Joy Jason

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Port Allen, La.

Career Top Times
100 breast: 1:02.79 at American Athletic Conference Championships (2/17-20/16)
200 breast: 2:18.33 at American Athletic Conference Championships (2/17-20/16)
50 free: 25.00 at West Florida Quad (10/16-17/15)
100 free: 55.99 at Houston Quad Meet (1/31/14)
500 free: 5:14.51 vs UALR (10/12/13)
200 IM: 2:05.71 (pre) at American Athletic Conference Championships (2/18-21/15)

Career Notes: Ranks second in school history in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast ... Boast the sixth-best time at Tulane in the 200 IM ... Notched nine of the 15 top spots on the 200 breast overall list in school history ... Holds one spots on the overall 100 breast top times list.

2016-17: Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of second-fastest 400 medley relay team (3:40.15) and the fourth-fastest 200 medley relay team (1:41.69) in program history with both marks set at the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships…Swam her second-fastest 100 breaststroke time at the conference meet...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016...Named to Tulane University's Spring 2017 Dean's List...Named a winner of the 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award.

2015-16: Swam in all seven regular season meets as a junior ... Set a personal record in the 100 breast at the AAC Championships ... Earned a pair of first-place finishes in the 100 and 200 breast at the West Florida Quad ... Brought home four additional podium finishes, including a first-place showing in the 100 breast against North Florida and a second-place showing in the 200 breast against Vanderbilt ... In relay action, helped her 200 medley team to three podium finishes, including a win at the West Florida Quad...Named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2014-15: Competed in nine meets as well as the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Brought home three second-place finishes and finished first in the 100 breast at TCU ... Earned first-place finishes in the 100 and 200 breast against West Florida ... Set season-best time in the 100 breast (1:03.51), 200 breast (2:20.52) and the 200 IM prelims (2:05.71) at the American Athletic Conference Championships...Named to the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2013-14: Swam in all nine meets as a true freshman ... Posted season-best times of 25.64 in the 50 free with a lead-off split at LSU, 55.99 in the 100 free with a lead-off split at the Houston Quad Meet, 1:02.90 in the 100 breast during the preliminaries of the Conference USA Championship, 2:07.76 in the 200 IM at the Phill Hansel Invite, 2:19.48 in the 200 breast at the C-USA Championship and 5:14.51 in the 500 free against UALR ... Top times in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM ranks second, second and sixth, respectively, in Tulane individual career history ... Tallied nine individual top three finishes: winning the 100 breast against UALR, Vanderbilt and at North Texas; finishing second in the 100 breast at West Florida and at LSU, in the 200 breast against Vanderbilt and at North Texas, and in the 500 free against UALR; and posting a third-place performance in the 200 breast at West Florida ... In relay action, claimed Third Team All C-USA honors in the 400 medley after swimming the second leg of the event to help the unit clock a school-record 3:42.93 ... Also helped the relay teams post eight other top three finishes with a win in the 200 medley at UALR, second-place showings in the 200 free at UALR, in the 400 free at North Texas and in the 200 medley both against Vanderbilt and at North Texas, third-place performances in the 200 free and 400 medley at LSU, and a tie for third in the 200 medley at West Florida ... Away from the pool, claimed C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and Tulane 3.0 Club recognition, and earned C-USA Academic Medal honors after posting a GPA of 3.75 or higher.

High School: Home-schooled as a prepster and competed for Tiger Aquatics ... In 2012, won Louisiana Short Course titles in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes as well as the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyles while finishing third in the 400 IM ... At the Long Course Championship, won the 100 breast, finished second in the 800 free, 1500 free and 200 breast, and came in third in the 200 free ... In 2011, won the 200 breast (2:22.90), 500 fly (5:10.22) and 100 breast (1:05.87) at the Louisiana Short Course State Championship ... Was the state's high-point winner, a Junior National Qualifier in the 100 breast while claiming the Don Cook Memorial Award and Academic All-America distinction ... Part of a 400 medley relay team with set the state record in the event with a mark of 4:37.03 during the 2011 TAZ Summer Classic Invitational ... Also attended Junior Nationals in Palo Alto, California that season.

Personal: Born in Luling, La. ...Has three sisters and one brother, Dylan ... Father played college basketball at Carnegie Mellon ... Majoring in biomedical engineering.