. 3 ... Finished fifth in the 200 fly in the USD/Harvard meet on Jan. 7 (2:06.67) ... Was fifth in the 200 IM at Cal on Jan. 11 (2:06.81).
High School
Earned four varsity letters at Tesoro HS ... Team finished third overall in CIF D1 in both 2015 and 2016 ... Won the South Coast League Championship in all four of her seasons ... CIF runners-up in 2017 and 2018 ... Team captain as a junior and senior ... 15-time All-American ... Four-time Scholastic All-American ... Own eight of Tesoro's 12 school records ... Four-time CIF Championships finalist ... Undefeated in league championship competition.
Club
Competed for the Mission Viejo Nadadores ... Participated in the 2016 Olympic Swimming Trials in the 400 IM ... 2015 Futures Champion in the 400 IM and 200 fly ... 2016 LA Champion Invitational in the 400 IM.
Personal
Jessie Wang Epps was born on May 26, 2000 to parents Harold and Liping in Laguna Hills, Calif. ... Has two older sisters, Elizabeth and Victoria ... Plans on majoring in business economics ... Aspires to become a corporate attorney or businesswoman ... Chose to attend UCLA because of the "amazing academic reputation and supportive athletic atmosphere" ... Admires Kobe Bryant ... Describes her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill as qualifying for and competing in the 2016 Olympic Swimming Trials ... Hobbies and interests include drawing, painting, trying new foreign foods, and going to concerts ... Her uncle is a famous Chinese movie and Broadway star.
Best Times
50 free - 24.21
100 free - 50.82
200 free - 1:49.59
500 free - 4:53.90
1000 free - 10:30.08
1650 free - 17:31.10
100 back - 57.26
200 back - 2:03.37
100 breast - 1:03.21
200 breast - 2:18.10
100 fly - 55.23
200 fly - 2:01.04
200 IM - 2:00.07
400 IM - 4:15.02
(last updated: May 19, 2020)
