OliviaHuffman
- position Freestyle
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Baton Rouge, La.
- Major Psychology
- High school Dunham High School
100 Backstroke: 54.28 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/19/21)
200 Backstroke: 1:57.04 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/20/21)
50 Freestyle: 23.52 (Louisiana 13&O State Championships, 2/18/17)
100 Freestyle: 51.04 (2017 Ohio State Fall Invite, 11/19/17)
100 Butterfly: 56.70 (2018 Ohio State Winter Invite, 2/10/18)
Top Times (LCM):
100 Backstroke: 1:04.10 (2019 NC ESSZ Long Course Championships, 7/12/19)
200 Backstroke: 2:20.73 (Des Moines Pro Swim Series, 3/6/20)
50 Freestyle: 26.87 (2017 ST TXLA Speedo Southern Sectionals, 7/9/17)
100 Freestyle: 57.93 (2017 LA Long Course Championships, 7/13/17)
200 Freestyle: 2:09.35 (2016 GU TWST Senior Invite, 6/18/16)
Career Notes:
- 2019, 2020, 2021 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
- 2018 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
In the Record Book:
- No. 10 in 100 back (2021)
2020-21 (Senior): Finished 23rd in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:57.51, while also racing the 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle, at the 2021 SEC Championships where UK won their first-ever conference title … Placed eighth in the 100 back (55.13) and 14th in both the 50 free (23.84) and 200 back (2:01.22) at the Missouri Invitational … Won the 200 back against Vanderbilt in 2:03.76 … Recorded six top-5 finishes throughout the dual meet season … Earned the Anne Berry Senior Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Inducted into the Frank G. Ham Society of Character … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Named Scholar-Athlete at the 2021 CATSPY Awards … Named a CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention.
2019-20 (Junior): Reset career-best times in the 100 and 200 backstroke this season, both at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Finished tied for second in the 100 backstroke in 54.76, before earning a career-best 54.51 in the preliminaries, at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Finished in second place in the 200 backstroke in 1:57.36, a career best, at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Earned the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Recorded a career-best time in the 100 back at the Ohio State Winter Invite, posting a 55.80 to shed over one full second off of her previously recorded personal best.
2017-18 (Freshman): Primarily swam sprint freestyle throughout the dual season … Recorded season best times in the 50 free (23.74) and 100 free (51.04) at the Ohio State Fall Invite in November … Ended the season at the Ohio State Winter Invite, posting a personal-best time of 56.70 in the 100 fly … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to UK: The No. 1 recruit from Louisiana in her class … Competed for Crawfish Aquatics … Named team MVP all four years … Division IV Louisiana state record-holder in both the 50 and 100 free … Was a member of National Honor Society … Three-time Scholastic All-America.
Personal: Parents are Dan Huffman and Janna Oetting … Has one brother, Matt … Mother, Janna, played volleyball at Augustana.