Villanova Univeristy Athletics

 

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2023-34 (Senior)
Co-Most Outstanding Swimmer	BIG EAST Championships
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard IM (2:00.91 prelim) (1:59.20 final)
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard Backstroke (1:57.10 prelim) (1:55.58 final)
All-BIG EAST	200 IM
All-BIG EAST	200 Breast
All-BIG EAST	100 Back
All-BIG EAST	200 Medley Relay
All-BIG EAST	400 Medley Relay
2022-23 (Junior)
BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week	November 23
Most Outstanding Swimmer	BIG EAST Championships
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard Medley Relay (Backstroke Leg) - 1:40.48 (25.28 split)
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard IM (2:01.35 prelim) (2:00.18 final)
BIG EAST Champion	100 Yard Backstroke (55.14 prelim) (53.97 final)
BIG EAST Champion	400 Medley Relay (Backstroke Leg) - 3:42.13 (54.63 split)
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard Backstroke (1:57.71 prelim) (1:56.30 final)
All-BIG EAST	200 IM
All-BIG EAST	100 Backstroke
All-BIG EAST	200 Backstroke
All-BIG EAST	200 Medley Relay
All-BIG EAST	400 Medley Relay
2021-22 (Sophomore)
All-BIG EAST	100 Yard Backstroke
All-BIG EAST	200 Yard Backstroke
2020-21 (Freshman)
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard Backstroke (1:59.99 prelim) (1:59.24 final)
All-BIG EAST	200 Yard Backstroke
All-BIG EAST	400 Yard Medley Relay (Backstroke Leg)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Team (2023-24)
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team (2023-24)
CSCAA Scholar All-America (Second Team, 2022-23)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

Villanova Career: Back-to-back BIG EAST Most Outstanding Swimmer at the championship meet … Eight-time BIG EAST Champion with titles in the 100 Back, three in the 200 Back, two in the 200 IM and adding one in the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay … 14-time All-BIG EAST performer … Has tallied 12 individual top-eight finishes at the BIG EAST meet … Tied for the second-fastest 200 IM (1:59.20) in program history and is the third-fastest performer in the 50 Back (25.28), 100 Back (53.82) and 200 Back (1:55.48) … Holds three of the program’s top-10 times in the 200 Back.
 
2023-24: Capped her Villanova career with a second consecutive BIG EAST Most Outstanding Swimmer award … Won a pair of BIG EAST Championships and earned All-BIG EAST status in three other events … Posted season-highs in the 100 Back (53.82), 200 Back (1:55.48), 200 IM (1:59.20) and 100 Fly (57.00); BIG EAST Championships (2/28-3/2): Successfully defended her titles in the 200 Back (1:55.48) and 200 IM (1:59.20) en route to going back-to-back as the BIG EAST’s Most Outstand Swimmer … Added a silver medal in the 100 Back (53.82) .. Swam the opening leg for a pair of silver medal relays … Posted a 55.94 split in the 400 Medley Relay (3:42.68) and went 25.56 in the 200 Medley Relay (1:40.60); Penn State (2/3): Touched second in the 200 Back (2:05.96) and third in the 100 Breast (1:07.82) … Opening leg for the A team’s third-place 400 Medley Relay showing (3:51.79); WVU/Iowa State (1/27): Won the 200 Back (1:59.61) … Posted a 25.91 opening leg time for a second-place 200 Medley Relay (1:42.39) with the A team; Rutgers (1/20): Top-three in all of her appearances … Second in the 100 Back (57.43) and third in both the 200 Back (2:04.35) and 200 IM (2:09.60) … Went 27.06 as the opener for the A team in a 200 Medley Relay win (1:45.76); Richmond (1/12): Touched in 59.12 for the A team’s 400 Medley Relay win (3:53.58); WVU Invitational (11/16-18): Led Villanova third-place finishes in the 100 Back (54.24) and 200 IM (2:00.96); Penn (11/8): Grabbed a trio of wins in the 100 Back (56.28), 200 Back (2:02.16) and 200 IM (2:08.61) … Went 26.65 to open the 200 Medley Relay for the A team’s second-place finish (1:44.91); La Salle (11/4): Won the 100 Back (57.56) … Part of the A team’s 200 Medley Relay win (1:45.01) with an opening time of 27.01; Georgetown (10/28): Won the 100 Back (57.42), 200 Back (2:02.58) and 200 IM (2:06.00) … Finished second with the A team in the 200 Medley Relay (1:44.91) with an opening-leg 26.77; UConn (10/21): Won the 200 Back (2:01.76) and 200 IM (2:06.72) … Touched second in the 100 Back (56.27) … Went 56.25 as the opening leg for the A team’s second-place 400 Medley Relay (3:52.99).
 
