Jade Roghair

Class:
Junior
High School:
Iowa City West HS
Hometown:
Iowa City, Iowa

Honors and Awards:

2025 Academic All-Big Ten honoree
2x winner of the Outstanding Student-Athlete Award winner at the 2024 and 2025 team banquets

2024-25 Sophomore Season: Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... won Outstanding Student-Athlete of the year for a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher ... First Chance Meet: first in 500 free (4:53.66), 200 free (1:48.82), and 1650 free (16:56.25), and second in 100 free (51.94) ... Purdue/Northwestern Tri-Dual: eighth in 100 free (10:08.58), and fourth in 800 free relay (7:19.28) ... Arizona Dual: third in 1000 free (10:11.23) ... Arizona State Dual: fourth in 200 free (1:48.51), and sixth in 500 free (4:51.07) ... Minnesota Invite: 11th in 500 free (4:51.53) and 1650 free (17:04.40), and 12th in 200 free (1:49.18) ... Iowa Dual: second in 200 free (1:51.54), and 500 free (4:59.02) ... Wisconsin Dual: seventh in 1000 free (10:08.03) ... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: first in 200 free (1:51.91), 500 free (5:00.58), and 400 free relay (3:28.74) ... Army Dual: fourth in 500 free (4:52.58) and 400 free relay (3:22.90) ... South Dakota/Nebraska Tri-Dual: second in 200 free (1:51.10), third in 500 free (4:56.29), and 400 free relay (3:30.28)

2023-24 Freshman Season: Outstanding Student-Athlete Award winner at team banquet... Big Tens: swam the 200 free (1:49.78), 500 free (4:52.72) and 1650 free (17:19.48)... Purdue/Iowa/Northwestern Quad-Dual: finished sixth in both the 500 free (4:55.19) and 1000 free (10:05.86)... Pitt Dual: placed fourth in both the 200 free (1:54.35) and the 500 free (5:09.17)... Tampa Dual: won the 200 free (1:53.79) and 500 free (5:03.25)... Minnesota Invite: came in 10th in the 1650 free (17:08.78) and 500 free (4:52.71) and 13th in the 200 free (1:49.67)... Wisconsin Dual: captured seventh in both the 200 free (1:53.71) and 500 free (5:05.72)... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: won the 500 free (5:01.01) and got third in the 200 free (1:53.06)... SMU Dual: came in third in both the 200 free (1:53.82) and 1000 free (10:32.06)... Nebraska/South Dakota Tri-Dual: made her collegiate debut with a fourth-place finish in the 200 free (1:54.83) and ninth-place finish in the 100 free (54.10)

High School: Attended Iowa City West High School · named Iowa City West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Most Valuable Swimmer and Mississippi Valley Conference Athlete of the Year · three-time member of the High School Elite All-State team · five-time NICSA high school All-American · six-time first-team all-state member · runner-up at the High School State swim meet in both the 200 and 500 freestyle · state champion and record holder in the 200 free relay and 400 free relay · swam at the Iowa Flyers Swim Club and earned two medals at Futures as well as qualified for Winter Juniors.

Personal: Daughter of Robert Roghair and Pei-fen Chou Roghair · sister, Jasmine, swam at Truman State University · sister, Ariel, swam at Macalester College · sister, Aurora, swam at Stanford University · hobbies include baking, art and traveling.

Why Minnesota? I chose Minnesota because of the variety of majors, research opportunities and resources available for academics. I wanted to stay within the Big Ten and the entire team at Minnesota immediately made me feel at home with an incredible staff, drive and energetic atmosphere.