2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Kate Beckish
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Williamston, S.C.
- High School:
- Wren High School
2023-24 (Senior)
- Part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed fifth at the 2024 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships (1:31.60)
- Part of the 400-yard freestyle relay team that placed eighth at the 2024 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships (3:24.08)
- Part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed third against Pitt (1:36.70)
- Part of the 400-yard freestyle relay team that finished in third place at the WVU Invitational (3:23.99)
- Part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed third against Cincinnati (1:36.25)
- Part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed second against Penn State (1:36.46)
- 2024 Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2022-23 (Junior)
- Won the 200-yard freestyle relay with Harna Minezawa, Abby Reardon and Ada Szwabinska at the West Virginia State Games
- Named to the 2023 Winter Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021-22 (Sophomore)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Against Iowa State and Villanova, she finished sixth in the 50 free (24.42), 10th in the 100 free (54.08) and was a member of the 400 free relay (6th – 3:38.29)
- Appeared in a pair of B finals at the WVU Invitational, including the 100 fly (12th – 57.78) and the 100 free (12th – 52.08); additionally, competed in the C final of the 50 free, finishing 18th overall (24.15)
- Also, at the winter invite, Beckish was a member of the 200 free relay (5th – 1:35.90), the 200 medley relay (1:47.65) and the 400 free relay (4th – 3:27.10)
- Took seventh in the 50 free (24.64), sixth in the 100 free (54.12) and helped the 400 medley relay finish seventh (3:59.05) against PSU
- Finished third in 50 free (24.77), fourth in the 100 free (54.97) and fifth in the 100 fly (1:01.64) at the WV State Games
- Additionally, at state games, was a member of the 200 medley relay (2nd – 1:49.35), 400 free relay (2nd – 3:39.65), the 400 medley relay (4:04.25) and the 200 free relay (2nd – 1:39.45)
2020-21 (Freshman)
- Competed in a trio of C finals at Big 12 Championships, including the 50 free (23.92), the 100 fly (57.52), and the 100 free (51.86); also appeared in the 200 medley relay (1:43.98)
- Against Notre Dame, Kate was a member of the 200 free relay (3rd – 1:34.73), the 400 free relay (4th – 3:28.12), the 400 medley relay (6th – 3:54.56), and the 200 medley relay (7th – 1:48.56)
- Also swam the 50 free (7th – 24.10), the 100 fly (8th – 58.83), and the 100 free (52.72)
- Tallied a pair of fifth-place finishes at WVU’s season-opening meet at Pitt, including the 50 free (24.06) and the 100 free (52.55); also placed sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:48.75)
High School
- Attended Wren High School and swam for her mother, coach Shaun Beckish
- Swam club for Team Greenville under coach Karl Kozicki
- State champion in the 100 free in 2016 and 2018 and in the 50 free in 2019
- Served as high school team captain in 2019-20
- Recipient of the 2016 All-Star Anderson School District One award
Personal
- Daughter of Michael and Shaun Beckish
- Mother, Shaun, played collegiate and professional tennis at the University of Florida and father, Michael, played college football at Penn State
- Has two siblings
- Sister, Lauren, is a WVU Swimming and Diving alumni
- Birthday is Nov. 28
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
S&D: West Virginia State Games Recap
Tuesday, October 07
S&D: Gold-Blue Meet Recap
Tuesday, September 23
S&D: One Word to Describe the First Official Day of Practice
Friday, September 12
2025 Big 12 Hype Video
Wednesday, March 12
