2017-18 Swimming & Diving Roster Choose a Player: Bailey, Mia Ball, Ryan Blattner, Katelyn Bobka, Kristyn Borgert, Seth Brewer, Sarah Brinkman, Colin Burke, Samantha Calkins, Sean Chan, Elijah Chelsvig, Shannon Contreras, Karla Covello, Kristen Covington, Kyle Crane, Kelsey Dassoff, Alanna Dickerson, Ashley Gramcko, Marcela Grandin, Stephanie GrandPre, Peyton Guenther, Kara Harlan, Jacob Harris, CeeJay Harutjunjan, Maria Herron, Jack Hohensinner, Ellie Holt, Liam Hovis, Mitchell Iturbe, Astrid Johansen, Laine Junior, Kiana Klatt, Tyler Limon, Gabrielle Linde, Hannah Love, Brayden Luna Rocha, Daniela McKivigan, Rachel Mclean-Leonard, Hannah Metzsch, Liam Moore, Kyle Mullin, Scotia Murphy, David Musser, PJ Nelson, Dylan Nelson, Wade Oleson, Eric Pilon, Rylie Porter, Jacob Rae, Monique Russi, Ryan Ryan, Isobel Salzer, Lily Scafuri, Jack Schumann, Susanna Sether, Loren Sheaffer, Slade Sheldon, Kelly Snyder, Jeni Tarver, Connor Te Flan, Talita White, Kyle Zavala, Samantha Zoromski, Abigail Go Profile Stats Profile FREE Position Senior Class South Pasadena, Calif. Hometown 5'7 Height South Pasadena HS High School Samantha Zavala FREE Position Senior Class South Pasadena, Calif. Hometown Biography Summary Biography Junior (2016-17): Helped the Cowgirls earn valuable points in a number of duals during her junior season... Placed sixth in the 500 freestyle (5:32.49) and fourth in the 1000 freestyle (11:20.97) against New Mexico... Placed sixth in the 200 butterfly against Air Force and fourth in the next dual against New Mexico State... Finished third in the 500 freestyle (5:31.99) against Colorado School of Mines.  Sophomore (2015-16): Zavala opened her sophomore campaign with a second-place finish in the 500 free (5:11.22), in addition to seventh place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:13.12 against New Mexico State. The following day, she took fourth in both the 500 (5:14.97) and the 1,000 free (10:50.66) against New Mexico. Against Colorado State, Zavala took third in the 1,000 free with a mark of 10:53.14, and then placed fifth in the dual with Arizona State with a time of 10:40.05 to help UW claim it’s first-ever victory over a Pac-12 opponent.   Freshman (2014-15): Against Border War rival Colorado State, Zavala finished fourth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:11.12. In the dual against Air Force, Zavala finished fifth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:14.50 and eighth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:00.61. She posted a fifth place finish in the 200 butterfly against MW rival New Mexico with a final time of 2:13.50 and finished seventh in the 100 butterfly. She finished sixth in the 200 butterfly against Denver with a time of 2:16.43 and also ended the meet with a fourth place finish in the 500 freestyle with a mark of 5:26.97.  High School: Zavala swam at South Pasadena High School. She was a two-time CIF finalist in the 400 freestyle relay. She led her team to four straight league championships and was a three-time team captain. Zavala was also the first South swimmer to make the CIF Division I preliminaries. She holds the 200 medley relay record at South Pasadena High School.  Personal: Samantha is the daughter of Jose Luis and Xochitl Zavala. Her father ran track at Cal State- LA. She has two siblings, Sabrina and Diego. She was born on August 3, 1996. She is majoring in psychology.
