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2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Schott, Mitchell
Mitchell Schott
- Position:
- Free/Fly/IM
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Culver Military Academy
Bio
Honors
5x Ivy League Champion (First Team All-Ivy)
2025: 200 freestyle, 200 IM, 200 butterfly, 800 freestyle relay
2023: 800 Freestyle Relay
3x Ivy League Runner Up (Second Team All-Ivy)
2024: 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay
2023: 400 Medley Relay
NCAA Championships Qualifier, 200 butterfly, 200 IM, 400 IM, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay (2025)
2x CSCAA Scholar All-American (2024, 2023)
William B. Nash Memorial Trophy (2023)
Lifetime Bests
No. 1, 200 freestyle, 1:31.63
No. 1, 500 freestyle, 4:15.76
No. 1, 1000 freestyle, 8:52.16
No. 1, 800 freestyle relay, 6:13.71
No. 1, 400 freestyle relay, 2:49.93
No. 1, 200 butterfly, 1:40.42
No. 2, 100 freestyle, 42.44
No. 2, 200 IM, 1:41.44
No. 2, 400 IM, 3:49.69
No. 2, 200 backstroke 1:41.78
No. 4, 100 butterfly, 46.40
2024-25: Served as a team captain for the 2024-25 season and had a career year…finished 17th in the 200 IM and 28th in the 200 butterfly at the NCAA Championships…Ivy League Championships High Point Swimmer of the Meet…Ivy League Champion in the 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle and the 200 IM… part of the Ivy League Champion 800 freestyle relay squad that broke a program record and finished with an NCAA A cut…won the 200 butterfly and 200 freestyle at HYP…won the 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly and finished second in the tri-meet with Penn State/Virginia Tech…set new program records in the 1000 freestyle (8:52.16) and 500 freestyle (4:15.76) at the Kenyon/Navy tri-meet…won the 200 butterfly and the 400 IM at the Big Al Invitational…won the 1000 freestyle at Penn/Cornell…won the 200 butterfly and 500 freestyle at the dual-meet with Columbia…won the 200 freestyle and the 400 IM at the Brown/Dartmouth tri-meet…set a new DeNunzio pool record in the 400 IM (3:40.49)..helped set three new pool records at Columbia in the 200 medley relay (1:26.94), the 400 freestyle relay (2:54.26) and the 200 butterfly (1:42.22)
2023-24: Finished second in the 400 freestyle relay, second in the 800 freestyle relay, fourth in the 100 freestyle, fifth in the 200 freestyle and sixth in the 200 IM at the Ivy League Championships … won the 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 100 freestyle at the H-Y-P meet … won the 200 freestyle and finished second in the 1000 freestyle at the Notre Dame-Navy tri-meet … eon the 200 freestyle and finished second in the 500 freestyle and 100 freestyle at the Big Al Invitational … won the 200 freestyle, finished second in the 200 IM and fourth in the 100 freestyle at the Virginia Tech-Penn State tri-meet … competed in five regular season meets
2022-23: Finished first in the 800 freestyle relay, second in the 400 medley relay, third in the 500 freestyle, third in the 200 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships … finished third in the 500 freestyle, third in the 200 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle at the Big Al Invitational … competed in eight regular season meets.
