2021-22 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Bethany Hocker

Leah Braswell

  • Position Free
  • Class Senior
  • High School Home Schooled
  • Hometown Manchester, Pa.

Biography

Career Accolades:
  • Two-time All-American
  • 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American 
  • 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2020 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 All-SEC First Team  
  • 2019 SEC All-Freshman Team
2020-21 (Junior)
Regular Season
  • At the Auburn Invite, she finished first in the 500 free and third in the 1650 free
2019-20 (Sophomore) 
NCAA Championships
  • Received first career All-American recognition in the 500 and 1,650 free
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 500 and 1,650 free
SEC Championships
  • Posted a third-place finish in the 1,650 free with her effort of 15:54.54
  • Notched new personal-bests in the 500 free with an effort of 4:38.22 (ninth-place) and the 200 free  with a swim of 1:45.73 (19th-place)
Regular Season
  • Won 11 individual events throughout the season, as well as one relay 
  • Swam the 1,650 free at the Georgia Tech Invitational in a new lifetime-best effort of 15.47.85, the third-fastest time in UF history and the fastest time in the nation at the conclusion of the meet
  • Tallied a new personal-best in her 1,000 free win against Georgia, hitting the wall in 9:45.74 
  • Posted the fourth-fastest 500 free time (4:46.38) in the nation at the time of the meet on Oct. 18 against Missouri
2018-19 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Finished the 500 free prelims in 31st with a swim of 4:41.88
  • Placed 21st in the 1,650 free with a mark of 16:09.16
SEC Championships
  • Won the SEC Championship in the 1,650 free with a career-best time of 15:53.54, her time is the fifth-best in UF history
  • Placed second in the 500 free with a personal-best swim of 4:36.81, which ranks fourth in the Florida record books
  • Finished 26th in the 400 IM with a mark of 4:16.97
Regular Season
  • Collected eight individual wins throughout the season
  • Recorded a personal-best swim of 2:06.65 in the 200 fly at FAU
  • Tallied three career-best times at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational, 200 free (1:48.17), 200 back (1:59.90), and 400 IM (4:12.99)
  • Posted a personal-best time of 9:51.31 at Auburn in the 1,000 free
Career-Best Times at Florida: 
200 Free 1:45.73 SEC Championships Feb. 18-22, 2020
500 Free 4:36.81 SEC Championships Feb. 19-23, 2019
1,000 Free 9:42.44 Auburn Jan. 25, 2020
1,650 Free 15:47.85 Georgia Tech Invitational Nov. 22-24, 2019
200 Back 1:59.90 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 15-17, 2018
200 Fly 2:06.65 FAU Sept. 27, 2019
400 IM 4:12.99 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 15-17, 2018


Prior to Florida
  • According to CollegeSwimming.com, Braswell is the No. 17-ranked recruit overall and No. 1 in the state of Pennsylvania
  • National Junior Team member
  • 2017 FINA World Junior Team member
  • 2017 World Junior Championship Trials 18 & under champion in the 400 free
  • Won the 100-meter butterfly at the 2018 YMCA National Championship Time Trials with a personal-best swim of 1:03.78
  • Won the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:55.70 at the 2018 YMCA National Championship Time Trials
  • Placed first in the 400-yard individual medley, 500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle, and the 1,650-yard freestyle at the 2018 YMCA Short Course National Championships
  • Collected a first-place finish at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships - East in 2017 with a time of 4:39.29, in the 500-yard freestyle
  • Two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-America

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Free

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Free

  • 2020-21Junior

    Free

  • 2021-22Senior

    Free

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