New Bruins Kate
Allison
BASSETT
GARGALIKIS
5-9 Freshman Sprint Free Richmond, VA St. Catherine’s School
5-4 Freshman Breaststroke Pittsburg, CA Carondelet HS
High School NISCA All-American in the 50 free … Four-time All-State, five-time All-LIS and four-time All-Metro first-team honoree … Two-time MVP … Served as captain her senior year … High school team were ranked sixth nationally by NISCA and were five-time state champions … Set school records in the 50 and 100 free and 100 breast … Set the Virginia Independent Schools State Record in the 50 … Set team records in the 50-yard and 50m freestyle free … Competed for NOVA of Virginia Aquatics under coach Brent St. Pierre where she was an eight-time NCSA Junior National qualifier and six-time Speedo Junior National qualifier. Personal Born August 25, 1992 in Richmond VA … Daughter of Todd and Robin Bassett … Has two younger brothers, Henry and Jack … Undeclared major.
2012 OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFIER 100 BREAST High School Earned four varsity letters in swimming at Carondelete HS ... Four-time All-American in the 100 breast and 100 fly ... Helped set a National High School Record in the 200 medley relay ...Team was named High School National Champions in 2010 and also won the 2010 CIF title ... Competed for the Terrapin Swim Team where she was a member of the USA National Youth Team (2009-2010). Personal September 3, 1993 in Pittsburg, CA ... Daughter of Mark and Lynn Gargalikis ... Has two brothers, Frank and Mark, Jr. ... Undeclared major.
Emma Taylor
CARLSON 6-1 Freshman Sprint Free/Breast Walnut Creek, CA Las Lomas HS High School Earned four varsity letters in swimming … Four-time All-American in the 100 breast, 100 free, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay her senior year … Junior National qualifier in the 100 breast and 50/100 free … Helped set the DFAL record in the 200 medley relay (breaststroke leg) … Finished third in the 100 breast and fourth in the 100 free at the North Coast Section Championships … Competed for the Terrapins Swim Team under … Placed third in the 400 free relay at the 2010 Junior National meet … Finished ninth with the 400 medley relay at the 2011 Junior National Meet. Personal Born June 22, 1993 in Walnut Creek, CA … Daughter of Michael and Kim Carlson … Has one brother and sister, Connor and Kasey (a swimmer at USC) … Undeclared major.
Monica
5-3 Freshman Diving The Woodlands, TX The Woodlands HS
2012 OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFIER 3M/3M SYNCHRO/PLATFORM/PLATFORM SYNCHRO
High School 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier on 3M, 3M synchro, platform and platform synchro … Competed for Woodlands Diving Academy where she was a member of junior and senior national teams … 10-time Junior National qualifier and finalist … Three-time regional champion … 2010 regional champion and zone champion on platform … Two-time zone champion on 3M … 2009 Age-Group national champion on 3M … 2010 Junior National 3M Synchronized silver medalist …Five-time Senior National qualifier and seven-time finalist … Earned the bronze medal on 3M synchro and was fourth on platform synchro in 2010 at Senior Nationals … Placed fourth on platform synchro, fifth on 3M synchro and fifth on 3M at the 2011 Senior National meet, where she was third overall in individual high point standing. Personal Born November 9, 1992 in Fullerton, CA … Daughter of Edward Ganja and Ann Ivory … Has one brother and sister, Rhys and Abby Ivory-Ganja …Undeclared major.
Jessica
DORNICK
KHOJASTEH
5-11 Freshman Distance Freestyle Calrsbad, CA Carlsbad HS
6-0 Freshman Freestyle Saratoga, CA The Harker School
High School Earned four varsity letters in swimming at Carlsbad HS … Four-time All-American and MVP … Three-time CIF champion in the 200 free and two-time titlist in the 500 free … Set school records in the 200 and 500 free … Also set a league record in the 200 free … Swam for North Coast Aquatics under coach Jeff Pease where she was a four-year Junior National qualifier. Personal Born December 1, 1993 in San Diego, CA … Son of Jeffery and Leslie Dornick … Has one brother and sister, Jake and Sabrina … Undeclared major.
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IVORY-GANJA
2011-2012 UCLA Swimming & Diving
High School Earned four varsity letters in swimming … 2010 CCS champion in the 200 IM … Named to the 2011 Scholastic Championship team … Four-time All-American … Three-time league MVP … Served as team captain … Named the 2010 Harker School Female Athlete of the Year … Set school records in the 50/100/200/500 freestyle events, 100 breast and 200 IM … Swam for De Anza Cupertino Aquatics where she was a Junior National Short Course Championships qualifier. Personal Born March 21, 1993 in San Jose, CA … Daughter of Ata and Takako Khojasteh … Has one brother, Kevin … Undeclared major.