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Evonne Stehr Season 2023-24

PositionFREE, IM
ClassGraduate Student
HometownColville, Wash.

SDSU TOP-10 MARKS
400 Free Relay (2nd)
100 Back: 53.94 (8th)

HONORS
2024 Mountain West Champion (400 Free Relay)
2024 All-Mountain West (100 Back, 400 Free Relay)
2023 Mountain West Champion (400 Free Relay)
2023 All-Mountain West (200 IM, 400 Free Relay)
2022 All-Mountain West (100 Back, 200 IM)

2021 All-Mountain West (100 Back, 400 Free Relay)
Mountain West All-Academic Selection (2021, 2022, 2023)

Link: Season & Career Bests

2022-23 SEASON (As a Senior):
Crafted another productive season, winning a gold medal at the Mountain West Championships as a member of the Aztecs’ 400 freestyle relay team (3:20.21) to help the Scarlet and Black secure its second straight conference title with a record 1,638 points (2-18-23) … Also garnered all-MW accolades at the league meet with an eighth-place effort in the 200 individual medley (2:03.14) … Set a personal best in the preliminaries of the event with a clocking of 2:01.03, which ranks 10th on the program’s all-time charts (2-17-23) … Also scored points for the Scarlet and Black in the 100 backstroke with a season-fast 54.36, winning the consolation finals and placing ninth overall to go with a career-best effort of 50.63 in the 100 free during which she finished 17th (2-17/18-23) … Additionally led off SDSU’s second 200 medley relay team that recorded the seventh-best time of the event at 1:40.89, which was deemed an exhibition (2-15-23) … Contributed to the Aztecs’ 50th consecutive dual-meet victory with a second-place performance in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.55 (1-27-23) … Anchored SDSU’s triumphant 200 medley relay team (1:45.02) and finished third in the 100 back (57.03) in a dual-meet vs. Pepperdine (1-13-23) … Logged a season-best 1:05.89 in the 100 breaststroke in the Aztecs’ double dual sweep of Cal State East Bay and Incarnate Word (1-5-23) … Led off SDSU’s 200 medley relay “B”  team that finished second (1:44.32) to their “A” squad teammates in a dual-meet triumph over USD just before the holiday break and later took third in the 100 freestyle (51.85) (12-19-22) … Helped the Aztecs capture the team title at the highly competitive  SMU Invitational with a pair of seventh-place individual finishes in the 100 back (55.33) and the 200 IM (2:04.43) … Swam the backstroke segment as well in SDSU’s top 200 medley relay team that placed third at 1:39.77 (11-17/19-22) … Led off the Aztecs’ second-place 400 medley relay “B” team (3:52.26) that gave the Scarlet and Black a 1-2 finish in a dual-meet victory over Utah Tech (11-5-22) …  Also completed a third-place effort in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.38) vs. the Trailblazers and posted a career-fast 50-yard split 0f 24.38 as the leadoff swimmer in SDSU’s second 200 free relay team that recorded the second-best time of the event at 1:36.74 but was scored as an exhibition … Contributed to the Aztecs’ pool-record time of 3:46.88 in their triumphant 400 medley relay team at the GCU Quad Meet, adding a trio of top four individual finishes in the 200 IM ( 2nd – 2:06.54), 100 back (3rd – 57.40) and 100 free (52.26) to help SDSU compile an unblemished 6-0 record against Grand Canyon, LMU and Seattle (10-21/22-22) … Additionally led off the Scarlet and Black’s victorious 200 medley relay team (1:42.80) … Turned in a ninth-place performance in the 100 back (56.96) and swam leadoff on the Aztecs’ second 400 medley relay team that finished seventh (3:30.93) at the Fresno State Chick-Fil-A Invitational where SDSU placed second in the team standings (10-7/8-22) … Logged a pair of individual top-five placements in a dual-meet triumph at Pepperdine where she finished second in the 50 fly (25.45) and third in the 50 breast (30.33) while swimming the third leg of the fifth-place Aztecs 200 freestyle relay “B” team (1:23.98) (10-5-22) … Finished fourth in the overall standings in the season-opening pentathlon meet vs. USD with a combined time of 5:01.17, highlighted by a runner-up effort in the 50 back (27.24) and a fourth-place effort in the 100 back (58.86) (9-9-22) … Earned Mountain West all-academic honors for the third year in a row.

2021-22 SEASON (As a Junior): Competed in 10 meets … Produced career-bests 100 Back (53.94/4th place) and 200 IM (2:01.86/prelims) at the 2022 Mountain West Championships … Also set a career best in the 100 Free (50.95) leading off the 400 Free Relay, which was swum as an exhibition in the Mountain West Championships … Her 100 Back time was a B-cut qualifying mark … Also set a career best in the 100 Breaststroke (1:03.47) at the Phill Hansel Invitational which was good for 11th place.

2020-21 (As a Sophomore): Aided the Aztecs’ 400 Free Relay to all-MW honors at the 2021 Mountain West Championships … Swam to individual all-conference honors in the 100 back, placing eighth with a time of 56.02 … Earned a spot in the consolation 200 IM finals, placing 11th with a time of 2:03.52 … Finished second in the 50 back at the Aztecs’ dual meet with Pepperdine … Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the 100 free, a third-place finish in the 100 back and a seventh-place finish in the 200 IM at the Fresno State Invite. 

2019-20 (As a Freshman): Earned three top-15 finishes at the 2020 MW Championships, including career-best swims in the 100 and 200 back for 11th and 10th place, respectively … Her time in the 200 back at the Mountain West Championships was the 10th fastest in program history ... Tallied three collegiate-best swims at the Mizzou Invitational (50 free, 100 free and 200 IM in preliminary heat swims) … Recorded three top-25 marks at the 2019 Chick-Fil-A Invitational, including a career-best 100 Fly mark, good for 17th overall. 

PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Attended Colville (Wash.) High School where she was coached by Sean Muncie … Earned All-American honors for her club team (Spokane Waves) and currently owns the 50 free and 100 free records ... National Honor Society member … Also competed in track.
 
PERSONAL: 
Daughter of Oline and Deney Stehr … Enjoys snowboarding and photography … Lists American swimmer Caeleb Dressel as her favorite athlete ... Aspires to be a mental and physical health counselor... Majoring in psychology.