Bio

At CMS
Entering her sophomore season as a member of the CMS women's swimming and diving team, where she will compete in the distance freestyle and the IM ... Ranks No. 5 in CMS history in the 400 IM (4:31.11)

2023-24 Season (First-Year) 
CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Finished in the top seven in all three of her individual events at the SCIAC Championships ... Came in fourth place in the 400 IM in 4:31.68 ... Earned fifth place in the 1650 in 17:30.25 ... Reached the finals and finished seventh in the 500 free (5:06.01) ... Was second in the 200 breast at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational ... Swam a 17:19.73 in the 1650 at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational to place second and earn an NCAA "B" cut ... Earned two first-place finishes in a tri-meet with Whittier and Chapman, winning the 500 free and the 400 IM ... Won the 1000 free in a dual with Redlands, while finishing second in the 500 free and third in the 200 IM ... Took first in the 1000 free in a dual with Occidental.

Prior to CMS
Attended Santa Fe Christian in San Diego, California, where she was a member of the cross country, water polo and swimming teams  ... Swimming: 13th at USA Swimming 5k National Open Water Champs (2021) ... Member of relay that crossed 21-mile Catalina Channel in fifth fastest time in history ... Raised $3000 to support RSD Swim Club; CIF San Diego Section Avocado League MVP ... All CIF Div II First Team (2021, 2022, 2023) ... Santa Fe Christian record holder ... Water Polo: Olympic Development Program PSW Zone Team (2019-2022), CIF San Diego Section All-Academic Team and Section Scholar Captain (2022), All-CIF Div II Player of the Year (2022) and First Team ... All-CIF Div III Player of the Year (2019) and First Team 2019 ... Cross Country: 1st place Coastal League ... 1st place Coastal Conference ... 1st place CIF San Diego Section Div V ... 4th place California CIF State Championships Division V ... Cross Country: California CIF State Div V Champion (2021) ... CIF San Diego Section Div V Champion (2021) ... All-CIF San Diego Section First Team (2021) ... Coastal League Runner of the Year (2021) ... All-CIF Girls XC First Team (2021) ... Santa Fe Christian record holder ... Academic: Co-Valedictorian ... Yale Book Award ... National Honor Society ... USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American ... California Scholarship Federation ... SFC Academic Letter ... SFC Principal Honor’s Roll ... Selected for NUNA SFC Leadership Program ... Extracurriculars: Serving as San Diego Imperial Swimming Athlete Representative (2020-2023) ... Selected to serve on USA Swimming Athletes’ Advisory Council Senior Development Committee (2021-2023) ... Served as Assistant Coach for SFC Middle School Swim Team (2017-2023).

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in biology ... Also a member of the CMS women's cross country team in the fall and the track and field team in the spring ... Mother, Karen Schmidt, was a swimmer for Harvard and competed at 2000 USA Olympic Trials in the triathlon ... Brother, Drew Schmidt, is a current swimmer for CMS.