Nihipali will be a captain for the Seahawks during the 2016-2017 season.
Junior Season (2015-16): Became the first Wagner swimmer to ever qualify for the US Olympic trials, finishing 23rd at the 2015 AT&T U.S. Winter Nationals in the 100-Meter Backstroke with a time of 1:02.77 … Her time of 49.99 in the 100 Free at the Frank Elm Invitational broke the Wagner school record she had set earlier in the day, which was also an NCAA qualifying "B" cut time and shattered the Frank Elm meet record which stood since 2005 … Finished her third NEC Championship with gold medals in the 200 Individual Medley (2:03.69) and the 100 Backstroke, along with a fourth place finish in the 100 Free (51.22) … Part of the 200 Medley Relay team that shattered the NEC and Wagner school record at the NEC championships with a time of 1:40.52, after previously breaking the school record vs. Bryant, (1:46.99), and breaking pool records vs. Saint Francis U (1:46.11), at LIU Brooklyn (1:46.85) and vs. CCSU (1:45.97), while finishing first in the victory over Rhode Island (1:47.62) … Placed fourth as part of the 400 Free Relay at the Frank Elm Invitational with a school-record time of 3:26.48 … Placed first in the 100-yard back (57.55) and 200-yard individual medley (2:15.10) and third in the 200-yard back (2:11.10) at Northeastern … Collected a pair of wins at and a second place finish in her individual events at Rutgers, taking first place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.78 and in the 100 butterfly, touching the wall at 57.05, while also finishing second in the 100 backstroke, being touched-out of first place by .40 of a second, with a time of 55.94 … Part of the winning 400 Medley relay at Rutgers that finished in 4:01.79 … Secured a first-place finish in the 50 free at Iona with a time of 24.65 … Took first place honors in the 200 Backstroke in the win over Saint Francis U, touching the wall in a time of 2:07.59, while breaking the pool record en route to her third victory of the day in the 100 Backstroke, posting a time of 56.13 … Finished first in the 50 Free (24.60) in the win over Rhode Island … Swept the 100 Back at LIU Brooklyn with a pool-record (58.42) and the 100 Free (53.63), while setting the pool record in the 100 Back versus CCSU (55.58)
Sophomore Season (2014-15): Made Wagner program history, becoming the first swimmer to ever attend the NCAA Division I Swimming Championships … Garnered Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet honors for the second year in a row after sweeping all three of her individual events, for the second year in a row, and breaking the NEC record in each of them, the 200 IM (2:01.88), the 100 back (53.79), and the 200 back (1:59.38) while making the NCAA ‘B’ cut… Set four school records in the 200 IM (2:01.88), 50 free (23.43), 200 back (1:58.33) and the 100 back (52.97) … Qualified and attended the 2014 AT&T Winter National Championships where she finished ninth overall in the 100 back with a 52.97, shattering the Wagner school record while also making the NCAA ‘B’ cut … Named the Walsh-Electric Student-Athlete of the Month for the month of November … Garnered NEC Swimmer of the Week (Dec.9) and Division I Metro/Upstate Corvias ECAC Swimmer of the Week accolades (Dec.11).
Freshman Season (2013-2014): Set the Wagner record for the 100 Back versus Rutgers when she finished in first place with a time of 55.87 … Swam in the 200 Backstroke two times and had her best performance versus UVM when she came in first place with a time of 2:06.66 … Performed in the 200 IM three times and had her best time (2:09.86) versus LIU Post with a first place finish … One appearance in the 100 Free finishing first with a time of 24.54 … Performed in the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Medley Relay.
Before Wagner: Three-year letterwinner at Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) … Holds the record in the 100 yard backstroke event for the Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) … Also won the state championship for the 100 yard backstroke event … Earned MVP honors her Junior and Senior seasons … Played water polo in her final two years at HPA … Voted both team captain and MVP for her Senior season.
Personal: Born Bryee Ho'o-Mau Anuhea Nihipali in Honolulu, HI … Daughter of Paul Nihipali … Comes from a family of collegiate athletes: sisters Mounia and Crisi played volleyball, brother Stanley played football … Majoring in Business, Minoring in English.
