8 Vanessa Hinojosa
8 - Vanessa Hinojosa
Height: 5-6
Year: Soph
High School: Bell Gardens
Position: 2-Meter
Major: Math

Cerritos College Water Polo (2015): Named 1st Team All-South Coast Conference… Led the team with 58 goals and added four assists and 20 steals…..

Cerritos College Swimming (2016): Swam the 100-yard butterfly (1:15.53), 100-yard butterfly (1:17.25), 100-yard breaststroke (1:34.81), 100-yard backstroke (1:23.45), 200-yard freestyle (2:30.96), 200-yard butterfly (2:58.41) and 200-yard IM (2:00.80)…..

Cerritos College Swimming (2015): Competed in the 50-yard breaststroke (41.00), 50-yard butterfly (35.59), 100-yard butterfly (1:21.97), 200-yard freestyle (2:33.56), 200-yard butterfly (3:01.51), 200-yard IM (2:57.50), 1000-yard freestyle (14:29.79)…..

UC Irvine: Attended UC Irvine out of high school, but they do not have a swimming program…..

Bell Gardens HS: Named 1st Team All-Almont League as a senior after earning 2nd Team all-honors as a junior… Helped the team win the El Rancho Tournament her junior season… Voted her team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a freshman and sophomore on the junior varsity team… As a member of the swimming team, she specialized in the 50-yard freestyle (29.0), 100-yard freestyle (1:06) and 100-yard butterfly (1:15), while also swimming a leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay…..

Personal: Most memorable moment was when she turned in her personal best time in the 50-yard freestyle… Would like to transfer to either UC Irvine or Cal State Fullerton and aspires to be a math teacher… Six of her cousins competed in water polo and swimming in high school… Hobbies include playing Pokémon Go … Has two siblings – Ashley (24) and Carlos (18)… Is the daughter of Carlos and Alicia Hinojisa… Born in Bellflower, CA on May 8, 1995…..

Favorite Athlete: Alyssa Parsley               Favorite Movie:  “Zootopia”
Favorite Food:  Thai                                Favorite TV Show: “Orange is the New Black”
Favorite Book:  “Brave New World”