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2025-26 Swimming & Diving Roster

Alexis Wendel

  • Class Senior
  • Major Finance
  • Hometown Winnetka, Ill.
  • High School New Trier
  • Instagram _alexiswendel
  • NIL alexis-wendel

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2024-25

  • Holds third fastest in 200 butterfly (2:00.43) in programs history at the Hawkeye Invite
  • Swam a personal-best in 200 backstroke (2:00.45) at the Big Ten Championships
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2023-24

  • Swam a personal-best 50 backstroke (26.32) at the Boilermaker Invite
  • Clocked a personal-best 200 backstroke (2:01.60) at the Big Ten Championships
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2022-23

  • Swam the program's fifth fastest 200 butterfly (2:01.36) at the Hawkeye Invitational
  • Clocked a personal-best 200 butterfly (2:01.36) at the Hawkeye Invitational
  • Recorded a personal-best 100 backstroke (56.01) in the CSCAA NIC Time Trials

High School

  • Illinois state record holder in the 200 medley relay - fly leg (24.94)
  • 7th place in the 100 fly at IHSA state
  • 2021 All-American, Academic All-American and All-State,  3x All Conference, Illinois State Scholar

Personal

Daughter of David and Jill Wendel. Her identical twin, Leslie, is on the Iowa swim and dive team. Her mother, Jill, competed on the women's swim and dive team at Illinois from 1988-92.  

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Fly/Back
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Fly/Back
  • 2024-25Junior

    Fly/Back
  • 2025-26Senior

    Fly/Back