Honors & Awards
SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020, Fall 2020)
2020 Academic All-Mountain West Honors
2020 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Breast)
2019 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Breast)
2019-20: Earned three top-20 finishes at the 2020 MW Championships, highlighted by a seventh-place finish in the 100 Breast with her preliminary time of 1:01.72 falling under the NCAA ‘B’ time standard … Swam career-best efforts in the 100 and 200 Breast at the Husky Invitational … Closed the regular season with a bronze-medal finish in the 100 Breast in the Aztecs’ dual meet with the University of San Diego (Jan. 24).
2018-19: Earned her best finish at the 2019 MW Championships with a seventh-place effort in the 100 breast, swimming to a time of 1:02.08, earning all-conference recognition… Also placed 21st in the 50 free with a time of 23.29 and 14th in the 200 breast with a time of 2:18.71 … Recorded a third-place finish in the 50 free with a time of 24.77 against San Diego (Jan. 18) … Registered the sixth-fastest time in the 100 breast against Incarnate Word and Oregon State, touching the wall at 1:08.23 (Dec. 31) … Earned two fifth-place finishes against Air Force and Cal Poly in the 50 free and 200 breast with times of 24.52 and 2:25.79, respectively … First-place finish in the 50 back with a time of 27.75 against Pepperdine (Oct. 4).
2017-18: Competed in the 50 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM at the 2018 Mountain West Championships… Recorded a pair of second place times against Oregon State, posting a 54.40 in the 100 free and 1:06.31 in the 100 breast… Posted three top-three finishes in a double dual meet against Air Force and Cal Poly on Dec. 22… Recorded a second-place finish in the 50 free (24.25) against Pepperdine and San Diego on Dec. 1… Finished sixth in the 200 breast and seventh in the 100 breast at the A3 Invitational.
Collegiate Career-Bests
50 Free | 23.05 (at 2020 MW Championships, Feb. 20, 2020) |
100 Free | 53.44 (at Mizzou Invitational, Nov. 17, 2018) |
100 Breast | 1:01.09 (at Husky Invitational, Dec. 7, 2019) |
200 Breast | 2:18.04 (at Husky Invitational, Dec. 8, 2019) |
200 IM | 2:06.38 (at 2018 MW Championships, Feb. 15, 2018) |
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner in swimming at San Mateo High School in San Mateo, Calif. Under head coach Katherine Parodi… Four-time PAL Swimmer of the Meet… Broke PAL record her freshman and senior years… Owns school records in 100 breaststroke, 200 IM, 200 medley relay and 200 free relay… Also competed on the cheerleading team for two years and water polo team for one year.
CLUB
Competed for KOA Aquatics in San Mateo, Calif. for six years… Also competed for Otters Swim Club in Belmont, Calif. for six years.
PERSONAL
Full name is Larisa Lila Tam, born July 22, 1999 in Burlington, Calif. … Daughter of Richard and Noreen… Has one brother, Randy, and one sister, Karina… Also considered UC San Diego, UCLA, San Jose State, Pacific, Hawaii, Seattle, and Florida State in recruiting process… Aspires to be a physical therapist… Lists Michael Phelps as her favorite athlete… Kinesiology major at SDSU.