MVHS alum Tess Schofield, now a senior at UCLA, was named UCLA Student Athlete of the Week for March 9-15 according to UCLA Swimming. Tess is a tower diver. She was selected over athlete nominees from other sports, including baseball, gymnastics, track & field, basketball, golf, and water polo.
She will compete in the NCAA Championships this week, after qualifying by winning the tower event at the NCAA Zone E Championships. It was Schofield’s second win at Zone E, where she took the only individual title for the Bruins.
At Mission High Tess compiled an impressive resume: Four-year letterwinner; 2005 first-team All-American; Two-time All-American; Two-time South Coast League Champion (’04, ’05); 2005 CIF Division I runner-up; Two-time team captain; 2003 South Coast League runner-up; Four-time Scholar-athlete; Eight-time Jr. National Qualifier and three-time US Senior National Qualifier for the Crown Valley Divers.
Schofield is the daughter of Charles and Sharon Schofield. She is majoring in Communications Studies at UCLA. [UCLA Swim Photo]
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