Alex Walsh

IM/Back/Breast

Position

Senior

Class

Nashville, Tenn.

Hometown

Harpeth Hall

High School

2022 FINA World Champion
– 200 IM – Gold medalist
– 4×200 free relay – Gold medalist
– 4×100 medley relay – Gold medalist
2020 OLYMPIAN
2020 OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST – 200 IM

NCAA Champion
2022: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2021: 200 IM, 800 Free Relay

All-America
2022: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2021: 200 IM, 200 Breast, 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay

ACC Champion
2022: 200 IM, 200 Free , 200 Breast, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
2021: 200 IM, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay

All-ACC
2022: 200 IM, 200 Free , 200 Breast, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
2021: 200 IM, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay

Virginia Career Bests
50 Free: 22.35 (9th all-time at UVA)
100 Free: 48.59
200 Free: 1:42.28 (UVA Record)
100 Back: 51.57 (5th all-time at UVA)
200 Back: 1:51.12 (3rd all-time at UVA)
100 Breast: 58.28 (3rd all-time at UVA)
200 Breast: 2:03.02 (2nd all-time at UVA)
200 Fly: 1:50.79 (UVA Record)
200 IM: 1:50.08 (UVA and ACC Record)
400 IM: 3:57.25 (UVA and ACC Record)

2022-23
• Won the 200 free, 100 breast, and 200 breast at ACC Championships
• Swam the second leg of the 400 medley relay, placing first and setting meet, conference, American, NCAA, and pool records at ACC Championships
• Swam the final leg of the 200 free relay, placing first and setting meet, conference, American, NCAA, and pool records at ACC Championships
• Swam the second leg of the 200 medley relay, placing first and setting meet, conference, American, NCAA, and pool records at ACC Championships
• Won the 200 IM at the Cavalier Invite
• Won the 200 fly, 100 breast, and placed second in the 400 IM against NC State and North Carolina
• Won the 100 free and 100 fly against Virginia Tech
• Won the 500 free and 100 breast at the Tennessee Invitational
• Placed second in the 200 breast at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 200 IM against Texas
• Placed third in the 200 fly against Texas
• Won the 200 medley relay, 200 free and 200 breast against Florida
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021-22
• Won the 200 IM, 200 fly and 400 IM individual NCAA titles
• Broke NCAA, Meet, American, US Open and pool records with the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay at NCAA Championships
• Placed second in the 800 free relay at NCAA Championships
• ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Meet, winning three individual ACC titles and three relay ACC titles
• ACC Champion in the 200 IM, 200 free and 200 breast
• Set a then-ACC, UVA, Meet and pool record with win in the 200 breast and set a UVA record in the 200 free at ACCs
• Swam butterfly leg of the American, NCAA and US Open record 400 medley relay at ACCs
• Part of ACC & UVA record 400 free relay and meet record 800 free relay
• Won the 200 fly and 200 medley relay against NC State
• Won the 200 free and 100 free against North Carolina
• Won the 400 medley relay, 200 medley relay, 400 IM and 200 fly at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 200 free relay, 200 back and 400 medley relay against Texas
• Won three events against Army
• Won four events at California
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2020-21
• ACC Women’s Rookie of the Year
• VaSID Rookie of the Year
• NCAA Champion in the 200-yard IM and finished fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships
• Anchored UVA’s first-place 800 free relay to win the programs first NCAA relay title, and was part of the 200 and 400 free relays that finished second at NCAAs
• Won ACC title in the 200-yard IM, finished third in the 200-yard backstroke and fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the ACC Championships
• Swam on four of UVA’s first-place relays at ACCs (200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 400 medley relay)
• Won the 200-yard IM and 200-yard backstroke and was second in the 100-yard backstroke against NC State
• Finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke and second in the 200-yard breaststroke against North Carolina
• Won the 200-yard freestyle against Virginia Tech
• Placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM against Tennessee and Alabama
• Won the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke against Navy
• Placed fourth at the Toyota U.S. Open in the 200m IM in addition to finishing sixth in the 200m backstroke and ninth in the 100m butterfly
• Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background
• National Team member from 2017-20
• A member of the National Junior Team from 2015-17
• Two-time individual gold medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Two-time individual high school state champion
• Named the Tennessee high school female MVP (2016-19)
• Nashville Aquatic Club MVP (2016-17)

Personal
• Major: Computer Science
• Daughter of Glynis and Robert Walsh
• Has one sister, Gretchen
• Mother, Glynis, swam at Boston College
• Recipient of the 2022-23 Gus and Becky Ramirez Swimming and Diving Scholarship