COURTESY OF NSU ATHLETICS Emily Trieschmann, graduating property management and real estate major, is at the starting platform ready to race.
Leading the NSU women’s swimming team to the 2023-2024 NCAA Division II National Championship, Emily Trieschmann ends her swimming career with numerous records and is ready for a new chapter.
“I’m grateful for everything it’s brought me, but I’m ready to close the chapter of swimming,” Trieschmann said.
At the age of 5, Trieschmann built a love-hate relationship with swimming, but ultimately found herself stuck to the sport.
“I started and I absolutely hated it, so I started taking up basketball and I had to choose between the two,” Trieschmann said. “But through it all, I always came back to swimming and ended up liking it and enjoying it so that’s how it stuck.”
The Lake Worth-native swam throughout high school at St. Andrews School in Boca Raton from 2017-2021. During her senior year, Trieschmann faced a major injury that impacted her college commitment decision.
“I was actually committed to Northwestern, and I had to decommit,” Trieschmann said. “My shoulder just kept falling out of place, so they went in and tightened it up in surgery.”
Trieschmann attended Florida State University as a freshman from 2021-2022 but quickly found her way to NSU one year later. The property management and real estate major and swimmer was surprised when she discovered she was allowed to train for distance swimming at NSU, which wasn’t allowed at FSU.
“That was a great thing that the coaches let me do and I was honestly shocked about how hard the practices were,” Trieschmann said. “They were a lot harder here than they were at Florida State.”
Trieschmann was pleasantly surprised with her swimming performance at NSU after comparing her swimming times to previous years.
“In all honesty, I went so much faster in Division II,” Trieschmann said. “I wish I came to Nova my freshman year. I wish I didn’t think that I had to go to a Division I school to swim fast.”
After officially becoming a Shark in 2022, Trieschmann went on to become the first NSU swimmer and third overall to win SSC Swimmer of the Year twice, earned four individual and one relay national championships for the Sharks at the NCAA Championship, and set the NCAA record in the 1000-freestyle with a time of 9:38.98.
“She was setting school and NCAA records in a multitude of events, so I just feel that she had a total and complete championship this season,” said head swimming coach Ben Hewitt. “It’s definitely one for the books and one we will always remember.”
During the NCAA Division II National Championship, Trieschmann won titles in the 200 Free, 500 Free, 1000 Free, and 1650 Free, and was a part of the 800 Free Relay team.
Hewitt highlighted how Trieschmann inspired her teammates with her unique mentality while in and out of the water during the championship.
“She’s got an all gas no breaks mentality,” Hewitt said. “She’s really good at keeping us on our toes and getting us to think big and think a little bit opportunistically.”
After coaching and building a relationship with Trieschmann for two years, Hewitt learned a few things from the star swimmer.
“She has taught me to not be afraid to challenge someone in a unique and individual way,” Hewitt said. “She can make a lot of people better just by being herself and setting a high standard.”
While her swimming career comes to an end, Trieschmann plans on beginning a career in property management and real estate development in West Palm Beach, while also pursuing her master’s at NSU in real estate development.
Hewitt is confident that Trieschmann will be successful in anything she chooses.
“The determination that Emily possesses in general and all aspects of her life is really unparalleled,” Hewitt said.
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