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Stephanie Tropper

  • Major Biology
  • Height 5-2
  • Events Free
  • Class 2025
  • Hometown Solon, Ohio
  • High School Hathaway Brown

Biography

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Upon graduation, Tropper ranked in the top 10 all-time at Bates in these events:


800-yard freestyle relay, 1st (7:28.39) and 8th (7:33.71).

1,650-yard freestyle, 2nd (17:14.17).

1,000-yard freestyle, 3rd (10:22.17).

200-yard freestyle, 4th (1:52.03).

500-yard freestyle, 6th (5:00.60).

100-yard freestyle, 9th (52.52).

2024-25: Team captain.... CSCAA Scholar All-American.... Took 36th place out of 48 competitors with a time of 1:52.62 in the 200-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships (March 20).... Competed in the 500-yard freestyle and tied for 25th out of 44 competitors with her career-best time of 5:00.60 at the NCAA Championships.... Of the 44 women in the field, she was one of just eight who improved from their previous best time.... She entered the event seeded 37th, jumping up 12 spots with her performance (March 19).

2023-24: Was part of the All-America 800-yard freestyle relay team that took 10th place at the NCAA Championships in 7:30.39 (March 22).... Helped Bates take second in the 800-yard freestyle relay in a school-record time of 7:28.39 at the NESCAC Championships (Feb. 15).

2022-23: Was part of a program-record 15 student-athletes who competed at the NCAA Championships.... Helped the 800-yard freestyle relay team record an NCAA "B" Cut time of 7:33.71, good for fifth place out of 22 entries at the NESCAC Championships (Feb. 9).

2021-22: Was part of a group of 13 student-athletes who competed at the NCAA Championships.... Took eighth in the 1,000-yard freestyle, ninth in the 1,650-yard freestyle, and helped the Bates "B" 800-yard freestyle relay team finish in 14th place at the NESCAC Championships. 

Personal: 2021 graduate of Hathaway Brown (Ohio) where she competed in swimming and lacrosse.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    5'2"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'2"
  • C

    2024-25Senior

    5'2"
    C
  • C

    2025-26Graduate Student

    5'2"
    C