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2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster

Paige Koscielski

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester Hills, Mich.
  • Major Engineering Technology and Management for Agricultural Systems (ETMAS)
  • High School Stoney Creek
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  • Twitter paigekoscielski

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023-24

  • Swam a personal-best 200 backstroke (2:05.45) vs. Vanderbilt
  • Clocked a season-best 100 backstroke (59.02) vs. Nebraska
  • Recorded a season-best 100 freestyle (54.40) at the Boilermaker Invite
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2022-23

  • Clocked a personal-best in the 100 backstroke (57.91) at the Louisville Invite
  • Swam three season-bests in the 50 (24.52), 100 (53.72) and the 200 freestyle (1:55.39) at the Hawkeye Invitational
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2021-22

  • Swam a college-best time of 2:16.22 in exhibition versus Nebraska
  • Clocked a college-best time of 2:21.21 versus Iowa
  • Appeared in five meets in the 2021-22 season, swimming the freestyle, butterfly, and backstroke
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2020-21

  • Made her Illini debut in the 200 Medley Relay, her team placing sixth with a time of 1:50.07 versus Purdue
  • Recorded her personal best 24.35 time in the 50 freestyle time trials at the Big Ten Championships
  • Clocked a personal best time in the 100 freestyle with a time of 55.26 at the Big Ten Championships
  • Swam a personal best in the 200 freestyle preliminaries with a time of 1:56.84 at the Big Ten Championships

High School

  • Attended Stoney Creek High School
  • A finalist at the 2018 MHSAA Girls Division I State Championships, placing fifth
  • Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
  • Four year varsity letterwinner

Personal

  • Born May 10, 2002
  • Hometown: Rochester Hills, Mich.
  • Majoring in Health Sciences
  • Parents are Brian and Michelle Koscielski
  • Has one sister, Graysen, and one brother, Emilio
  • Father, Brian, played basketball at Wayne State University ('94)

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Free
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Free
  • 2022-23Junior

    Free
  • 2023-24Senior

    Free