Will Hofstadter

Height:
6-3
Weight:
null
Position:
Free
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Irvine, Calif.
High School:
University High School

2018-19: Won 100 breast and finished third in 200 breast at TYR Invitational ... Finished eigth in 100 breast at ACC/B1G Challenge ... Won 100 and 200 breast at NU Quad Meet ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017-18: Dominant junior breaststroke swimmer for the Wildcats ... First on NU's top times list in the 100 free, 100 breast and 200 breast ... Ranked third in the 50 free ... Member of the 200 free, 400 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams that swam the fastest times on the year at Northwestern ... Claimed 10th place in the 100 breast at the Big Ten Championships (2.21-2.24) with a career-best and NCAA 'B' cut time of 53.25 ... Also put in career-best efforts in the 200 breast with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:59.28 and the 50 free with a time of 20.39 ... Put forth four first-place finishes in both the 100 and 200 breast throughout the season ... Took second in the 50 breast and 100 breast at the TYR Invitational (11.19) ... Also came in 17th in the 50 free ... Won the 100 and 200 breast against Eastern Michigan (10.11), SMU (1.13) and Iowa (1.20) ... Took first in the 100 breast against Wisconsin (11.11) and finished second in the 200 breast ... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the 100 breast and seventh-place finish in the 200 breast against Minnesota and Purdue (1.27) ... Came in fourth in the 100 breast at the triple dual against SIU, Kentucky and Missouri (11.4) ... Also claimed the fourth spot in the 100 breast and the seventh spot in the 200 breast.

2016-17: Appears five times on Northwestern's top times list and was a member of four top relays ... Ranked first at NU in 50 breast, 100 breast and 200 breast ... Finished 8th in the 100 breast at the Big Ten Championships with a NCAA 'B' cut time of 53.59 and the second fastest time in program history ... Finished 41st in the 50 free and 29th in the 200 Breast at the Big Ten Championships ... Won the 100 and 200 breast against Iowa ... Won the 100 breast at the TYR and finished second in the 50 breast, fifth in the 50 free, and seventh in the 200 breast ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2015-16: Listed eight times on Northwestern's top times list ... Placed in the top-25 at the Big Ten Championships in the 100 breast (17th) and the 200 breast (22nd) ... Had a strong showing in a dual meet against Iowa by placing second in the 200 breast and helping NU's take second in the 400 free ... Recorded top five finishes in the 100 breast against Eastern Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Notre Dame.

High School: Ranked as the No. 8 recruit in the state of California and the 75th overall recruit in the entire nation by Collegeswimming.com ... Competed for eight years with the JCC Waves club, finishing 11th in the 100 breast and as a B finalist in the 50 free at Junior Nationals ... High School won three Pacific Coast League championships ... Won individual PCL titles in the 50 free, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay in 2014 ... Team captured the 2014 CIF-Southern Section Division I championship ... Finished first in the 200 medley relay, second in the 50 free, fourth in the 200 free relay and ninth in the 100 free at that meet ... All-county award winner ... All-American in the 200 free and medley relays, and in the 50 and 100 free individual events ... University High School record holder in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay while also holding the CIF record in the 200 medley relay ... AP Scholar.

Personal: Born William Andrew Hofstadter ... Son of Paul and Maura Hofstadter ... Chose Northwestern over Cal Poly, Utah and California ... Majoring in Biological Sciences and minoring in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering.