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Jessica Nava

Sprint Butterfly/ Free
Position
Freshman
Class
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Hometown
Westminster Academy
High School
Jessica  Nava - Swimming & Diving - Virginia Cavaliers

Virginia Career Bests
50 Free:
23.28
100 Back: 53.66
100 Fly: 51.99 (3rd all-time at UVA)
200 Fly: 1:56.18 (9th all-time at UVA)

2018-19
• Advanced to the NCAA Championships, finishing 28th in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly
• Placed ninth in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly at the ACC Championships
• Finished 21st in the 100-yard backstroke at the ACC Championships
• Recorded career-best times in the 100-yard backstroke and 100 and 200-yard butterfly at the ACC Championships
• VaSID first-team All-State honoree

Background
• Six-time All-American, recording the honor in the 100-yard butterfly all four years of high school and in the 100-yard backstroke as a junior and senior
• Held the state record in the 100-yard butterfly since 2015
• Qualified for the Olympic Trials
• Named first-team all-county for five consecutive years, first capturing the honor as an eighth grader
• Was the Westminster Academy Student-Athlete of the Year in 2017 and 2018
• Named the 2016 and 2017 Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel Swimmer of the Year
• Competed for Pine Crest Swimming

Personal
• Daughter of Kim and Robert Nava
• Has five sisters, Caroline, Katie, Jackie, Lilly and Elle