2019-20 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Emily Honng
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Walnut HS
- Hometown:
- Rowland Heights, Calif.
Career Highlights
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
Eight-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2019-20
Competed in all nine of UCLA's dual meets, the USD Pentathlon, and the Ohio State Invitational ... After the regular season, participated in the USA Swimming President's Day Classic, setting a new personal best in the 200 breast (2:17.32) to finish runner-up ... Was third in the 200 breast in the UC Santa Barbara dual meet on Oct. 25 (2:22.90) ... Scored in both breaststroke events in the Washington State dual meet on Jan. 11, finishing second in the 200 breast (2:21.96) and fourth in the 100 breast (1:06.04) ... Placed third in the 200 breast in the Stanford dual meet on Jan. 31 with a time of 2:21.43 ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and springย quarters ... Season-bests: 50 free (26.83), 100 free (58.10), 100 back (1:06.91), 100 breast (1:03.67), 200 breast (2:17.32), 100 fly (1:03.49)
2018-19
Named to the Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring 2019... Received an honorable mention for the 2018-19 Pac-12 All-Academic Team ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM ... Finished third in the 100 breast (1:05.26) and second in the 200 breast (2:20.11)ย in the USD/Harvard meet on Jan. 7 ... Swam in the 200 medley relay on four separate occasions, helping the UCLA Cs to a third-place finish (1:45.07) in the UCSB/UCSD meet on Jan. 11 ... Season-bests: 100 free (55.35), 100 breast (1:04.21), 200 breast (2:18.95), 200 IM (2:06.84).ย
2017-18
Qualified for the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 IM, 100 breast, and 200 breast ... Posted season-best times of 2:05.64 in the 200 IM, 1:03.74 in the 100 breast, and 2:19.73ย in the 200 breast ... At Pac-12s, finished 26thย in the 100 breast, 26th in the 200 breast, and 32nd in the 200 IM .. Was part of a winning 200 medley relay team (alongside Kaunitz, Okada, and Reid)ย at the season-opening dual meet at USD on Oct. 13 ... Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters.ย
High School
Attended Walnut High School (WHS) in Walnut, Calif. โฆ member of WHS Hall of Fame โฆ WHS Female Athlete of the Year award recipient โฆ Mustangs won California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state championship in 2017 โฆ team captain โฆ two-time Hacienda League Most Valuable Player โฆ Hacienda 5 honoree โฆ California State Games Female Athlete of the Year โฆ three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All American (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17) โฆ 2015-16 National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All American (100 Breast) โฆ four-time All-Area First Team, All-Hacienda League and CIF honoree โฆ two-time CIF individual champion (200 IM) โฆ held two CIF-Southern Section Division 3 relay records โฆ seven-time Hacienda League individual champion โฆ broke six Hacienda League individual records and left with four โฆ left WHS with two school individual records โฆ SoCal Prep Legends Player of the Week.
Club
Competed for Bi-County Regional Elite Aquatics (BREA Aquatics) in Walnut, Calif. โฆ broke multiple BREA Aquatics individual and relay records โฆ Speedo Winter Junior Nationals and Speedo Sectional Championships finalist โฆ named to North American Challenge Cup team in 2016 โฆ selected by Southern California Swimming (SCS) to attend USA Swimming Western Zone Diversity Select Camp โฆ won 100 Breast and 200 Breast championships at 2017 SCS Junior Olympics.
Personal
Daughter of Mark and Patty Honng โฆ has one younger brother, Brian โฆ decided to attend UCLA because of the positive challenge of balancing top-notch academic and athletic programs while getting โthe chance to meet a diverse group of people and proudly represent the swim team with blue and gold prideโ โฆ describes her greatest athletic thrills to date as winning CIF team and individual titles โฆ admires football player Aaron Rodgers and Michael Phelps โฆ interests include playing piano, baking cookies, watching football (specifically the Green Bay Packers), listening to music, designing/decorating, watching sunsets, hiking, going on adventures and country music โฆ has won several national and state pageant titles (e.g. USA National Miss, National American Miss and International Junior Miss), as well as other talent and modeling competitions.
Best Times
50 free - 24.40
100 free - 53.16
200 free - 1:58.74
100 breast - 1:03.53
200 breast - 2:17.32
(last updated: May 19, 2020)
