Pia Pavlic
2016-17 (Senior)
Earned All Big-12 Second Team honors with three top-seven individual finishes at the Big 12 Championship (2/22-25) … Tied for fourth in the 200-yard individual medley with a lifetime best and KU all-time top-five time of 2:01.38 … Placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (54.25) and seventh in the 200-yard backstroke (1:59.04) at the Big 12 meet … Also contributed to the second-place 200-yard medley (1:40.03) and 400-yard free (3:21.90) relays, the latter of which tied for second, and the third-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:31.54) at the conference meet … Demonstrated versatility with individual wins in four different events throughout the season … Captured wins in the 100-yard (56.39) and 200-yard backstroke (2:02.05) against Iowa State (2/3-4) … Victorious in the 200-yard IM (2:08.06) against TCU (10/27) … Won the 50-yard backstroke at the San Diego Shootout (1/7) with a lifetime-best 25.91 … Finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke at the Kansas Classic (11/18-20) with a lifetime-best 55.89 … Member of three victorious relay teams in a double-dual against North Dakota and Missouri State (10/21-22), sealing wins in the 400-yard freestyle (3:31.75), 200-yard freestyle (1:36.63) and 200-yard medley (1:45.79) relays … Collected 200-yard medley relay wins against TCU (1:44.90) and Iowa State (1:44.40).
2015-16 (Junior)
Received All-Big 12 First Team honors for her second-place performance at the Big 12 Championships in the 100-yard butterfly, turning in a career-best time of 53.80 and earning a NCAA ’B’ cut… Carved her name in the record books with her performance the 100 fly, clocking the fifth-fastest time in school history… Placed fifth in the 200 IM at the league meet with a lifetime-best time of 2:01.69 and earning All-Big 12 Second Team accolades… Notched another career-best mark at conference in the 200 back (1:58.51), finishing ninth… Won the 100-yard backstroke at Iowa State and against Nebraska-Omaha… Recorded a personal record in the 100 back at the Big Challenge with a swim of 56.00… Registered the top team time in the 100 fly… Turned in 15 top-three finishes during her junior campaign.
2014-15 (Sophomore)
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Fall 2014)… Placed in the top-16 and set career-best times in three individual events at the 2015 Big 12 Championships: fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (54.79), sixth in the 100-yard freestyle (50.74) and 11th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.09)… Achieved a NCAA B Standard in the 100-yard butterfly at the Big 12 Championships… A member of the 400-yard medley relay (3:40.18) and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:23.83) that placed second and the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:32.21) that placed third at the conference meet… Set a Mabee Center pool record as a member of the 200-meter medley relay team (1:58.35)… A consistent scorer for the Jayhawks in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in the top five at every competition during the 2014-15 season… Held the fastest 2014-15 team time in the 100-yard freestyle (50.74) and 100-yard butterfly (54.46)… Set two Mabee Center pool records in the 200-meter IM (2:22.99) and 100-meter backstroke (1:05.73) in a double-dual against William Jewell and Truman State (1/24).
2013-14 (Freshman)
Started the season strong taking home back-to-back top-three finishes in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing third against Air Force (24.58) and second against TCU (24.49)… Placed third in the 100-yard backstroke (58.97) against UNO and UND (11/2)… Earned a career-best time of 2:07.26 in the 200-yard backstroke, also against UNO and UND… Scored in the consolation final of the 100-yard backstroke (58.85) by placing 12th at the 2013 Kansas Classic (11/22-24)… Placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (57.17), also at the Kansas Classic… Finished second in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.18) against William Jewell (12/7)… Finished second in the 50-yard freestyle (24.28) against Iowa State (2/7-8)… Earned first place in the 100-yard butterfly versus the Cyclones with a time of 57.77… Placed in the consolation final in all three of her events at the Big 12 Championships: 12th in the 100-yard butterfly (55.43), 16th in the 50-yard freestyle (23.89) and 15th in the 100-yard freestyle (51.80)… Holds the third-fastest 2013-14 team time in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle with times of 23.71, and 51.61, respectively… Also swam the third-fastest 2013-14 team time in the 100-yard butterfly (55.43).
High School
Swam for Plavalni klub Triglav Kranj swim club in Ljubljana, Slovenia… Holds records for 50- and 100-meter backstroke, 50-meter butterfly and 200-meter IM.
Personal
Born Pia Pavlic in Kranj, Slovenia… Parents are Marija and Bostjan Pavlic… Father played professional soccer in Slovenia… An exercise science major.