2021-22 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Elise Garcia

  • Position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Crean Lutheran HS
  • Hometown Whittier, Calif.
  • Major Sociology & Social Welfare

Biography

California
  • As a senior in 2021-22, led the Bears in the 50 free (22.20) and ranked second on the squad in the 100 free (48.59)
  • Set collegiate best times of 22.11 in the 50 free, 48.62 in the 100 free and 52.78 in the 100 fly during her junior season in 2020-21
  • Swam on three relays at the 2022 NCAA Championships - 200 medley relay (anchor, 7th), 200 free relay (11th) and 400 free relay (11th)
  • Competed in the B final of the 50 free (10th, 22.24) and 100 free (13th, 49.09) while also taking 21st in the 100 fly (54.36) at the 2022 Pac-12 meet. Helped the 200 free relay to a runner-up finish and the 400 free relay to third place
  • Received Cal's Golden Bear Award as a senior in 2022
  • A member of Cal's 2021 NCAA champion 200 free relay, while also anchoring the 200 medley relay to a fourth-place finish and swimming the third leg on the Bears' third-place 400 free relay. Individually, was 22nd in the 50 free (22.32), 17th in the 100 free (48.62) and 35th in the 100 fly (53.00)
  • Helped two relays to titles at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships - 200 free relay and 400 free relay - while also scoring in three individual events after taking seventh in the 50 free (22.50), fourth in the 100 free (48.73) and ninth in the 100 fly (52.78)
  • Part of the 200 free relay that set a pool and Cal dual-meet record in a meet against UCLA on Jan. 30, 2021
  • Placed 13th in the 100 fly (53.83), 24th in the 50 free (23.29) and 26th in the 100 free (50.02) at the 2020 Pac-12 meet
  • At the 2019 Pac-12 Championships, finished 14th in the 100 fly (53.40), 19th in the 50 free (22.75) and 24th in the 100 free (49.97)
  • Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2022

High School
  • Considered the No. 18 recruit in the country by SwimSwam.com
  • A four-time CISF Southern Section 50 free champion with a best high-school time of 22.64
  • In 2016, helped her team to the state title
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a four-time winner of the Student-Athlete GPA Excellence Award
  • A four-time NISCA All-American
  • Named the 2018 Orange County Register Swimming Athlete of the Year and was a three-time team MVP
  • Helped her team's 4x100 free relay set a national high school record in 2015
  • Competed in the 50m free and 100m fly at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials
  • Swam for SOCAL Aquatics
 
Personal
  • A double major in sociology and social welfare major
  • Born Jan. 13, 2000
  • Parents are Stephen and Anita Garcia
  • Older sister, Maddie, went to San Diego State
  • Featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd in 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'4"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Freestyle/Butterfly
    5'4"