Pre-Princeton Top Times: SCY 500 Free 4:25.79, 200 Free 1:35.48, 100 Free 44.98; LCM 100 Free 50.33, 200 Free 1:51.05, 100 Fly 54.61, 200 IM 2:06.08
Before Princeton: Broke/hold every individual school record … 2022 Indiana State Champion in 200 Free (1:35.48 Y), third in State 500 Free … Team Captain senior year … swam for Irvine NOVAquatics … holds six individual and four relay team records, including 15-16 200 Free (1:51.70 L) formerly held by Tom Shields, 200 IM (2:06.20 L) formerly held by Aaron Piersol, and senior 400 Free Relay (3:19.61 L) … two-time Scholastic All-American … 2022 International Team Trials Qualifier … 2022 Excellence in Chinese Award … 2022 Athlete of the Year … 2022 YMCA Cup
Personal: Son of Paul and Darcie Schott … his father Paul played lacrosse at Bryant, graduating in 1986 … has an older sister, Josephine, and an older brother, Hayden, who is a baseball recruit at Columbia ’23 … planning on majoring in Industrial Design
5x Ivy League Champion (First Team All-Ivy)
2025: 200 freestyle, 200 IM, 200 butterfly, 800 freestyle relay
2023: 800 Freestyle Relay
3x Ivy League Runner Up (Second Team All-Ivy)
2024: 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay
2023: 400 Medley Relay
NCAA Championships Qualifier, 200 butterfly, 200 IM, 400 IM, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay (2025)
Phil Moriarty High Point Swimmer of the Meet (2025)
CSC Academic All-District (2024)2x CSCAA Scholar All-American (2024, 2023)
William B. Nash Memorial Trophy (2023)
Lifetime Bests
- 100 freestyle – 42.44
- 200 freestyle – 1:31.63
- 500 freestyle – 4:15.76
- 1000 freestyle – 8:52.16
- 200 backstroke – 1:41.78
- 200 IM – 1:41.44
No. 1, 200 freestyle, 1:31.63
No. 1, 500 freestyle, 4:15.76
No. 1, 1000 freestyle, 8:52.16
No. 1, 800 freestyle relay, 6:13.71
No. 1, 400 freestyle relay, 2:49.93
No. 1, 200 butterfly, 1:40.42
No. 2, 100 freestyle, 42.44
No. 2, 200 IM, 1:41.44
No. 2, 400 IM, 3:49.69
No. 2, 200 backstroke 1:41.78
No. 4, 100 butterfly, 46.40
2024-25: Served as a team captain for the 2024-25 season and had a career year…finished 17th in the 200 IM and 28th in the 200 butterfly at the NCAA Championships…Ivy League Championships High Point Swimmer of the Meet…Ivy League Champion in the 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle and the 200 IM… part of the Ivy League Champion 800 freestyle relay squad that broke a program record and finished with an NCAA A cut…won the 200 butterfly and 200 freestyle at HYP…won the 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly and finished second in the tri-meet with Penn State/Virginia Tech…set new program records in the 1000 freestyle (8:52.16) and 500 freestyle (4:15.76) at the Kenyon/Navy tri-meet…won the 200 butterfly and the 400 IM at the Big Al Invitational…won the 1000 freestyle at Penn/Cornell…won the 200 butterfly and 500 freestyle at the dual-meet with Columbia…won the 200 freestyle and the 400 IM at the Brown/Dartmouth tri-meet…set a new DeNunzio pool record in the 400 IM (3:40.49)..helped set three new pool records at Columbia in the 200 medley relay (1:26.94), the 400 freestyle relay (2:54.26) and the 200 butterfly (1:42.22)
2023-24: Finished second in the 400 freestyle relay, second in the 800 freestyle relay, fourth in the 100 freestyle, fifth in the 200 freestyle and sixth in the 200 IM at the Ivy League Championships … won the 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 100 freestyle at the H-Y-P meet … won the 200 freestyle and finished second in the 1000 freestyle at the Notre Dame-Navy tri-meet … eon the 200 freestyle and finished second in the 500 freestyle and 100 freestyle at the Big Al Invitational … won the 200 freestyle, finished second in the 200 IM and fourth in the 100 freestyle at the Virginia Tech-Penn State tri-meet … competed in five regular season meets
2022-23: Finished first in the 800 freestyle relay, second in the 400 medley relay, third in the 500 freestyle, third in the 200 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships … finished third in the 500 freestyle, third in the 200 freestyle and third in the 100 freestyle at the Big Al Invitational … competed in eight regular season meets.
Pre-Princeton Top Times: SCY 500 Free 4:25.79, 200 Free 1:35.48, 100 Free 44.98; LCM 100 Free 50.33, 200 Free 1:51.05, 100 Fly 54.61, 200 IM 2:06.08
Before Princeton: Broke/hold every individual school record … 2022 Indiana State Champion in 200 Free (1:35.48 Y), third in State 500 Free … Team Captain senior year … swam for Irvine NOVAquatics … holds six individual and four relay team records, including 15-16 200 Free (1:51.70 L) formerly held by Tom Shields, 200 IM (2:06.20 L) formerly held by Aaron Piersol, and senior 400 Free Relay (3:19.61 L) … two-time Scholastic All-American … 2022 International Team Trials Qualifier … 2022 Excellence in Chinese Award … 2022 Athlete of the Year … 2022 YMCA Cup
Personal: Son of Paul and Darcie Schott … his father Paul played lacrosse at Bryant, graduating in 1986 … has an older sister, Josephine, and an older brother, Hayden, who is a baseball recruit at Columbia ’23 … planning on majoring in Industrial Design
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
James Pan's Summer of Cancer Research
Thursday, August 24
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
