2008-09 (Junior): Earned a second team All-WAC Award by placing fifth in the 200 breaststroke in a career-best time of 2:17.29 ... Placed 11th in the 100 breaststroke after swimming a career-best time of 1:04.47 in the prelims ... Swam a career-best time of 2:08.39 in the prelims of the 200 IM ... Earned five individual and four relay wins in dual meets ... Took first place in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke vs. New Mexico and BYU on Nov. 1 and was also part of the winning 200 medley relay team in that meet ... Won the 200 breaststroke and was part of the winning 200 medley relay team vs. Loyola Marymount on Jan. 17 ... Earned a total of 22 top-five finishes over the course of the season ... Named Academic All-WAC ... Earned a NAU Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete Award.

2007-08 (Sophomore): Earned a pair of ninth-place finishes at the WAC Championships in the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke ... Swam career-best times in both (1:06.12 and 2:20.89) ... Earned eight individual second-place finishes over the course of the season ... Took second in the 100 breast and 200 breast vs. Idaho and NMSU on Nov. 10, vs. New Mexico on Dec. 6 and at San Diego on Dec. 15 ... Took third in the 200 breast and fourth in the 100 breast vs. Pac-10 Washington State on Nov. 16.

2006-07 (Freshman): Placed eighth in the 200 breaststroke at the WAC Championships in 2:25.05 ... Swam a season-best time of 2:24.57 in the prelims of the event to place sixth ... Finished 15th in the 200 IM and 16th in the 100 breaststroke at the WAC meet ... Earned wins in the 200 breaststroke vs. NMSU/Boise State and vs. San Diego ... Placed third in the 200 IM vs. San Diego and third in the 200 breaststroke at Idaho and at Washington State.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Blue Springs High School … Swam for coaches Bill Shalley and Robert Sturman … Four-year letterwinner … Team captain … Earned six All-American honors … Named all-state 11 times and received 12 all-conference honors … Holds conference and high school records in the 100 yard breaststroke and the 200 yard IM … Team won state championships in 2005 and 2006 … Swam the breaststroke leg for the medley relay team that broke the state record.

Personal Info: Taryn Jean Williams was born Dec. 23, 1987 in Blue Springs … Daughter of Mitch and Kathy Williams … Has one sister, Tobie … Majoring in speech pathology.