Lizzie

Lizzie Menzmer Season 2022-23

PositionFREE, FLY
Height5-7
ClassSenior
HometownSacramento, Calif.

bio entering 2021-22

Honors & Awards

  • Holds SDSU Top-10 marks in:
    50 Free: 22.34 (No. 4)
    100 Fly: 53.71 (No. 5)
    200 Free Relay (No. 2, No. 4, No. 7, No. 8)
    200 Medley Relay (No. 3, No. 4, No. 7)
    400 Medley Relay (No. 9)

  • 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
  • 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Academic All-Mountain West
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-American (Honorable Mention)
  • 2022 All-Mountain West (50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
  • 2021 All-Mountain West Honoree (50 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay)
  • 2020 All-Mountain West honoree (50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay)
  • 2019 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay)
  • 2022 Mountain West Champion (50 Free, 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
  • 2021 Mountain West Champion (200 Medley Relay)
  • 2020 Mountain West Champion (200 Free Relay)
  • 2019 Mountain West Champion (200 Free Relay)
  • SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020, Fall 2020)

Link: Season & Career Bests

2020-21:
Totaled three top-25 finishes at the 2021 MW Championships, highlighted by a fifth-place finish in the 50 free … Aided the Aztecs’ 200 and 400 Medley relay squads to all-MW honors … Also recorded a ninth-place effort in the 100 fly, touching the wall in 56.04 … Brought home the 50 fly title at the Aztecs’ dual meet with Pepperdine … Opened the season with three top-3 finishes in the 50 free, 100 free, and the 100 fly. 

2019-20: Earned a CSCAA Scholar All-American honorable mention for her efforts in the classroom and the pool throughout the 2019-20 season … Her 50 free swim to lead off the Aztecs’ 200 free relay at the 2020 MW Championships qualified as an NCAA ‘B’ cut mark and the fourth-best swim in program history with a time of 22.34 (Feb. 19-22) … Earned an individual podium finish at the conference championships in the 50 free, touching the wall in 22.42 and placing second ...  At the same event, earned a sixth-place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 53.71, an NCAA ‘B’ cut mark and the fourth-best time in the SDSU record book …  Collected two top-10 finishes at the Mizzou Invitational in the 50 free and 100 fly, registering a seventh-place finish in both events … Recorded two top-eight finishes at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational in the 50 free and 100 fly (Oct. 11-12). 

2018-19: Placed eighth in the 100 fly at the MW Championships with a time of 54.11 … Member of the 200 free relay that took first place with a time of 1:29.80 at the MW Championships, then the fourth-fastest time in Aztec history ... Also competed in the 100 free at the MW Championships where she placed 15th with a time of 50.83 … Member of the 400 free relay at the MW Championships that took home third place with a time of 3:20.40 … Recorded the then-fourth-best time in Aztec history in the 100 fly with a time of 53.92 at the Mizzou Invitational  … Made a mark in the Aztec history books with the then-10th-best time in the 200 fly (2:02.57) at the Mizzou Invitational … Earned the then-ninth-best time in Aztec history as a part of the 400 free relay with time of 3:19.98 at the Mizzou Invitational (then) … 2019 MW All-Conference in 100 fly, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.

HIGH SCHOOL

2018 graduate of Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California… Coached there by Taylor Moore… Four-time all-American, four-time section qualifier, and four-time section finalist in high school… 2015 Section Champion in the 100 fly… Two-time CIF State Championship qualifier and finalist… Named league MVP in 2015… Earned Coach’s Award in 2017… Helped set school records in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, and 400 free relay… Member of relay team that won 2017 CIF championship in 400 free relay.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Doug and Lisa… Enjoys playing the ukulele and hanging out with her friends and family… Aspires to be a special education teacher and is majoring in child development.