2020-21 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Grace Zhao

  • Position
    Breast/Free
  • Height
    5-8
  • Class
    Senior
  • High School
    Palo Alto
  • Hometown
    Palo Alto, Calif.
  • Major
    Computer Science

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Member of two NCAA championship teams (2018-19)
  • Member of three Pac-12 championship teams (2018-20)
  • Four-time All-American: 100 breast (2018- 13th), 200 breast (2018-16th; 2019- 15th), 200 medley relay (2019- seventh) 
  • 2019 Pac-12 champion in the 200 breast (2:07.07)
  • Three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American (2018-20)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
  • 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic first team
  • Ranks fourth all-time at Stanford in the 200 breast (2:07.07)
  • Ranks eighth all-time at Stanford in the 100 breast (59.73)
Lifetime Bests
  • 50 Free- 22.66
  • 100 Free- 51.66
  • 100 Breast- 59.73
  • 200 Breast- 2:07.07
As a Senior (2020-21) 
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Scored at the Pac-12 championships in the 50 free (22nd), 100 breast (seventh), and 200 breast (seventh)
As a Junior (2019-20) • Pac-12 Champions
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American 
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Scored in three events at the Pac-12 championships: 200 breast (seventh, 2:10.29), 100 breast, (11th, 1:00.80), 50 free (21st, 23.03)
As a Sophomore (2018-19) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions
  • Two-time All-American: 200 breast (15th, 2:09.32) and 200 medley relay (7th, 1:36.13)
  • Pac-12 champion in the 200 breast (2:07.07)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team
  • Also competed at NCAA Championships in the 100 breast (31st, 59.96)
  • Also scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 breast (8th, 1:00.23), and Pac-12 runner-up as member of the 200 medley relay (1:35.51)
  • Championship performance in the 200 breast of 2:07.07 at the conference meet ranks fourth in program history
As a Freshman (2017-18) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions
  • Two-time All-American: 100 breast (13th, 59.73) and 200 breast (16th, 2:09.48)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Scored at Pac-12 Championships in the 100 breast (sixth, 1:00.04) and 200 breast (seventh, 2:10.57)
  • Time of 59.73 in the 100 breast at the NCAA Championship ranks eighth in program history
Prior to Stanford
  • Four-time high school All-American
  • Four-time team MVP
  • 2016-17 team captain
  • Team won two section titles (2016, 2017) and was state runner-up in 2016
  • Set school and section record in the 100-yard breaststroke
  • Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics club
  • Club team won 2014 and 2015 Summer Juniors Championships
  • 2015 Winter Juniors West champion in the 200-yard breaststroke
  • Finished 16th overall in the 200-meter breaststroke at 2017 World Championship Trials
Personal
  • Daughter of Haiyan Wang and Qian Zhao
  • Born in New York
  • Lived in Beijing for 13 years, moved to Palo Alto the summer before high school

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Breast/Free
    5'8"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Breast/Free
    5'8"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Breast/Free
    5'8"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Breast/Free
    5'8"