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Career Honors
- CSCAA First Team All-American
- 100 Breast (2020)
- OSU Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021)
- CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2020, 2021)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Won the 200 Breast (2:14.95) in the season opener against Penn State
- Also competed in the meets against Indiana, Rutgers and Purdue
- Earned points for the Buckeyes in the 200 IM and 100 and 200 Breast
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Had a great performance against Denison where she placed first in the 200 Breast and 200 Medley Relay as well as second and third 100 Breast and 100 Back respectively
- Scored points in six events at the Big Ten Championships
- Had a solid performance against Kentucky where she placed third and fourth in the 200 and 100 Breast respectively
- Continued to improve throughout the season and had a great showing against Michigan the week after Kentucky where she placed second and set personal bests in both the 200 and 100 Breast
- Swam personal best times in all five of her finals events at the OSU Invitational
- Earned second place finishes against Akron/Kenyon in the 100 Breast, where she set a PR of 1:01.97, as well as the 200 Breast
Prior to Ohio State
- Four year letterwinner at The Ursuline School
- Competed in breaststroke and individual medley
- Four-time section one 200m IM champion
- Two-time section one 100m breaststroke champion
- All-American and two-time Scholastic All-American
- Finished second at the state championships in the 200m IM
- Named team captain her senior season
- Competed for Empire Swimming
- Attended US Winter Nationals from 2017-19
Personal
- Daughter of David and Lisa Panitz
- Has two sisters, Beatrix and Georgia
- Sister Beatrix swam at Michigan State and Georgia currently swims at Williams College
- Greatest sports thrill: Winning states