2022-23: Had a dominant junior year that ended with her being named the Most Outstanding Women’s Swimmer at the BIG EAST Championships … Left the championships with a gold medal in all five events she competed in, three as an individual and two in relays, also earning All-BIG EAST status in each event; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-23): Swept the backstroke with winning times of 53.97 in the 100, a new personal best, and 1:56.30 in the 200 … Victorious in the 200 IM  with a personal best 2:00.18 …  Swam opening backstroke for both winning Medley Relays, posting a 54.63 split for the winning 400 Medley Relay (3:42.13) and a 25.28 split in the 200 Medley Relay (1:40.48); West Virginia (1/28): Finished second in the 100 Back (58.34) … Opened the 400 Medley Relay with a 59.54 split in the A team’s third-place finish (3:53.47); Penn State (1/27): Second in the 200 Back (2:04.00) and third in the 100 Back (58.27); Rutgers (1/21): Finished top three in all four events she competed in  … Won the 200 IM (2:08.68) while taking second in the 100 Back (57.22) and third in the 200 Back (2:04.33) … Part of the A team’s second-place showing in the 200 Medley Relay (1:45.74) with an opening leg split of 27.12; Richmond (1/13): Swept the top spot in the backstroke with a 56.73 time in the 100 and a 2:01.93 in the 200 … Touched second in the 400 IM (4:32.36) … Backstroke for the A team that finished second in the 200 Medley Relay (1:46.51); La Salle (11/22): Had four winning swims in the duel … Won the 100 Back (55.84), 200 Back (2:00.56) and 200 IM (2:01.57) while helping the A team to a win in the 200 Medley Relay (1:43.21) … WVU Invitational (11/17-19): Won the 200 Back with a personal best time of 1:56.00 … Also won the 200 IM (2:00.26), 400 IM (4:18.73) and earned a second-place finish in the 100 Back (54.39); Penn (11/9): Won the 100 Back (57.44) and was second in the 200 Back (2:06.86) … Swam a 27.14 backstroke for the A team’s second-place 200 Medley Relay (1:46.07); Georgetown (10/28): Touched first in both the 100 Back (57.60) and 200 Back (2:03.68) and added a third-place showing in the 200 IM (2:08/84) … Posted a 26.91 opening leg in the 200 Medley Relay where the A team finished second (1:46.04); UConn (10/20): Won the 200 IM in 2:07.17 and was second in the 100 Back with a time of 57.29 … Swam a 26.73 breaststroke for the A team’s second-place 200 Medley Relay (1:45.40).
 
2021-22: Collected three top-eight finishes at the BIG EAST Championship, garnering All-BIG EAST status in the 100 Back and 200 Back; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Earned All-BIG EAST status in the 200 Back for a second straight year while earning her first laurel in the 100 Back … Had a trio of A-Final swims … Earned bronze in both the 100 Back (55.26) and 200 Back (1:58.67) … Finished fifth in the 200 IM (2:02.20); Penn State (1/28): Landed as high as sixth in both the 100 Back (59.79) and the 200 Medley Relay as the opening leg for the “C” team; West Virginia/Iowa State (1/22): Highest finish in the meet came with a sixth-place showing the “B” team in the 200 Medley relay, posting a 27.85 opening leg split for the group that finished in 1:49.54; Pittsburgh (1/20): Opened the 200 Medley Relay for the “A” team that finished third in 1:47.09 … Had a pair of seventh-place swims in the 400 IM (4:43.77) and 100 Back (59.92); Rutgers (1/17): Finished no lower than third in the trio of events she competed in … Hit the lane first for the 400 Medley Relay team that finished second in 3:56.58 … Was third in both the 200 IM (2:09.80) and the 200 Back (2:05.20); Richmond (1/14): Touched the wall fourth in the 100 Back with a time of 59.45 … Finished fifth in the 200 Back at 2:09.19 while also helping the “B” team to a fifth-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:52.19; La Salle (11/23): Won the 100 Fly (58.05) before collecting a new personal best time with a second-place showing in the 100 IM (1:00.68) … Led-off the 200 Medley team that won in 1:48.74; WVU Invitational (11/18-11/20): Had a week-high finish of fourth in the 400 IM (4:28.82) … Was the opening leg of the fourth-place 300 Medley Relay team that finished in 3:46.38; Penn (11/10): Had a runner-up performance in the 100 Back with a 57.67 time … Finished third in the 400 IM at 4:41.01 … Opened the 200 Medley Relay for a group that landed fourth with a 1:49.05 time; Georgetown (10/30): Came in third in the 200 Back at 2:07.57; UCONN (10/16): Swam first leg for the third-place 200 Medley Relay team that finished in 1:47.19 … Finished fourth in the 100 Back (58.79) and 200 IM (2:11.07).
 
