University of the Pacific

Shannon Catalano Cruzat graduated as and remains the most decorated women’s swimmer in Pacific program history after earning 13 All-American awards and taking home 25 individual and relay Big West titles throughout her four years at Pacific.

She was a two-time Big West Women’s Swimmer of the Year (2001, 2003). She was the catalyst of three-straight Big West swimming titles (2002, 2003, 2004), with the 2002 title being the first-ever swimming title for the program. In 2004, Catalano Cruzat became the first Tiger to represent Pacific in the NCAA Consolation Finals of an individual event as she posted a time of 59.71 in the 100 Fly preliminaries. In the Finals, Catalano Cruzat finished with a time 59.69 to place 11th.

Catalano-Cruzat participated in the 50 and 100 Fly in 2004 University Games and took home the Gold Medal in the 50m Butterfly in 27.56 seconds. She was one of 21 members of the women’s team representing the USA.