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Honors & Awards
7x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall '21, Fall '22, Spring '23, Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25)
CAA Champion
2025: 100 Breast, 200 MR
2024: 100 Breast, 200 IM, 400 MR
2023: 100 Breast, 200 MR, 400 MR
2024-25 (Senior)
Competed in eight meets... Recorded a pair of top-three finishes in the season opener at the W&M Quad Meet (10/5/24)... Placed second in the 200 IM at the Navy Tri-Meet (10/12/24)... Posted a victory in the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.69 in a win vs. Johns Hopkins (10/26/24)... Had the fastest time in the 200 IM at the WVU Invitational, clocking in at 2:01.52 (11/20/24)... Finished first in the 100 breast and set a pool record with a time of 1:02.01 in a win vs. Davidson (1/18/25)... Won the 100 breast and 200 breast to lead the Tribe over Georgetown (1/25/25)... Qualified for three finals events at the CAA Championships, winning gold in the 100 breast with a school-record time of 1:00.19 (2/26/25)... Also part of the championship-winning 200 medley relay team that broke the school record with a mark of 1:38.48.
2023-24 (Junior)
Competed in nine meets... Opened the season with a victory in the 100 breast in a win at Johns Hopkins, posting a time of 1:03.77 (10/7/23)... Finished first in the 100 breast and 200 medley relay vs. UNCW (10/14/23)... Had three event victories in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM against Towson (10/21/23)... Posted a time of 1:03.23 to win the 100 breast in a win vs. Loyola (11/4/23)... Set a personal best in the 200 breast with a time of 2:15.50 to place third at the WVU Invitational (11/16/23)... Had a trio of top-three finishes at the ODU Tri-Meet (1/13/24)... Secured victories in the 100 breast and 200 IM at Davidson (1/20/24)... Three-event finalist at the CAA Championships (2/28/24)... Won gold in the 100 breast (1:00.84) and 200 IM (1:58.96) along with the 200 medley relay... Also placed second in the 200 breast with a time of 2:13.25.
2022-23 (Sophomore)
Swam a 1:00.90 time to win the 100 breast event at the CAA Championships… Was a finalist in two other events, finishing fourth in the 200 IM (2:00.37) and sixth in the 200 breast with a time of 2:16.44 (2/23/23)... Swam in 21 events over eight meets… Finished on the podium in 11 events, including four first place finishes… Won the 200 IM to begin the season at UNCW (10/2/22)... Had a pair of second place finishes and won the 200 IM in a win over Johns Hopkins (10/15/22)... Finished first in the 100 breast and second in the 200 against Davidson (1/21/23)... Was on the Tribe’s record breaking 200 medley relay team to earn another gold medal at the CAA Championships… Also was on the record breaking 400 medley relay team that won gold.
2021-22 (Freshman)
Swam in 19 events over the course of eight meets and was a three-even finalist at the CAA Championships… Set the William & Mary freshman record with a 200 IM time of 2:02.90 to finish with a silver medal at the CAA Championships (2/20/22)... Finished second in the 100 breast in her collegiate debut at Johns Hopkins (10/16/21)... Also finished second in the 200 breast against UMBC (10/30/21)... Was fifth in the 100 breast at the West Virginia Invitational… Also finished ninth in the 200 breast and 10th in the 200 IM at the event… Won the B final of both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events with a ninth-place overall finish at the CAA Championships.
High School
Four-year letter winner at Notre Dame Prep… Was the 2019-20 IAAM champion in the 100 breast and 200 free relay, second in medley relay, and third in 200 IM… Second in the IAAM in the 200 free relay and named all-conference in 2018-19… Finished second in the IAAM championship in the 100 back and 400 free relay.
Personal
Born Oct. 8, 2002 to Andrew and Keri Scherer… Three years on the honor roll in high school… Alex’s Lemonade Stand co-chair in high school… Self-love and awareness co-chair… Historical period drama society… Model UN member… Father played soccer at Virginia Tech… Sister Madeline graduated from William & Mary in 2021… Majoring in government.
