2025-26 Swimming and Diving Roster

Tess Heavner Swimming and Diving Roster

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Class Freshman
Hometown Fenton, MI
High School Fenton
Tess Heavner - Swimming and Diving - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A FRESHMAN (2025-26)

  • Finished 11th in the 200 IM (2:02.50) and 200 back (2:00.23) plus seventh in the 100 back (55.33) at the Miami Invite. Also swam back on both the 200 and 400 medley relays
  • Placed sixth in the 100 back (55.52) and fourth in the 200 back (2:00.50) at Louisville
  • Against Northwestern, placed sixth in the 100 back (55.65), fifth in the 200 back (2:01.05) and fifth in the 100 IM (57.51). Also swam fly on the 200 medley C relay
  • In her Notre Dame debut, placed eighth in the 200 back (2:03.33), 10th in the 200 IM (2:08.13) and was the backstroker on the fifth-place 200 medley relay against Michigan and Wisconsin. Also swam the 100 back (56.86)

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Swam for Club Wolverine
  • Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
  • Three-time Individual MHSAA All-American
  • Four-time MHSAA State Champion
  • 2024 MHSAA Dream Team Member
  • USA Swimming Zone Select Camp Selection
  • MHSAA State Swimmer of the Meet
  • Ranked fourth in graduating class
  • Family has Notre Dame legacy spanning over 100 years, and she is the first of the fourth generation to attend ND
  • “I’ve always dreamed of going to Notre Dame. With a long family legacy, strong Catholic faith, elite athletics and a deep sense of community, it’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a university.”
  • Intends to major in psychology