Loyola Marymount University Athletics

LMU
2017-18... All-PCSC Honorable Mention - 200 Butterfly ... PCSC All-Academic Second Team ... posted a time of 2:09.34 for a season-best at the PCSC Championships ... also set season-bests in the 50 freestyle (25.87), 100 butterfly (58.41) and 100 backstroke (1:01.03) at the conference meet

2016-17... swam her best times in the 50 Free (25.97) and 100 Fly (57.43) at PCSC Championships... recorded her best times in the 100 Back (1:00.62) and 200 Fly (2:09.79) at A3 Performance Invitational

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2016 graduate of Squalicum High School in Bellingham, Wash... two-year varsity letter winner swimming for Steve Gibb and Randy Elsner... served as team captain in her final season... garnered All-League and All-State recognition in her two varsity seasons before claiming All-CIF honors as a senior... finished her high school career with WIAA 2A District 1 100 butterfly record and the WIAA 2A state record in 200 medley relay... took home Most Outstanding Award as a freshman and senior... swam for the Whatcom County YMCA Dolphins and Bellingham Bay Swim Team...

PERSONAL
Olivia Nielsen... daughter of Vanessa Oliver and John Nielsen... mother was a gymnast at Western Washington and University of Washington, while father played football at Wenatchee Valley Community College... has one brother, Cole... chose LMU because nothing felt more right than walking around campus at LMU, the academics are phenomenal, coaches and athletes all had strong relationships, and the Jesuit philosophies of serving others radiated positive energy that she could not find at any other school.