Brooke Matthias Season 2019-20

COLLEGIATE BESTS:

Event	Time	Date	Site/Opponent
100 Back	55.09	2/21/20	Big Ten Championships
100 Fly	53.67	2/21/20	Big Ten Championships
200 Fly	1:58.05	2/22/20	Big Ten Championships

 
 
Career Accolades:

• Ranks as 10th-fastest 100 Fly (53.67) performer in Penn State history.
• Championship finalist in the 100 Fly (53.75) at the Big Ten Championships (2020, 2021).
• Scored at the Big Ten Championships in the 100 Fly (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023).
• CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2020).
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020).

2022-23 (Senior):

• B1G Championships (2/15-18): Finalist in the 100 Fly, finishing 24th (54.98). Also competed for 35th in the 200 Fly (2:04.99).
• v. Villanova (1/27): Finished 3rd in the 200 Fly (2:05.63).
• v. Virginia Tech (1/21): Touched 5th in the 100 Fly (54.61). 
• v. Army (1/13): Placed 2nd and 3rd in the 100 (54.41) and 200 (2:02.52) Fly. 
• NC State Invitational (11/17-19): Finalist in the 100 Fly (54.46), the 100 Back (56.19) and the 200 Fly (2:03.28), finishing 18th, 28th and 15th.
• v. West Virginia (11/4): Won the 100 Fly (55.94) and placed 4th in the 200 Fly (2:04.28). 
• v. Pitt/Notre Dame (10/21-22): Competed in the 100 (56.04) and 200 (2:05.09) Fly, finishing 5th and 7th. 
• v. Navy/Boston College (10/8): Touched 4th in the 100 Fly (57.16).

 
2021-22 (Senior):

• v. Villanova (1/28): Contributed to the winning 200 Medley Relay (1:42.36).

2020-21 (Junior):

• Big Ten Championships (2/23-27): Scored in the 100 fly with a 17^th place finish (53.94).
• v. Ohio State/Rutgers (1/16): Placed fourth in the 100 fly (55.79).
• v. Michigan State (2/5-6): Touched first in the 100 fly (55.26) and 50 fly (24.99).

 
2019-20 (Sophomore):

• Awards: CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention…Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…Academic All-Big Ten.
• Big Ten Championships (2/19-22): Competed in the 100 fly (53.88, 13th) and 200 fly (1:58.17, 10th) B-finals. Achieved personal bests in the 100 fly (53.67) and 200 fly (1:58.05) prelims.
• v. Liberty/St. Bonaventure (10/4): Placed second in the 100 fly (57.07) and third in the 50 back (26.75).
• v. Ohio State/Virginia Tech (11/1-2): Touched second in the 100 fly (55.74) and fourth in the 200 fly (2:02.99).
• Princeton Invitational (12/6-8): Won the 200 fly (1:58.23) with an NCAA B-Cut time and placed seventh in both the 100 back (55.54) and 100 fly (54.42).
• v. Buffalo (1/10-11): Won the 100 fly (56.53) and 200 fly (2:03.46).
• v. Villanova (1/31): Won the 100 fly (56.00) and 200 fly (2:03.17).

 
2018-19 (Freshman):

• Awards: CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention.
• Big Ten Championships (2/20-23): Scored in a pair of events, placing 16^th in the 100 fly (54.81) 21^st in the 200 fly (2:00.14)…Swam season bests in both events in the preliminaries, posting an NCAA B-cut in the 100 fly (53.74) and finishing in 1:59.67 in the 200 fly.
• v. Virginia (10/6): Placed third in the 100 fly (57.73) in collegiate debut.
• v. George Washington (10/12): Won the 100 fly (56.23) and placed second in the 100 back (57.36).
• v. Virginia Tech/vs. Ohio State (10/26-27): Placed third in the 100 fly (56.14) and fourth in the 200 fly (2:04.23).
• Big Al Invitational (11/9-11/10): Placed fourth in the 200 fly (2:02.78).
• Tennessee Invitational (11/29-12/02): Swam season-bests in the 100 back (55.76, 10^th) and 200 back, 17^th)…Also earned night swims in the 100 fly (55.03, 17^th) and 200 fly (2:01.62).
• v. Bloomsburg (1/19): Won the 200 fly (2:03.83) and 100 fly (56.84).
• v. Villanova (2/1): Won the 200 fly (2:03.93).

 
High School:

• Four-year letterwinner swimming at Stone Bridge High School for head coach Brent Miller.
• State runner-up in the 100 fly as a sophomore and senior and in the 100 back as a senior.
• Three-time VHSL All-State and NISCA All-American in the 100 fly and 100 back as a senior.
• Four-time LOCO All-Loudoun Team pick.
• Swam school record in 100 fly (54.50), 200 medley, and 400 free relay.
• Helped team to conference championship as a freshman.
• Chosen as captain and MVP for her senior year.
• Swam for Nations Capital Swim Club where she won first in PVS Senior Championship (2017).
• NCSAA All-American sophomore through senior year.
• USA Scholastic All-American and National Honor Society member.

 
Personal:

• Full name is Brooke Diane Matthias.
• Parents are Diane Matthias and Robert Matthias. Dad, Robert, played football at Carnegie Mellon.
• Has an older sister Ragan.
• Majoring in accounting and hopes to have a job at Google.
• Cousin, Christopher Matthias, also attends Penn State.
• Hobbies include listening to music and cooking.