Biography
Career Notes: Was a 17-time All-American, including four First Team relays ... earned three Honorable Mention All-America certificates as an individual, two as a senior and one as a graduate student ... garnered First Team All-America honors in 400 Free Relay and 800 Free Relay (2020) and 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay (2019) ... won 13 GLIAC titles (10 Relays, 3 Individual), and earned All-GLIAC recognition (top three) 27 times (17 Relays, 10 Individual) ... was a two-time individual champion in the 100 breast ... was a member of three first-place 400 Free Relay quartets and 400 Medley Relay quartets ... twice won the 200 Medley Relay and 800 Free Relay ... competed in 28 events at GLIAC and finished in the top-four 31 times.
2021-22: Earned First Team CSCAA Scholar All-America accolades. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a four-time All-American (one Honorable Mention Individual and three Honorable Mention Relays) ... finished 14th in the 100 breast (1:03.49) ... claimed 10th in the 800 free relay (7:28.09) ... earned 15th place in both the 200 medley relay (1:44.25) and 200 free relay (1:34.14). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a five-time All-GLIAC honoree ... claimed second in the 100 breast (1:03.27), third in the 200 breast (2:16.51), fourth in the 200 IM (2:06.46) and fifth in the 200 free (1:52.44) … helped the 200 medley relay (1:42.53), 400 medley relay (3:46.45) and 800 free relay (7:27.50) teams take second place. SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... 2021-22 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... competed in eight regular-season meets ... took first in all of her events, including the 200 IM (2:13.09), 100 breast (1:06.83) and 400 medley relay (4:00.64) against Davenport and Ashland (10/22) … placed second in the 125 IM (1:15.83) and 75 breast (49.30), while taking third in the 25 breast (14.34) and 125 medley relay (1:04.11) at Northern Michigan (11/5) … claimed second in the 200 breast (2:23.94) and 100 breast (1:06.94), while also helping two relays finish in the top two (200 free relay and 200 medley relay) against Northern Michigan (11/6) … helped the Warriors win four relays (400 medley relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay), while also finishing second in the 100 breast (1:04.31) at the Don Kimble Invitational (11/21) … led off the winning 200 free relay team (1:37.10), while also claiming second in the 400 medley relay (3:56.29), second in the 100 breast (1:05.87) and third in the 100 IM (1:00.22) versus Oakland (1/22) … took second in the 200 breast (2:25.61) and third in the 200 medley relay (1:47.58) at Oakland (1/23) … claimed first in three events, which were the 200 IM (2:11.58), 100 breast (1:02.62) and 200 medley relay (1:47.15) against Calvin (1/28) … placed first in the 100 free (54.24) and 200 medley relay (1:48.72), while also grabbing second in the 50 breast (31.43) at Saginaw Valley State (1/29).
2020-21: Earned CSCAA First Team Scholar All-America recognition. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a two-time Honorable Mention All-American ... finished 12th in the 50 free (WSU season-best time of 23.47 in prelims) and tied-for-15th in the 100 free (matched season-best time of 51.13 in prelims). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned All-GLIAC honors in all seven events ... won GLIAC titles in the 100 free (51.48) and as the leadoff in the 400 free relay (WSU season-best time of 3:25.84) ... finished second as the leadoff in the 200 free relay (WSU season-best time of 1:34.27) and as the second swimmer in the 400 medley relay (WSU season-best time of 3:48.54) ... received Third Team recognition in the 50 free (23.88), 100 breast (1:04.68) and in the 200 medley relay (swam second leg - quartet combined for a WSU season-best time of 1:45.97) ... swam a WSU season-best time of 1:04.51 for the 100 breast in the prelims. SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in all five regular-season meets ... swam a WSU season-best time of 51.13 for 100 free leading off a relay vs. Northern Michigan (3/1) ... posted a pair of WSU season-best times in the NMU/SVSU triangular (2/6) in the 200 breast (2:21.63) and 200 IM (2:09.66) ... swam a 51.85 leading off the 400 free relay vs. NMU (2/7), which broke the pool record from 2010 (set by Ashland) with a 3:28.92 ... 