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2024-25 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Mia Strazny

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lincoln
  • Hometown Manitowoc, Wis.

Biography

2024-25 (Senior)
  • CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American
  • CSC Academic All-District honoree
  • Earned a 2024-25 winter GLIAC Commissioner's Award, one of only two women from the NMU swim team to earn that award (the other is teammate Camilla Carbone, who did it twice)
  • Member of the GLIAC Academic Excellence team
  • Named Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the 2025 Wildcat Awards
  • Earned the teams Scholar-Athlete Award
  • Competed at the NCAA Championships, where she earned Second Team All-America honors in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, and member of the 200 medley relay team, swimming fly... also swam in the 400 free relay team that finished 20th
  • Earned four medals at the GLIAC Championship, including silver in the 100 back, 200 back, and 200 free relay, and a bronze medal in the 400 free relay
  • Ends the season with her name tied to two records (School - 200 free relay. Pool - 200 free relay)
  • Finished a dominant year as the best swimmer on the 'Cats, the 7th ranked swimmer in the GLIAC, and the 72nd ranked swimmer in DII
2023-24 (Junior)
  • CSC All-District Honors recipient
  • Women’s Swim and Dive Scholar Athlete recipient
  • GLIAC Championship (2/9/24-2/12/24) - First place finish in the 200 free time trial (51.96), second in the 200 free relay time trial (1:34.25), third in the 200 free relay (1:34.52), 100 back (56.15) and 400 free relay (3:25.57), and seventh in the 200 back (2:02.33)
  • Michigan Tech Club (1/27/24) - First place finish in the 200 free relay and second in the 200 back and 200 medley relay 
  • UW – Green Bay  (1/20/24) - First place finish in the 200 free relay, second in the 400 medley relay, and third in the 50 back and 50 fly
  • Calvin Invite (11/30/23-12/2/23) - First place finish in the 100 back, third in the 200 back, fourth in the 100 back, fifth in the 400 medley relay, sixth in the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay
  • Wayne State (11/4/23) - First place finish in the 200 medley relay and third in the 200 back
  • Grand Valley (10/28/23) - Fourth place finish in the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay, and fifth in the 200 back
  • Saginaw Valley/Findlay (10/27/23) - Third place finish in the 100 back, fifth in the 400 free relay, and sixth in the 200 medley relay
  • St. Cloud/Davenport (10/6/23-10/7/23) - First place finish in the 200 back, second in the 400 medley relay and 200 medley relay, and third in the 100 back
2022-23 (Sophomore)
  • GLIAC Academic Excellence Honoree
GLIAC Championships - Holland, Mich. - Feb. 15-18, 2023
  • Placed second in the 200-yard Backstroke and third in the 100-yard Backstroke
Michigan Tech - Marquette, Mich. - Feb. 4, 2023
  • Placed first in the 50-yard Backstroke and third in the 100-yard Backstroke
UW-Stevens Point - Marquette, Mich. - Jan. 14, 2023
  • Placed third in the 1000-yard Freestyle and 200-yard Breaststroke
Calvin Invite - Grand Rapids, Mich. - Dec. 1-3, 2022
  • Placed third in the 100-yard Backstroke
Wayne State/Findlay - Detroit, Mich. - Nov. 4-5
  • Placed third in the 200-yard Backstroke
Saginaw Valley/Grand Valley - Marquette, Mich. - Oct. 29, 2022
  • Placed third in the 100-yard Backstroke
2021-22 (Freshman)
  • Member of the 2021-22 GLIAC Championship team and competed in a handful of events 
  • Best place finish of second in the women's 200-yard freestyle relay during the Senior Recognition Meet
UW-Stevens Point - Stevens Point, Wis. - Jan. 29, 2022
  • Placed third in the 100-yard Backstroke
Orange Bowl Swim Classic - Key Largo, Fla. - Jan. 3, 2022
  • Placed second in the 50 S Backstroke
Before NMU
  • YMCA State Champion 100 fly (2018)
  • YMCA National Qualifier 100 fly (2018, 2019)
  • YMCA National Qualifier 100 back (2020, 2021)
  • High School Rookie of the Year award 2018
  • High School Field Athlete of the Year 2021
  • Manitowoc Female Athlete of the Year 2018
  • School record; 100 back, 100 fly, 50 free, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay
Personal
  • Daughter of Karin and Philipp Strazny
  • From Manitowoc, Wisconsin
  • Mother Karin swam at Gustavus Adolphus College
  • Hobbies include reading, doing puzzles, and crocheting

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

    5'5"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'5"