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California Institute of Technology

2022-23 Women's Swimming and Diving

Katherine Pan

  • Position Diving
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Detroit Country Day School
  • Hometown Livonia, Mich.

Biography

Research and STEM activities

Completed a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) in the Aravin Lab... Attended the High School Honors Science Program (HSHSP) at Michigan State University in the summer of 2018 where she participated in maize genetics research and presented findings at the Interfacing Computational Plant Science Symposium... Worked in a rehabilitation robotics lab at the Tokyo University of Technology during spring 2019 and contributed to a paper on a novel method of detecting and analyzing muscle fatigue... Inaugural member of high school robotics team for four years and captained the electronics team for two years.

Prior to Caltech

High School League Team Champions...National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association All-American Academic, All-League honors...Wellesley Book Award...Cum Laude Society...National Scholar-Athlete Award...National AP Scholar...National Merit Finalist.

Personal

Born in Columbus, Ohio... Daughter of Mengwei and Yaodong... Participates in equestrian and has developed skills as a fisher, potter, and quilter... Likes Caltech because of the students' love of science and pursuing more knowledge... Favorite part about being a Caltech athlete is the friends she has made.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

    5'2"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'2"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Diving
    5'2"