2020-21 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2019-20: Earned CSCAA Scholar All-America recognition. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a four-time All-American swimmer (two First Team Relays and two Honorable Mention Relays) ... assisted WSU to an 11th-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:42.33) ... advanced to the Thursday finals of the 200 free relay after finishing 12th in the prelims ... was scheduled to compete on both the Friday and the Saturday of the NCAA Championships, which were canceled due to COVID-19, as the eighth-seeded 400 free relay (First Team) and the 11th-seeded 800 free relay (First Team). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a five-time All-GLIAC swimmer (four First Team Relays, one Third Team Individual) ... helped Wayne State set the meet record as the lead off in the 400 free relay (3:24.40) ... assisted WSU to first-place finishes in the 200 medley relay (1:42.56) and the 400 medley relay (3:46.04), meeting NCAA standards in both events ... swam the second leg in the top 800 free relay (7:30.19) ... claimed third place in the 200 free with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:51.96 ... placed fourth in the 200 IM with an NCAA B-cut time of 2:04.95 ... finished in the top spot of the 100 breast Consolation finals (1:05.62) ... earned an NCAA B-cut time of 23.90 in the 50 free time trial. SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... assisted WSU to a third-place finish in the 400 medley relay (4:00.14) at the Golden Grizzly Relays (10/12), along with fourth-place finishes in the 200 medley relay (1:48.75), the 800 free relay (8:04.90), the 300 (3x100) breast relay (3:26.34), and the 400 (4x100) IM relay (4:09.91), and a fifth-place finish in the 1500 free relay (16:12.59) ... notched victories in both the 200 IM (2:12.31) and the 400 medley relay (3:59.52) vs. Davenport and Tiffin (10/18) ... swam in the second-place 400 medley relay (3:57.00) versus Oakland (10/25), finished third in both the 100 breast (1:06.43) and the 200 breast (2:25.58), and placed fourth in the 200 IM (2:11.59) ... earned first-place finishes in both the 100 breast (1:06.05) and the 200 medley relay (1:50.52) at Ashland (11/8), and a third-place finish in the 200 free (1:58.22) ... tallied NCAA B-cuts in the 100 breast (1:04.08), the 200 breast (2:19.30), the 400 medley relay (3:46.43), the 200 medley relay (1:43.02), and the 200 free relay (time trial - 1:33.89) at the Denison Invite (12/5-12/7) ... notched victories in the 100 breast (1:07.15), the 200 breast (2:26.00), and the 200 medley relay (1:48.20) at Saginaw Valley State (1/10) ... assisted the Warriors to a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:49.45) vs. Eastern Michigan (1/11), and finished third in both the 100 free (53.55) and the 100 breast (1:07.68) ... earned a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:48.72) at Findlay (1.17), second-place finishes in the 100 breast (1:08.63) and the 100 IM (1:01.04), and a third-place finish in the 50 breast (31.25) ... placed first in the 400 medley relay (3:59.34) versus Grand Valley State (1/25), second in the 100 breast (1:06.88), and third in both the 200 breast (2:25.97) and the 200 IM (2:14.22) ... was a CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-District nominee ... 2019-20 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2018-19: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a five-time All-American (two First Team Relays, three Honorable Mention Relays) ... swam in the fifth-place quartet of the 400 medley relay (3:44.48) ... assisted WSU to an eighth-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:42.77) ... helped the Warriors to a ninth-place finish in the 200 free relay (1:33.17) ... led off the 12th-place quartet in the 400 free relay (3:25.31) ... swam in the 14th-place quartet of the 800 free relay (7:35.29) ... tied-for-28th in the 100 free (51.17). