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2021-22 MIT Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Nicholas Baginski

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
  • High School Adlai E Stevenson
  • Event Free, Fly
  • Major Mathematics and Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best Times
50-Free 20.61
100-Free 45.49
200-Free 1:41.79
100-Fly 50.25

NCAA All-American:
- 2018-19: 200-Free Relay


NEWMAC Champion:
- 2018-19: 400-Free Relay


NEWMAC All-Conference:
- 2018-19: 400-Free Relay


Accolades:
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (11/20/18, 11/12/19)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American (2018-19)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20)


2021-22:
- Competed in seven meets


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- NEWMAC: 200 Free Relay (8th), 100 Free (11th), 400 Free Relay (11th), 50 Free (12th), 100 Fly (13th)
- Invite: 200 Free Relay (3rd), 400 Free Relay (3rd), 200 Medley Relay (4th), 100 Free (4th), 50 Free (6th)


2018-19: 
- NCAA Qualifier
- Nationals: 200 Free Relay (9th), 50 Free (48th)
- NEWMAC: 400 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (4th), 50 Free (8th), 200 Free Relay (8th), 100 Free (9th), 100 Fly (12th)
- Invite: 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (1st), 100 Free (3rd), 200 Medley Relay (4th), 200 Free (5th), 100 Fly (5th), 50 Free (6th)
- Individual NCAA B Cuts: 1


Favorite Sports Memory: 
- When Bouke won 100 IM against Yale


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Qualifying for Nationals


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science
- Trading at Goldman
- Quantitative Research at J P Morgan
- Quantitative Research at Morningstar
- Economic Consulting Intern at Epsilon Economics
- Software Engineer with Clobotics
- Project Manager with Brain Power
- Member of MIT Consulting Group
- UROP: Scaling Science at the MIT Media Lab - Project aims to use the vast number of research papers in academia to determine which ideas are most impactful and determine the optimal funding strategy towards the identified ideas
- Director of Events for Asian American Association


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Adlai E. Stevenson High School
- Three-time swimming varsity letterwinner
- Two-time All-American
- Six-time All-State
- IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award
- North Suburban Conference All-Academic
- Nine-time State Qualifier
- Two-time state finalist
- Competed at the 2015 and 2016 NASA Junior National Championships, the 2017 Speedo Winter Junior Championship, the 2018 USA Swimming Futures Championship and the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championship
- Holds the Illinois State record in the 200 free relay and the 400 free relay
- Four-time Speedo Sectionalist
- Competed nine times at the Illinois Senior Championship
- National Honor Society
- National Chinese Honor Society
- Chinese Club President 
- Economics Club President 
- Fenghua Academy Newsletter Editor in Chief
- Captain of boys swimming and diving team
- National AP Scholar
- 2018 Outstanding Physics Student of the Year 
- Outstanding Social Studies Senior
- Outstanding Junior Chinese Award
- Two-time winner of the Chinese Club Outstanding Leadership Award
- Eight-time Gold Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Free, Fly
    6'0"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Free, Fly
    6'0"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Free, Fly
    6'0"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Free, Fly
    6'0"