2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Isabella Riley

  • Position Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Pymble Ladies College
  • Hometown Sydney, Australia
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

California
  • Had her best swims of last season in the 100 back (53.95) and 200 back (1:57.71) at the Pac-12 Championships
  • Her 100 back time of 53.95 was fifth-best on the team in 2022-23
  • Swam the 50 back in 26.24 against Utah, which was sixth-best on the team last year
  • Named a CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Earned a spot on the 2023 Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • Set PRs in both backstroke events in 2022, going 55.31 in the 100 back and 2:00.66 in the 200 back
  • At the 2021 Pac-12 Championships, placed 20th in the 100 back (55.99), 22nd in the 200 back (2:00.96) and 44th in the 50 free (24.29)
  • Her best time of her freshman season in the 100 back was 55.80 vs. UCLA
High School
  • Earned silver medallions for swimming and blue medallions for soccer and field hockey, as well as the All-Round Achievers Award for swimming
  • Competed at multiple Australian national competitions
  • Ranked among the top 20 in Australia in her age group in the 50m, 100m and 200m back, and the 50m fly
  • Swam for the Knox Pymble Swim Club, the top team in New South Wales, Australia, from 2018-20
  • Member of her school’s academic tournament team and math competition team, and earned the Contribution to the Live of the School Award
 
Personal
  • Undeclared major
  • Born March 20, 2002
  • Parents are Michael and Anne Riley
  • Her mother, Anne, was a collegiate swimmer at Harvard, while an aunt and uncle swam at Harvard and Stanford, respectively
  • Sister, Eloise, is a sophomore on the Golden Bear team
  • Played piano for seven years, was in her school’s competitive choir and participated in competitive dance for five years

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Back
    5'11"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Back
    5'11"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Back
    5'11"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Back
    5'11"