2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Cal Athletics

Isabelle Stadden

  • Position
    Back
  • Height
    5-10
  • Class
    Senior
  • Last School(s)
    Blaine HS
  • Hometown
    Blaine, Minn.

Biography

California
  • Earned six All-American honors in 2022-23 - 200 medley relay (First Team), 100 backstroke (First Team), 200 backstroke (First Team), 200 free relay (Second Team), 400 medley relay (Second Team), 400 free relay (Second Team)
  • Placed third in the 200 back at the 2023 NCAA Championships
  • Finished sixth in the 100 back at the 2023 NCAA Championships
  • Part of Cal's 200 medley relay team that placed sixth at the 2023 NCAA Championships
  • Member of Cal's 200 medley relay team that won the 2023 Pac-12 championship
  • Took second place in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships
  • Named Pac-12 Swimmer of the Month for her performance last December
  • Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 31 after winning three events each against No. 10 USC and No. 24 UCLA
  • Went undefeated during the regular season in both the 100 and 200 back events
  • Placed on the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • Ranks among Cal's all-time top 10 in two events - seventh in the 100 back (50.73) and fourth in the 200 back (1:48.75)Ranks among Cal's all-time top 10 in two events - seventh in the 100 back (50.73) and fourth in the 200 back (1:48.75)
  • At the 2022 NCAA Championships, took seventh in the 100 back (50.81) and fourth in the 200 back (1:59.45). Also swam on three Golden Bear relays - 200 medley relay (7th), 400 medley relay (12th) and 400 free relay (11th)
  • Defended her Pac-12 title in the 200 back at the 2022 meet with a time of 1:49.51, while also placing second in the 100 back (51.08) and eighth in the 200 IM (1:57.98). In addition, was part of three third-place relays - 200 and 400 medley relay and 400 free relay
  • Had an outstanding freshman season with two individual top-5 finishes at the 2021 NCAA Championships, placing third in the 200 back (1:49.66) and fifth in the 100 back (50.87). Also 20th in the 200 IM (1:57.25) and a member of Cal's fourth-place 200 medley relay
  • Captured the 2021 Pac-12 title in the 200 back (1:50.83) and was the conference runner-up in both the 100 back (51.17) and 200 IM (1:55.80). In addition, was a member of Cal's winning 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay
  • Set the Cal dual-meet record in the 200 back (1:49.77) at Stanford (11/21/20) and the Cal pool record in the event (1:51.16) vs. Stanford (11/14/20)
  • Co-recipient of Cal's Karen Moe Humphreys Coaches Award in 2022
  • Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2022
National/International
  • Qualified for the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne, Australia, last December
  • Registered two top-5 finishes (50 back, 100 back) at last summer's Phillips 66 National Championships
  • Won a pair of gold medals at the European U23 Championships
  • Member of the U.S. National Team in both the 100 and 200 back events
  • Earned a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2021 FINA World Short-Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • At the U.S. Olympic Trials in June 2021, finished fifth in the 100m back and fourth in the 200m back
  • Won the 200m back at the Pro Swim Series in Greensboro in November 2019, swimming 2:08.16, which put her fifth all-time in the 17-18 age group and 10th all-time in American history
  • Captured a silver medal in the 200m back at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, in 2019 (2:08.39
  • Won a gold medal and set a meet record in the 200m back (2:08.81) at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Fij
  • Finished third in the 200m back (2:08.24) at the 2018 Phillips 66 Nationals
High School
  • Rated the No. 3 recruit in the country by SwimSwam.com
  • Top short-course yards times from high school were 51.23 in the 100 back and 1:50.37 in the 200 back
  • A two-time team MVP and three-time state champion who set 10 school records
  • Member of the U.S. National Team since 2018-19
  • Swam for the Aquajets, the same club program that produced former Cal national champion backstroker Rachel Bootsma.
 
Personal
  • Undeclared major
  • Born July 9, 2002
  • Parents are Justin and Jodi Stadden
  • Has two younger sisters, Kendall and Addison
  • Lists her hobbies as ceramics, baking and art

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Back
    5'10"

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Back
    5'10"

  • 2022-23Junior

    Back
    5'10"

  • 2023-24Senior

    Back
    5'10"