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California Institute of Technology

2025-26 Caltech Women's Swim & Dive Roster

Alyssa Kwon

  • Height 5-2
  • Year First-Year
  • Hometown Derwood, Md.
  • High School Montgomery Blair High School

Biography

Research and STEM Activities

Worked on the NASA Dragonfly mission at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHUAPL), developing Python and MATLAB programs to test the ACE board and assisting with hardware test procedures…Programmed a microcontroller to simulate sample data collection for CORSAIR, a NASA New Frontiers Program at JHUAPL…Designed a “normally-closed” fluidic transistor using vat photopolymerization at the Bioinspired Advanced Manufacturing (BAM) Laboratory at the University of Maryland, expanding on an existing fluidic diode design under the guidance of Dr. Ryan Sochol.  

Prior to Caltech
Academic Honors: AP Scholar with Distinction...National Merit Commended Scholar…Honorable Mention in Toshiba ExploraVision STEM Competition…Mu Alpha Theta Math Honors Society
Athletic Honors: Potomac Valley Swimming Scholar Athlete (2022-2024)...Three-time Montgomery Blair Swim and Dive MVP...Montgomery Blair High School record holder in 200 IM…1st Place finisher in the 200 IM at Regionals (2022-2025)...Recipient of Montgomery Blair Athletics Rising Star Award (2023, 2024)...Washington Post Girl’s All-Met Honorable Mention (2024)

Personal
Chose Caltech for its collaborative, tight-knit community, opportunity to pursue both academic and athletics, access to research, and the unique house system.