Jesikah Cavanaugh

Position:
Fly/Freestyle
Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
East Anchorage HS
Hometown:
Anchorage, Alaska

2016-17 (Senior)
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
• Recorded a season-best time of 24.44 at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50-yard freestyle.

2015-16 (Junior)
•   Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
•   Finished first on the team with a 2:06.58 time in the 200 butterfly Nov. 21 at the Houston Invitational.
•   Tallied a season top time of 25.10 Nov. 19, also at the Houston Invite.
•   Finished with a time of 1:01.89 in the 100 backstroke Nov. 20 in Houston.
•   Oct. 16, against SDSU and Vanderbilt, finished with a mark of 57.34 in the 100 free.

2014-15 (Sophomore)
•   Set personal best season time in the 100 Butterfly at the Pac-12 Championship with a time of 57.44.
•   Finished the 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:06.21 at the Pac-12 Championship.

2013-14 (Freshman)
•   Set season-best times in both the 100 butterfly (57.89) and the 200 butterfly (2:10.35) at the Pac-12 Championships.
•   Finished fifth in the 200 butterfly against Boise State (2/1).
•   Placed fourth in the 200 butterfly against Idaho (1/24).

Club
•   Swam 10 years for Northern Lights Swim Club under head coach Ben Kitchen.
•   Earned the “Hardest Worker” Award.

High School
•   Earned four letters at East Anchorage High School, under head coach Cliff Murray.
•   Set the school record in the 200 freestyle relay.
•   Was National Honor Society President.
•   Was a math tutor.
•   Biggest athletic thrill was winning the 200 freestyle relay at her junior high state championship meet.

Personal
•   Daughter of Lisa and Mark Cavanaugh.
•   Father is a variable operation manager.
•   Has one sister, Meghan.
•   Chose Oregon State to study engineering and to pursue her other academic interests.
•   Enjoys hiking, sledding and dancing.
• Environmental engineer major.
• Team leader and organizer of the Beaver Athlete Sustainability Team that received a national award from the Green Sports Alliance in the summer of 2017.