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2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving

Nanette Wu

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Cupertino, Calif.
  • High School Monta Vista
  • Event Back
  • Major Computer Science and Music

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free - 24.68
100-Free - 56.93
100-Back - 57.32
200-Back - 2:12.43
100-IM - 1:01.82
200-IM - 2:15.66

2019-20:
- All-American (200 Medley Relay)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- CSCAA Scholar All-America
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Jan. 13)
- NEWMAC: 200 Medley Relay (1st), 100 Back (4th), 50 Free (13th), 200 Back (23rd)
- Invite: 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (12th), 200 Free Relay (14th), 50 Free (34th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 7

2018-19:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in three dual meets as a junior
- Had a best finish of third in the 200-medley relay against Amherst on February 2
- Individually had a best finish of fourth in the 100-back against both Tufts and Amherst

2017-18:
- All-American (200 Medley Relay)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Medley Relay)
- Broke the program and NEWMAC meet record in the 200 medley relay
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Nationals: 200 Medley Relay (7th)
- NEWMAC: 200 Medley Relay (1st), 100 Back (4th), 200 Free Relay (11th), 50 Free (17th), 100 Free (31st)

2016-17:
- Honorable Mention All-American (200 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Medley Relay)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Women’s Relay Team of the Week (11/21)
- Helped break the NEWMAC open and meet records in the 200 medley relay as well as the MIT program record in the 200 medley relay
- Aided the Engineers to their best finish in program history at the NCAA Division III Championship as MIT placed fifth with a team score of 165 points
- Nationals: 200 Medley Relay (10th), 100 Back (35th)
- NEWMAC: 200 Medley Relay (1st), 100 Back (5th), 50 Free (13th)
- Invite: 400 Medley Relay (2nd), 100 Back (3rd), 50 Free (17th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 6
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 1

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- Qualifying for nationals with my medley relay team

Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and music
- Software Engineering Intern at Pegasystems
- Software Engineering Intern at Chartmetric
- Completed underwater Drone Communication at Media Lab
- Research intern (mobile augmented reality) at HKUST-DT System and Media Lab at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
- Completed research on front-end development for mobile web service application at MIT Music & Technology Lab
- Social chair of MIT Symphony Orchestra
- Pi Beta Phi
- CodeIT
- Clarinetist in Emerson Music Scholarship program
- MIT Wind Ensemble/Chamber Orchestra 
- Gordon Engineering Leadership Program

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Monta Vista High School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner in swimming
- MVP
- Most Inspirational
- Captain
- High school record holder in 100-back and 200-medley relay
- 2013 and 2014 CIF Central Coast Section Team Championship
- Also swam for the Santa Clara Swim Club where she was a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American and part of the Pacific Swimming All-Star team
- Tri-M Music Honor Society
- California Youth Symphony – 1st Clarinet
- High school wind ensemble
- Concertmaster
- National Merit Finalist
- California All-State Honor Band

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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