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Was a five-time All-GLIAC swimmer (four First Team and one Third Team) ... earned first place in the 100 breast (B-cut time of 1:02.71) ... assisted WSU to first-place finishes in the 200 medley relay (B-cut time of 1:42.74), the 400 medley relay (B-cut time of 3:45.06), and the 800 free relay (B-cut time of 7:29.64) ... placed third in the 200 breast (B-cut time of 2:19.05) ... finished sixth in the 200 IM (2:05.94) claimed the top spot in the "B" finals of the 200 free (B-cut time of 1:52.45). SEASON: Earned CSCAA Scholar All-American recognition ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in all 10 meets ... swam as a member of the winning quartet of the 400 medley relay (4:00.57) vs. Davenport and Tiffin (10/19) … took the number one spot in the 100 free (53.60) against Ashland (11/10) and competed in the winning quartet of the 200 medley relay (1:48.26) … came in first place in the 200 free (1:57.16) and in the 100 breast (1:05.73), while assisting WSU to a victory in the 200 medley relay (1:48.02) versus Calvin (11/16) … finished the 100 breast in seventh place (B-cut time of 1:03.90) and the 200 medley relay in fifth place (B-cut time of 1:43.37) at day two of the Denison Invite (11/30) … assisted WSU to a victory in the 400 free relay (3:37.46) at Grand Valley State (1/5) … won the 100 breast (1:06.67) at Saginaw Valley State (1/11), while also participating in the winning quartet of the 200 medley relay (1:48.08) … swam in the winning quartet of the 400 free relay (B-cut time of 3:36.20) at DI Eastern Michigan (1/12) … participated in the winning quartets of the 400 medley relay (3:54.68) and the 400 free relay (3:35.91) vs. Findlay (1/18) ... 2018-19 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.
2017-18: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Competed in six events ... earned Honorable Mention All-American accolades in the 400 free relay and the 200 free relay ... helped the 400 free relay to a ninth-place finish (3:23.98) and the 200 free relay to 10th (1:33.28). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Named Freshman of the Year and earned five All-GLIAC honors (three First Team, one Second Team and one Third Team) ... won the 100 breast with a B-cut time of 1:02.87 ... helped the 400 medley relay and the 400 free relay to first-place finishes and a B-cut times of 3:45.75 and 3:26.10 ... joined the 200 medley relay to a second place finish (1:42.96) and an NCAA B-cut ... earned All-GLIAC honors for taking third place in the 200 free (1:52.23) in the B-cut ... claimed fourth in the 200 IM (2:05.48) and the 200 breast (2:19.01). SEASON: Swam in all eight meets ... competed against Oakland (10/27) and was a member of the first place 400 free relay (3:33.31) ... finished second in the 100 back (1:07.14) and the 200 breast (2:23.98) ... won the 100 free (52.70) and finished second in the 200 medley relay (1:51.97) against Ashland and Tiffin (11/3) ... finished first in the 100 free (52.38) and the 100 breast (1:05.4) at Calvin (11/17) ... was the runner up in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.61) and the 100 breaststroke (1:04.44) at the EMU Invite (12/2), and also helped the 200 medley relay (1:45.96) to a second place finish ... earned wins in the 200 breaststroke (2:22.16) and the 100 breaststroke (1:06.75) vs. Grand Valley State (1/6) ... helped the 400 free relay to second place (3:38.50) in the same meet ... won the 100 breaststroke (1:05.68) and the 200 breaststroke (2:22.19) vs. Saginaw Valley State (1/12), and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team (1:47.77) in the same meet ... took second place in the 400 IM (4:46.94) at Findlay (1/19) and helped the 200 medley relay to a runner-up spot (1:49.55) ... finished second in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.65) and the 200 breaststroke (2:26.24) vs. Eastern Michigan (1/20), and was a member of the second place 200 medley relay team (1:45.02).
High School: A 2015 graduate of Chong Hwa Independent High School ... competed in swimming under coach Marylin Chua ... named team captain senior year ... attended Sunway College in 2016.
Personal: Full Name--Jia Yi Koh ... born on March 24, 1998, in Kuatan, Pahang, Malaysia ... daughter of Koh Boon Teck and Tan Fo Choo ... has three older brothers, Sheng Yi, Zi Yi and Shao Yi ... earned a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Food Science in May of 2021 ... currently enrolled in WSU’s Exercise and Sport Science master's program ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020 (4.00), Winter 2021, Fall 2021 (4.00) and Winter 2022 (4.00) ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2020.
