The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015-16 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Will Licon
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- El Paso, Texas
- High School:
- Vista Ridge
- 11-time NCAA champion (2015 400 medley relay, 400 IM & 200 breast; 2016 200 IM, 400 medley relay & 200 breaststroke; 2017 200 IM, 100 & 200 breast, 200 and 400 medley relay)
- Set NCAA, American, U.S. Open, NCAA Championship meet, pool, school and Big 12 records in the 200 breaststroke at the 2016 NCAA Championships
- NCAA, U.S. Open, NCAA Championship meet, Big 12 and school record holder, 400 medley relay
- 15-time All-American
- Two-time honorable mention All-American
- Big 12 and school record holder in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and the 200 & 400 medley relays
- 12-time Big 12 champion
- 2017 Academic All-Big 12 (Second Team)
- 2016 Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)
- 2015 Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)
- 2013-14 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Member of Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2013)
TOP TIMES (SCY/LCM)
100 breast: 50.68/1:00.30
200 breast: 1:47.91/2:08.14
200 IM: 1:40.04/1:58.43
400 IM: 3:36.37/4:20.70
AS A JUNIOR (2015-16)
• Set NCAA, American, U.S. Open and NCAA Championship meet records en route to his second straight NCAA title in the 200 breaststroke (1:48.12) at the NCAA Championships
• Won the NCAA title in the 200 IM at 1:40.04 at the NCAA Championships
• Helped UT to its second straight NCAA title in the 400 medley relay, as he joined John Shebat, Joseph Schooling and Jack Conger to win the event (3:00.68/50.69 breaststroke split) while setting NCAA, U.S. Open and NCAA Championship records at the NCAA Championships
• Placed second in the 400 IM (3:37.40) at the NCAA Championships
• Joined John Shebat, Joseph Schooling and John Murray to place third in the 200 medley relay (1:22.75) at the NCAA Championships
• Won the 200 IM championship final (1:42.85) and the 200 breaststroke championship final (1:50.47) and took second in the 400 IM championship final (3:42.98) at the Big 12 Championships
• Joined John Shebat, Joseph Schooling, and Jack Conger to win the 400 medley relay (3:04.64) at the Big 12 Championships
• Won the 200 breaststroke (1:58.10) against TCU
• Took second in the 200 backstroke (1:49.73) and completed a 200 breaststroke exhibition (1:59.99), a 200 IM exhibition (1:48.81) and a 200 butterfly exhibition (1:52.00) against Arizona
• Won the 100 breaststroke (54.56) and the 200 breaststroke (1:56.40), and completed a 400 IM exhibition (3:50.25) against Georgia
• Won the 100 breaststroke (54.05) and the 200 breaststroke (1:57.14) against Auburn
• Won the 200 breaststroke championship final (1:52.82/1:53.81p), took third in the 100 breaststroke championship final (53.30/53.38p) and fifth in the 400 IM championship final (3:45.17/3:48.10p) at the Texas Invitational
• Won the 100 breaststroke (54.40), won the 200 breaststroke (1:56.67), and completed a 200 IM exhibition (1:47.26) against North Carolina State
• Won the 100 breaststroke (54.59) and the 200 breaststroke (1:58.83) against North Carolina
• Won the 100m breaststroke (1:03.41) and the 200m breaststroke (2:20.76) against Florida and Indiana
• Won the 200 breaststroke (1:58.84) and completed a 200 butterfly exhibition (1:50.66) against Florida and Indiana
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
• Broke his own school record and defeated American record holder Chase Kalisz of Georgia while becoming UT’s first NCAA champion in the 400 IM (3:36.37/3:39.40p) at the NCAA Championships
• Broke his own school record and defeated American record holder Kevin Cordes of Arizona en route to victory in the 200 breaststroke (1:49.48/1:49.54p) at the NCAA Championships
• Joined Kip Darmody, Joseph Schooling and Jack Conger to set NCAA, U.S. Open, Big 12 and school records, as the quartet won the 400 medley relay in 3:01.23 at the NCAA Championships
• Placed second behind American record holder David Nolan in the 200 IM with a Big 12 and school record mark of 1:40.09 at the NCAA Championships
• Won the 200 IM (1:41.67/1:43.20p), the 400 IM (3:41.88) and the 200 breaststroke (1:51.77) at the Big 12 Championships
• Won the 200 breaststroke (1:57.11) against TCU
• Won the 200 breaststroke (1:57.26) against Arizona and SMU
• Took second in the 100 breaststroke (53.74) and the 200 breaststroke (1:55.40) at Georgia
• Won the 200 breaststroke and took second in the 100 breaststroke (54.52) at Auburn
• Won the 400 IM (3:42.48) and the 200 breaststroke (1:52.18) and took second in the 200 IM (1:43.51) and third in the 100 breaststroke (52.90) at the Texas Invitational
• Won the 200 IM (1:46.04), the 400 IM (3:50.49) and the 200 breaststroke at Michigan, Indiana and Louisville
AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14)
• Placed fifth and set a school record in the 400 IM (3:40.84) at the NCAA Championships
• Also placed 12th in the 200 breaststroke (1:53.69/1:53.44p) and 14th overall in the 200 IM (1:43.40/1:43.19p) at the NCAA Championships
• Won the 400 IM (3:46.96) and the 200 breaststroke (1:55.40) and placed fourth in the 200 IM (1:46.62) at the Big 12 Championships
• Placed second in the 200 breaststroke (2:00.32) and fourth in the 100 breaststroke (56.59) at Arizona
• Won the 100 breaststroke (55.15) and the 200 breaststroke (1:58.96) against Georgia
• Won the 200 breaststroke (2:01.19) and took second in the 100 breaststroke (55.89) against Auburn
• Placed third in the 200 breaststroke championship final (1:55.61) and eighth in the 400 individual medley championship final (3:52.98/3:49.26p) at the Texas Invitational
• Won the 200 individual medley consolation final (1:45.98) at the Texas Invitational
• Competed in the 100 breaststroke preliminary round (54.76) and the 100 butterfly preliminary round at the Texas Invitational
• Won the 200 IM (1:48.36) and the 200 breaststroke (1:59.49) at Virginia, Penn State and West Virginia
• Took second in the 200 breaststroke (2:00.01), third in the 100 breaststroke (55.88) and fourth in the 200 IM (1:51.34) at Indiana and Michigan
• Won the 200 breaststroke (2:01.15) and placed third in the 100 breaststroke (56.69) against North Carolina
BEFORE TEXAS
· Placed fourth in the 200m breaststroke and tied for sixth in the 100m breaststroke at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
· Placed 19th in the 200m breaststroke at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials
· Placed 33rd in the 200m breaststroke and 89th in the 100m breaststroke at the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships
PERSONAL
• Interested in studying Sport Management.
