Ben Hedman
Ben Hedman
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Davis, California
High School: Davis HS
Events: I.M./Butterfly
Major: International Studies, Spanish

Returns to the Bearcats as a senior this year ... Earned First Team All-Northwest Conference honors in 2018 in the 200-yard butterfly and the 400-yard individual medley, finishing 2nd and 3rd, respectively ... Also named Second Team All-NWC in the 200-yard individual medley with a 5th place finish in 2018, while setting the school record with a time of 1:55.78 ... Willamette's Male Swimmer of the Year in 2017-18 ... Earned Second Team All-NWC honors in the 400-yard individual medley (4th place) and the 200-yard butterfly (8th place) at the 2017 NWC Championships ... Earned the Most Improved Swimmer Award of 2016 at Davis Senior High School in California ... Is double-majoring in International Studies and Spanish with a minor in Economics ...  Son of Richard Hedman and Laura Nielsen.

 

2019-20 Top Marks

100 Freestyle SCY 59.69 Willamette at Whitworth 11/16/2019
200 Freestyle SCY 1:58.55 Whitman vs Willamette 11/15/19 11/15/2019
500 Freestyle SCY 5:11.39 College of Idaho, Southwestern 1/11/2020
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:06.73 University of Puget Sound 1/25/2020
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:22.45 Linfield vs Willamette 2/1/2020
100 Butterfly SCY 53.02 2019 Bruin Invitational 11/23/2019
200 Butterfly SCY 1:55.13 2020 NWC Swimming Championship 2/16/2020
200 Individual Medley SCY 1:57.61 2020 NWC Swimming Championship 2/14/2020
400 Individual Medley SCY 4:12.24 2020 NWC Swimming Championship 2/15/2020

2018-19 Top Marks

50 Freestyle SCY 25.35 2018 NWC Sprint Pentathlon 10/27/2018
100 Backstroke SCY 1:00.68 vs Whitworth University 11/17/2018
200 Backstroke SCY 2:21.86 vs. Whitman College 11/16/2018
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:07.10 vs Whitworth University 11/17/2018
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:15.87 2018 Bruin Invitational 12/1/2018
200 Butterfly SCY 1:56.90 2018 Bruin Invitational 12/2/2018
100 Individual Medley SCY 59.98 2018 NWC Sprint Pentathlon 10/27/2018
200 Individual Medley SCY 1:59.97 2018 Bruin Invitational 12/1/2018
400 Individual Medley SCY 4:14.73 2018 Bruin Invitational 12/2/2018

2017-18 Top Marks

200 Freestyle SCY 1:49.15 2017 OR CAT Comfort Suites Ore 12/2/2017
500 Freestyle SCY 5:10.24 1.20.18 WILL v SWOCC 1/26/2018
100 Backstroke SCY 59.21 Willamette at LC Dual 1/19/2018
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:07.26 Willamette @ PLU Shorts 11/10/2017
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:24.69 UPS v Willamette 11/11/2017
100 Butterfly SCY 53.35 2017 OR CAT Comfort Suites Ore 12/2/2017
200 Butterfly SCY 1:54.02 NWC Swimming Championships 2/11/2018
200 Individual Medley SCY 1:55.78 NWC Swimming Championships 2/9/2018
400 Individual Medley SCY 4:10.06 NWC Swimming Championships 2/10/2018

2016-17 Top Marks

50 Freestyle SCY 26.40 Sprint Pentathlon 10/28/2016
100 Backstroke SCY 1:04.30 Willamette Dual 2017 1/21/2017
200 Backstroke SCY 2:13.17 Whitman vs Willamette 11/4/2016
100 Butterfly SCY 56.81 Willamette v UPS 11.12.16 11/12/2016
200 Butterfly SCY 1:57.09 NWC Swimming Championships 2/12/2017
100 Individual Medley SCY 1:00.78 Sprint Pentathlon 10/28/2016
200 Individual Medley SCY 1:59.64 NWC Swimming Championships 2/10/2017
400 Individual Medley SCY 4:12.91 NWC Swimming Championships 2/11/2017