2020-21: Made an immediate impact in her first collegiate season and was a BIG EAST champion in the 200 back … Tallied three individual top-eight finishes at the conference championships and earned All-BIG EAST honors as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 400 medley relay … Posted the fastest times on the team in both the 100 back and the 200 back during the year … Competed at four regular season meets prior to the BIG EAST Championships; BIG EAST Championships (4/7-4/10): Won her first career individual BIG EAST title as a freshman when she touched the wall first in the 200 back … Broke two minutes in both the prelims (1:59.99) and the final (1:59.24) … Led a field of 24 athletes in the preliminary heats and held onto the top spot to win the final … Came in fourth in the final of the 100 back with a time of 55.78 … Moved up two spots from the prelims when she was sixth overall in 56.41 … Her times in the final of both backstroke events were the fastest by a Villanova swimmer during the season … Finished fifth in the 200 IM in 2:04.54 … Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 200 back and as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 400 medley relay … Led off the relay with a 100 back split of 56.32 and Villanova went on to finish second in the race with a time of 3:42.42; Delaware (2/13): Individual winner in the 100 back with a winning time of 59.11 in her collegiate debut … Came in third in the 200 back (2:11.05) and fifth in the 100 fly (1:02.67) versus the Blue Hens … Led off for the “B” lineup in the 200 medley relay and had a 50 back split of 28.02 for a team which came in third in 1:50.25; Drexel (3/3): Finished third in the 200 IM (2:12.77) and sixth in the 100 IM (1:03.16) in a home dual meet … Led off the “B” lineup in the 200 medley relay for a squad which came in second with a time of 1:50.42; Seton Hall (3/7): Recorded a first place finish in the 100 back with a winning time of 59.16, came in fourth in the 200 back (2:08.27) and was fifth in the 200 IM (2:13.45) … Led off the 200 medley relay in a lineup that finished third in 1:50.83; Loyola Md. (3/13): Finished third in both the 100 back (59.41) and the 200 back (2:09.04) while placing fifth in the 200 IM (2:12.84) … Led off the 400 medley relay with a 100 back split of 58.62 as Villanova won the race in 3:5392.
 
Club Swimming: Competed for Georgia Coastal Aquatic Team … Was the Georgia Short Course state champion in the 100 and 200 yard backstroke events, as well as the 2018 state champion in the 200 back and a runner-up finisher in both the 400 yard individual medley and the 100 back … Set nine team records for the 15-18 age group.
 
Savannah Country Day School: Member of the varsity swimming team … As a sophomore in 2018 was the GHSA 1-3A state champion in the 100 yard backstroke and the 200 yard individual medley … As a senior was the runner-up in the 100 back and came in third in the 200 IM … Named the Savannah Coastal Empire Swimmer of the Year as both a sophomore and a senior … Chosen as her team’s Most Valuable Swimmer as a freshman, sophomore and senior … Three-time winner of the Scholar-Athlete Award and a three-time Scholastic All-American academically.
 
Personal: Born 3/27/02 in Asheville, N.C. … Younger of two children of John and Stacey Pastorek … Has an older brother, Brennan (23), who was a college swimmer and three-time All-American competing in the breaststroke and individual medley at Stanford … Enjoys listening to music, painting and yoga in her spare time … Chose to attend Villanova for its family atmosphere and the close-knit feel of the swimming & diving program … Felt that her teammates and the coaching staff truly wanted each person to succeed academically and athletically … Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business and has yet to declare a major.