CAREER STATS: https://www.swimcloud.com/swimmer/401201/
CAREER:
- Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Team
- Named a CSCAA All-American in 2020 and is a two-time NCAA DII qualifiers to nationals
- Helped lead USF to a fourth straight third place team finish at the NSIC Championships by winning two individual titles at and as part of the winning 400 medley relay and a second-place 800 free relay at
Lizzy Spaans
the NSIC Championships in 2021
- Two-time NSIC Academic Team of Excellence and NSIC All-Academic Team honoree
- Owns seven career NSIC titles (team or individual), was named a CSCAA All-American in 2020 and and an D2 ADA Academic Achievement Recipient in 2019 and 2020
- Two-time qualifier for NCAA DII Championships (2020, 2021).
2022-23 (FIFTH YEAR):
-CSC Academic All-America Third Team
-NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence Member
-NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year
-NSIC All-Conference
- D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Recipient
2021-22(SENIOR):
- During the NSIC Championship, she placed 1st - 200Y IM (2:03.41), 1st - 100Y IM (57.53), 2nd - 400Y Medley Relay (3:46.89), 3rd - 100Y Back (55.85), 5th - 200Y Free Relay (1:36.28), 8th - 100Y Fly (57.55)
- Also made a NSIC Meet Record in the 800Y Free Relay with a time of 7:34.58... during the regular season, she had 4 titles and 12 top 3 finishes
- NSIC Academic Team of Excellence, NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award
2020-21 (JUNIOR):
- In final performance of the 2021 season, clocked 56.51 in the 100 back and finished 18
th at the NCAA DII Swimming Championship
- Helped USF to a fourth straight third place team (767.5 points - just 30 points away from school record 797 in 2019-20) finish at the NSIC Championships by winning and defending her individual titles in the 200 IM and 100 back and and as part of the winning 400 medley relay and a second-place 800 free relay at the 2021 NSIC Championships
- Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team and also named to the prestigious NSIC Academic Team of Excellence (GPA of 3.6 or better)
- Part of nationally ranked team
- Registered two NCAA DII provisional marks at the NSIC Championships
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE):
- In a quad meet against UMary, AU, and NSU won three events; 200 Y Back (2:11.87), 200 Y IM (2:11.93), and 400 Y IM (4:43.56)
- At the Midwest Shootout won the 200 Y IM (2:11.81)
- In a quad meet with AU, Mankato and MSU Moorhead won both the 100 Y Back (57.95) and the 100 Y IM (59.21) while placing 2nd in the 200 Y Back (2:11.14) and 3rd in the 200 Y IM (2:11.87)
- Against Nebraska-Omaha won both the 100 Y Back (57.84) and the 100 Y IM (59.53) while taking 2nd in the 200 Y Back (2:11.34)
- At the Augustana Invitational she won both the 100 Y Back (55.55) and the 200 Y IM (2:04.92) while taking 2nd in the 200 Y Back (2:02.53)
- Against Northern State she won both the 200 Y Free (1:56.67) and the 200 Y Back (2:12.60)
- At the 2020 NSIC Championships, won both the 100 Y Back (55.81) and the 200 Y IM (2:05.47) while placing 2nd in the 50 Y Free (24.54), and also taking 3rd in both the 200 Y Back (2:05.09) and the 100 Y IM (58.62)
- At the 2020 NCAA DII Championship she placed 36th in the 200 Y IM (2:06.91) while also competing in the 50 Y Back and 100 Y Back
- Named to NSIC Academic Team of Excellence and named to NSIC All-Academic Team
- Named CSCAA All-American
- D2 ADA Academic Achievement Recipient
2018-19 (FRESHMAN):
- In her first meet at USF she won the 100 Y Back (58.91) against UMary
- Against Mankato she took 2nd in the 100 Y Back (1:00.25) and 3rd in the 200 Y IM (2:13.58)
- Against Moorhead she won the 200 Y IM (2:13.81)
- Against Nebraska-Omaha she placed 3rd in both the 100 Y Breast (1:10.14) and the 100 Y Fly (59.75)
- Against Northern State she won the 500 Y Free (5:18.05) and placed 2nd in the 200 Y IM (2:14.14)
- Won the 200 Y Free against Iowa Lakes with a time of 1:56.84
- At the Coyote Invitational she won the 200 Y IM (2:08.26) and placed 2nd in the 100 Y IM (59.70)
- At the 2019 NSIC Championships, placed 3rd in the 200 Y IM (2:06.51), 5th in the 100 Y Back (56.89), 5th in the 100 Y IM (58.55), and won the 50 Y Free (23.73)
- Named a Scholar All-America athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Swam for the Sioux Falls Swim Team
- Attended Sioux Falls Christian High School
- Scholastic All American and All American Honorable Mention.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jeff and Judy Spaans with siblings Nathan and Alyssa
- Psychology, Social Work and Spanish major.